People v. Lynch

Decided July 1, 1875. William T. Wallace wrote the opinion for the court.

51 Cal. 15 · Cited 87 times

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• People ex rel. Blanding v. Burr · 13 Cal. 343
• Taylor v. Palmer · 31 Cal. 240
• Ex parte Wall · 48 Cal. 279
• People Ex Rel. Griffin v. Mayor of Brooklyn · 4 N.Y. 419
• Hart v. Burnett · 15 Cal. 530
• Town of Guilford v. . the Supervisors of Chenango County · 13 N.Y. 143
• Hagar v. Board of Supervisors · 47 Cal. 222
• Creighton v. Board of Supervisors · 42 Cal. 446
• People ex rel. Ferguson v. Board of Supervisors of San Francisco · 36 Cal. 595
• People ex rel. O'Donnell v. Bd. of Supervisors of S.F. · 11 Cal. 206

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• County of Sacramento v. Hickman · 66 Cal. 2d 841
• Laisne v. California State Board of Optometry · 19 Cal. 2d 831
• City of Evansville v. State ex rel. Blend · 118 Ind. 426
• State ex rel. Jameson v. Denny · 118 Ind. 382
• Larsen v. City & County of San Francisco · 186 P. 757
• Miller v. McKenna · 23 Cal. 2d 774
• Davies v. City of Los Angeles · 86 Cal. 37
• Town of Holyoke v. Smith · 75 Colo. 286
• Ex Parte Cain · 93 P. 974
• State ex rel. Geake v. Fox · 158 Ind. 126
• Thomason v. Ashworth · 73 Cal. 73
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• White v. County of San Diego · 26 Cal. 3d 897
• City of Newport v. Horton · 47 A. 312
• Omnibus Railroad v. Baldwin · 57 Cal. 160
• Board of Supervisors v. Cothran · 84 Cal. App. 2d 679
• Moulton v. Parks · 64 Cal. 166
• Ex Parte Anderson · 81 S.W. 973
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• Gately v. Bateman · 2 Cal. Unrep. 113

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