State Supreme Court / Cal.

Morrison v. State Board of Education

Decided November 20, 1969. Mathew Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

461 P.2d 375 · Cited 325 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Sarac v. State Bd. of Education · 249 Cal. App. 2d 58
Board of Education v. Dresden Swan · 41 Cal. 2d 546
Yakov v. Board of Medical Examiners · 68 Cal. 2d 67
Orloff v. Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc. · 36 Cal. 2d 734
Merrill v. Department of Motor Vehicles · 71 Cal. 2d 907
State v. Truby · 29 So. 2d 758
In Re Newbern · 53 Cal. 2d 786
In Re Hallinan · 272 P.2d 768
Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390
Hallinan v. Committee of Bar Examiners · 421 P.2d 76
Finot v. Pasadena City Board of Education · 250 Cal. App. 2d 189
Board of Trustees v. Owens · 206 Cal. App. 2d 147
Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385
Parrish v. Civil Service Commission · 425 P.2d 223
Standard Oil Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 6 Cal. 2d 557
Walker v. City of San Gabriel · 20 Cal. 2d 879
State v. Vallery · 34 So. 2d 329
State v. Musser · 223 P.2d 193
Lorenz v. Board of Medical Examiners · 298 P.2d 537
Saunders v. City of Los Angeles · 273 Cal. App. 2d 407
In Re Naturalization of Denessy · 200 F. Supp. 354
H. D. Wallace & Associates, Inc. v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control · 271 Cal. App. 2d 589
Moran v. Board of Medical Examiners · 32 Cal. 2d 301
Drummey v. State Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers · 13 Cal. 2d 75
Laisne v. California State Board of Optometry · 19 Cal. 2d 831

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Cranston v. City of Richmond · 710 P.2d 845
Oakland Unified School District v. Olicker · 25 Cal. App. 3d 1098
Woodland Joint Unified School District v. Commission on Professional Competence · 2 Cal. App. 4th 1429
Golde v. Fox · 98 Cal. App. 3d 167
McLaughlin v. Board of Medical Examiners · 35 Cal. App. 3d 1010
Bassett Unified School District v. Commission on Professional Competence · 201 Cal. App. 3d 1444
Tuma v. Board of Nursing · 593 P.2d 711
San Dieguito Union High School District v. Commission on Professional Competence · 174 Cal. App. 3d 1176
Purifoy v. State Board of Education · 30 Cal. App. 3d 187
West Valley-Mission Community College District v. Concepcion · 16 Cal. App. 4th 1766
Weissbuch v. Board of Medical Examiners · 41 Cal. App. 3d 924
Comings v. State Board of Education · 23 Cal. App. 3d 94
San Dieguito Union High School District v. Commission on Professional Competence · 135 Cal. App. 3d 278
Moser v. State Board of Education · 22 Cal. App. 3d 988
Dresser v. Board of Medical Quality Assurance · 130 Cal. App. 3d 506
Haley v. Medical Disciplinary Board · 818 P.2d 1062
Board of Trustees v. Stubblefield · 16 Cal. App. 3d 820
Grannis v. Board of Medical Examiners · 19 Cal. App. 3d 551
Thompson v. Southwest School District · 483 F. Supp. 1170
Alford v. Department of Education · 13 Cal. App. 3d 884
Gaylord v. Tacoma School District No. 10 · 559 P.2d 1340
Perez v. Commission on Professional Competence · 149 Cal. App. 3d 1167

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