Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District

Decided January 27, 1961. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

55 Cal. 2d 211 · Cited 527 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.

• People v. Superior Court · 29 Cal. 2d 754
• Pianka v. State of California · 46 Cal. 2d 208
• Richfield Oil Corp. v. Public Utilities Commission · 54 Cal. 2d 419
• Guidi v. State of California · 262 P.2d 3
• Talley v. Northern San Diego County Hospital District · 257 P.2d 22
• Lipman v. Brisbane Elementary School District · 359 P.2d 465
• Hardy v. Vial · 48 Cal. 2d 577
• Malloy v. Fong · 232 P.2d 241
• Silva v. Providence Hospital of Oakland · 14 Cal. 2d 762
• Phillips v. City of Pasadena · 27 Cal. 2d 104
• Rhodes v. City of Palo Alto · 100 Cal. App. 2d 336
• Cole v. Rush · 289 P.2d 450
• White v. Towers · 37 Cal. 2d 727
• People v. Symons · 54 Cal. 2d 855
• Vater v. County of Glenn · 49 Cal. 2d 815
• Ritterbusch v. City of Pittsburg · 269 P. 930
• Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302 · 163 N.E.2d 89
• Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa Beach · 96 So. 2d 130
• Coverstone v. Davies · 38 Cal. 2d 315
• Chafor v. City of Long Beach · 163 P. 670
• Davoust v. City of Alameda · 149 Cal. 69
• Spring Valley Water Works v. City & County of San Francisco · 82 Cal. 286
• Holloway v. Purcell · 35 Cal. 2d 220
• Payne v. Baehr · 95 P. 895
• Griffin v. County of Colusa · 44 Cal. App. 2d 915

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• Wadley v. County of Los Angeles · 205 Cal. App. 2d 668
• Rice v. Clark County · 382 P.2d 605
• Nestle v. City of Santa Monica · 496 P.2d 480
• County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court · 62 Cal. 2d 839
• Calhoun v. City of Providence · 390 A.2d 350
• Boyer v. Iowa High School Athletic Association · 127 N.W.2d 606
• Butler v. Jordan · 2001 Ohio 204
• Jones v. City of Los Angeles · 215 Cal. App. 2d 155
• Brown v. Merlo · 506 P.2d 212
• Smith v. State · 473 P.2d 937
• State v. Abbott · 498 P.2d 712
• Nieting v. Blondell · 235 N.W.2d 597
• Souza & McCue Construction Co. v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 508
• Dunbar v. United Steelworkers of America · 602 P.2d 21
• Sava v. Fuller · 249 Cal. App. 2d 281
• Jones v. City of St. Maries · 727 P.2d 1161
• Thompson v. City of Lake Elsinore · 18 Cal. App. 4th 49
• Kotronakis v. City & County of San Francisco · 192 Cal. App. 2d 624
• Hardgrave v. State Ex Rel. State Highway Department · 389 P.2d 249
• Robinson v. Smith · 211 Cal. App. 2d 473
• Morris v. County of Marin · 559 P.2d 606
• Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified School District · 60 Cal. App. 3d 814

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