State Supreme Court / Cal.

Pacific Telephone Etc. Co. v. Eshleman

Decided December 20, 1913. M. C. Sloss wrote the opinion for the court.

137 P. 1119 · Cited 150 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.

Interstate Commerce Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad · 222 U.S. 541
Quinchard v. Board of Trustees · 113 Cal. 664
Spring Valley Water Works v. Bryant · 52 Cal. 132
Barron Ex Rel. Tiernan v. Mayor of Baltimore · 32 U.S. 243
Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific Railroad v. Jacobson · 179 U.S. 287
Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Nebraska · 164 U.S. 403
In Re Duncan · 139 U.S. 449
Ex parte Jentzsch · 112 Cal. 468
Imperial Water Co. v. Board of Supervisors · 120 P. 780
Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Nebraska · 217 U.S. 196
Chinn v. Superior Court of San Joaquin Cty. · 105 P. 580
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission · 171 Ind. 189
Cook v. City of Butler · 172 Ind. 720
Cook v. Civil Service Commission · 117 P. 663
Robinson v. Bd. of Supervisors of Sacramento · 16 Cal. 208
Central Pacific Railroad v. Board of Equalization · 43 Cal. 365
Hicks v. Bell · 3 Cal. 219
Zander v. Coe · 5 Cal. 230
Caulfield v. Hudson · 3 Cal. 389
Thompson v. Williams · 6 Cal. 88
Central Pacific Railroad v. Board of Equalization of Placer County · 46 Cal. 667
Junction Creek & North Durango Domestic & Irrigating Ditch Co. v. City of Durango · 21 Colo. 194

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Southern Pacific Co. v. Railroad Commission · 13 Cal. 2d 89
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Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Public Utilities Com. · 34 Cal. 2d 822
Port of New York Authority v. Heming · 167 A.2d 609
Peacock v. County of Sacramento · 271 Cal. App. 2d 845
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Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control v. Superior Court · 268 Cal. App. 2d 67
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House v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 25 Cal. 2d 384
Sandstrom v. California Horse Racing Board · 31 Cal. 2d 401
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Ivanhoe Irrigation District v. All Parties & Persons · 306 P.2d 824
Loustalot v. Superior Court · 30 Cal. 2d 905
Hilltop Properties, Inc. v. State · 233 Cal. App. 2d 349

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