State Supreme Court / Cal.

People Ex Rel. Dept. of Public Works v. Donovan

Decided February 20, 1962. Thomas P. White wrote the opinion for the court.

369 P.2d 1 · Cited 91 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.

Long Beach City High School District v. Stewart · 30 Cal. 2d 763
Greyhound Corp. v. Superior Court · 364 P.2d 266
Grand Lake Drive In, Inc. v. Superior Court · 179 Cal. App. 2d 122
City & County of San Francisco v. Superior Court · 37 Cal. 2d 227
San Francisco Unified School District v. Superior Court · 359 P.2d 925
Daniels v. City & County of San Francisco · 40 Cal. 2d 614
Hamasaki v. Flotho · 39 Cal. 2d 602
Holm v. Superior Court · 267 P.2d 1025
Sills v. Los Angeles Transit Lines · 40 Cal. 2d 630
Kollert v. Cundiff · 50 Cal. 2d 768
Pauly v. King · 284 P.2d 487
Williams v. Bridges · 140 Cal. App. 537
Joint Highway District No. 9 v. Ocean Shore Railroad · 18 P.2d 413
Kauffman v. De Mutiis · 31 Cal. 2d 429
City of Menlo Park v. Artino · 151 Cal. App. 2d 261
Betts v. Southern California Fruit Exchange · 77 P. 993
Baillargeon v. Myers · 182 P. 37
City of Los Angeles v. Glassell · 262 P. 1084
Redwood City Elementary School District v. Gregoire · 276 P.2d 78
Reilley v. McIntire · 29 Cal. App. 2d 559
Rust v. Roberts · 171 Cal. App. 2d 772
Cal. Wine Ass'n v. Commercial Union Fire Ins. Co. of N.Y. · 112 P. 858

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Brown v. Superior Court · 218 Cal. App. 2d 430
Regents of University of California v. Morris · 266 Cal. App. 2d 616
Markaway v. Keesling · 211 Cal. App. 2d 607
State of Cal. Ex Rel. State Pub. Wks. Bd. v. Covich · 260 Cal. App. 2d 663
Community Redevelopment Agency v. Henderson · 251 Cal. App. 2d 336
Metropolitan Water District v. Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc. · 161 P.3d 1175
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D. I. Chadbourne, Inc. v. Superior Court · 60 Cal. 2d 723
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State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty. · 54 Cal. App. 4th 625
People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Silveira · 236 Cal. App. 2d 604
South Bay Irrigation District v. California-American Water Co. · 61 Cal. App. 3d 944
People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Graziadio · 231 Cal. App. 2d 525
Levitsky v. Prince George's County · 439 A.2d 600
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