State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Mattson v. City of Costa Mesa

Decided June 2, 1980. Herbert C. Kaufman wrote the opinion for the court.

106 Cal. App. 3d 441 · Cited 63 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Merry v. Coast Community College District · 97 Cal. App. 3d 214
Slater v. Blackwood · 543 P.2d 593
Agarwal v. Johnson · 603 P.2d 58
Panos v. Great Western Packing Co. · 21 Cal. 2d 636
Henn v. Henn · 605 P.2d 10
Addison v. State of California · 578 P.2d 941
Williams v. Horvath · 548 P.2d 1125
Clark v. Lesher · 46 Cal. 2d 874
In Re Russell · 524 P.2d 1295
Gorman v. Gorman · 90 Cal. App. 3d 454
Olwell v. W. L. Hopkins · 28 Cal. 2d 147
Nichols v. Canoga Industries · 83 Cal. App. 3d 956
Ford Motor Co. v. Superior Court · 35 Cal. App. 3d 676

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