People v. Sims

Decided September 27, 1982. Otto Kaus wrote the opinion for the court.

651 P.2d 321 · Cited 364 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.

• Clark v. Lesher · 46 Cal. 2d 874
• United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co. · 384 U.S. 394
• Teitelbaum Furs, Inc. v. Dominion Ins. Co., Ltd. · 58 Cal. 2d 601
• People v. McGee · 568 P.2d 382
• People v. Demery · 104 Cal. App. 3d 548
• People v. Taylor · 527 P.2d 622
• Davis v. Dennis B. · 557 P.2d 514
• Strumsky v. San Diego County Employees Retirement Assn. · 520 P.2d 29
• In Re Crow · 483 P.2d 1206
• Hollywood Circle, Inc. v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control · 55 Cal. 2d 728
• Lynch v. Glass · 44 Cal. App. 3d 943
• Fitzgerald v. Herzer · 78 Cal. App. 2d 127
• Taylor v. McKay · 53 Cal. App. 3d 644
• Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · 310 U.S. 381
• Clemmer v. Hartford Insurance Co. · 587 P.2d 1098
• People v. Orin · 533 P.2d 193
• Rose v. Superior Court · 569 P.2d 727
• Anton v. San Antonio Community Hospital · 567 P.2d 1162
• People v. Jenkins · 620 P.2d 587
• People v. Washington · 71 Cal. 2d 1061
• Lerner v. Los Angeles City Board of Education · 59 Cal. 2d 382
• City & County of San Francisco v. Leung Fai Wah Ang · 97 Cal. App. 3d 673
• Bernhard v. Bank of America National Trust & Saving Association · 19 Cal. 2d 807
• People v. Western Air Lines, Inc. · 268 P.2d 723
• Empire Star Mines Co. v. California Employment Commission · 28 Cal. 2d 33

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• Castillo v. City of Los Angeles · 111 Cal. Rptr. 2d 870
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• Mueller v. J. C. Penney Co. · 173 Cal. App. 3d 713
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• People v. Camillo · 198 Cal. App. 3d 981

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