People v. Gidney

Decided November 22, 1937. William H. Langdon wrote the opinion for the court.

10 Cal. 2d 138 · Cited 81 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.

• People v. Reid · 232 P. 457
• People v. Wong Loung · 114 P. 829
• People v. Collins · 233 P. 97
• People v. Hadley · 165 P. 442
• People v. Titus · 259 P. 465
• People v. Balmain · 116 P. 303
• People v. Lopez · 290 P. 582
• People v. Baker · 271 P. 777
• People v. Peterson · 7 P.2d 366
• People v. Buck · 237 P. 63
• Williams v. Bridges · 140 Cal. App. 537

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• People v. Bradford · 15 Cal. 4th 1229
• Ballard v. Uribe · 715 P.2d 624
• Paterno v. State · 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 754
• Ballard v. Superior Court of San Diego County · 64 Cal. 2d 159
• Bardessono v. Michels · 478 P.2d 480
• Western Aggregates, Inc. v. County of Yuba · 130 Cal. Rptr. 2d 436
• BROCKET v. Moore · 131 Cal. Rptr. 2d 746
• Troensegaard v. Silvercrest Industries, Inc. · 175 Cal. App. 3d 218
• People v. Evans · 39 Cal. 2d 242
• Kollert v. Cundiff · 50 Cal. 2d 768
• Valerio v. State · 429 P.2d 317
• City of Oakland v. Public Employees' Retirement System · 115 Cal. Rptr. 2d 151
• People v. House · 12 Cal. App. 3d 756
• People v. Morgan · 140 Cal. App. 2d 796
• Drummer v. State · 366 P.2d 20
• Uhrich v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. · 135 Cal. Rptr. 2d 131
• People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Curtis · 255 Cal. App. 2d 378
• People v. Smith · 223 Cal. App. 2d 225
• People v. George · 91 Cal. App. 2d 537
• People v. Zelver · 135 Cal. App. 2d 226
• People v. Frye · 255 P.2d 105
• Forman v. Alexander's Markets · 138 Cal. App. 2d 671

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