People v. Knowles

Decided April 21, 1950. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

217 P.2d 1 · Cited 425 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.

• Chatwin v. United States · 326 U.S. 455
• People v. Tanner · 3 Cal. 2d 279
• People v. Greer · 30 Cal. 2d 589
• People v. Kristy · 4 Cal. 2d 504
• People v. Brown · 29 Cal. 2d 555
• Gooch v. United States · 297 U.S. 124
• People v. Dorman · 28 Cal. 2d 846
• Kuchel v. Miller · 31 Cal. 2d 191
• In Re Pearson · 30 Cal. 2d 871
• People v. Pearson · 41 Cal. App. 2d 614
• People v. Fisher · 157 P. 7
• McBoyle v. United States · 283 U.S. 25
• State Bd. of Equalization of Cal. v. Young's Market Co. · 299 U.S. 59
• Anderson v. Wilson · 289 U.S. 20
• Matson Navigation Co. v. United States · 284 U.S. 352
• Wright v. United States · 302 U.S. 583
• Edwards v. United States · 286 U.S. 482
• Henry v. United States · 251 U.S. 393
• People v. Ciulla · 187 P. 49
• People v. Slobodion · 31 Cal. 2d 555
• Caminetti v. Pac. Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Cal. · 22 Cal. 2d 344
• In Re Shull · 23 Cal. 2d 745
• People v. Braun · 14 Cal. 2d 1
• People v. Kehoe · 33 Cal. 2d 711
• People v. Farrington · 2 P.2d 814

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• People v. Morris · 237 Cal. App. 2d 773
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• Neal v. State of California · 55 Cal. 2d 11
• People v. Bauer · 461 P.2d 637
• People v. Bauer · 1 Cal. 3d 368
• People v. MacInnes · 30 Cal. App. 3d 838
• People v. Beamon · 504 P.2d 905
• People v. Chessman · 38 Cal. 2d 166
• People v. Chessman · 52 Cal. 2d 467
• People v. Smith · 36 Cal. 2d 444
• People v. Martinez · 150 Cal. App. 3d 579
• People v. Tenney · 162 Cal. App. 2d 458
• People v. O'Farrell · 161 Cal. App. 2d 13
• In Re Dennis · 46 Cal. App. 3d 50
• People v. Rayford · 884 P.2d 1369
• People v. Nguyen · 997 P.2d 493
• People v. Watterson · 234 Cal. App. 3d 942
• People v. Superior Court (Himmelsbach) · 186 Cal. App. 3d 524
• In Re Hayes · 451 P.2d 430
• People v. Superior Court · 186 Cal. App. 3d 524
• In Re Hayes · 70 Cal. 2d 604
• Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors · 502 P.2d 1049
• People v. McFarland · 376 P.2d 449
• Rich v. State Board of Optometry · 235 Cal. App. 2d 591

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