People v. McKale

Decided November 8, 1979. William P. Clark Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

602 P.2d 731 · Cited 156 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.

• Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn. · 496 P.2d 817
• Safer v. Superior Court · 540 P.2d 14
• Associated Convalescent Enterprises v. Carl Marks & Co. · 33 Cal. App. 3d 116
• Baker v. Miller · 212 P. 11
• Joyce v. Tomasini · 142 P. 67
• People v. Hill · 66 Cal. App. 3d 320
• Taliaferro v. Wampler · 127 Cal. App. 2d 306
• Black v. Browne · 39 Cal. App. 2d 606

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