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Paterno v. State

Decided September 10, 1999. Fred K. Morrison wrote the opinion for the court.

87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 754 · Cited 379 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.

Locklin v. City of Lafayette · 867 P.2d 724
Bunch v. Coachella Valley Water District · 15 Cal. 4th 432
Akins v. State of California · 61 Cal. App. 4th 1
Belair v. Riverside County Flood Control District · 764 P.2d 1070
Yee v. City of Sausalito · 141 Cal. App. 3d 917
Soule v. General Motors Corp. · 882 P.2d 298
Bauer v. County of Ventura · 45 Cal. 2d 276
Foreman & Clark Corp. v. Fallon · 479 P.2d 362
Baldwin v. State of California · 491 P.2d 1121
Hayashi v. Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District · 167 Cal. App. 2d 584
People v. Breverman · 960 P.2d 1094
Nestle v. City of Santa Monica · 496 P.2d 480
People v. Fairbank · 16 Cal. 4th 1223
Slater v. Blackwood · 543 P.2d 593
Bancroft-Whitney Co. v. McHugh · 134 P. 1157
Newman v. Emerson Radio Corp. · 772 P.2d 1059
Cooper v. Leslie Salt Co. · 451 P.2d 406
Breidert v. Southern Pacific Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 659
Waller v. TJD, INC. · 12 Cal. App. 4th 830
Akins v. County of Sonoma · 430 P.2d 57
McMahan's of Santa Monica v. City of Santa Monica · 146 Cal. App. 3d 683
Tanforan v. Tanforan · 159 P. 709
Aetna Life & Casualty Co. v. City of Los Angeles · 170 Cal. App. 3d 865
Youngblood v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 56 Cal. 2d 603
Beckley v. Reclamation Board · 205 Cal. App. 2d 734

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County of Santa Clara v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 40 Cal. Rptr. 3d 313
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Berkley v. Dowds · 61 Cal. Rptr. 3d 304
In Re Groundwater Cases · 64 Cal. Rptr. 3d 827
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McLaughlin v. McLaughlin · 82 Cal. App. 4th 327
Parker v. Wolters Kluwer United States, Inc. · 57 Cal. Rptr. 3d 18
City of Oakland v. Public Employees' Retirement System · 115 Cal. Rptr. 2d 151
Adams v. MHC Colony Park Ltd. Partnership · 224 Cal. App. 4th 601
Arce v. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles · 211 Cal. App. 4th 1455
Habitat Trust for Wildlife, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cucamonga · 175 Cal. App. 4th 1306
Adams v. Aerojet-General Corp. · 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 116
In Re Marriage of Dellaria & Blickman-Dellaria · 172 Cal. App. 4th 196
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