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Nelson v. State of California

Decided December 21, 1982. Franklin D. McDaniel wrote the opinion for the court.

139 Cal. App. 3d 72 · Cited 70 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.

Taliaferro v. Riddle · 167 Cal. App. 2d 567
City of Long Beach v. Mansell · 476 P.2d 423
Reichert v. General Insurance of America · 442 P.2d 377
Tresway Aero, Inc. v. Superior Court · 487 P.2d 1211
Hocharian v. Superior Court · 28 Cal. 3d 714
Dresser v. Superior Court · 231 Cal. App. 2d 68
Burns v. American Casualty Co. · 273 P.2d 605

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