State Supreme Court / Cal.

People v. Western Air Lines, Inc.

Decided April 2, 1954. John Wesley Shenk wrote the opinion for the court.

268 P.2d 723 · Cited 247 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.

Western Ass'n of Short Line R.R. v. R.R. Comm'n · 162 P. 391
In Re Martinez · 22 Cal. 2d 259
Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · 310 U.S. 381
Oil Workers International Union v. Superior Court · 103 Cal. App. 2d 512
In Re Debs · 158 U.S. 564
Cotting v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co. · 183 U.S. 79
Dillard v. McKnight · 34 Cal. 2d 209
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Slattery · 302 U.S. 300
Napa Valley Electric Co. v. Railroad Commission · 251 U.S. 366
Southern California Edison Co. v. Railroad Commission · 6 Cal. 2d 737
Morel v. Railroad Commission · 11 Cal. 2d 488
Bernhard v. Bank of America National Trust & Saving Association · 19 Cal. 2d 807
People v. Chessman · 38 Cal. 2d 166
In Re McVickers · 29 Cal. 2d 264
Pacific Telephone Etc. Co. v. Eshleman · 137 P. 1119
Todhunter v. Smith · 28 P.2d 916
Oakland Paving Co. v. Hilton · 69 Cal. 479
State ex rel. State Railway Commission v. Ramsey · 151 Neb. 333
Ex parte Rosenheim · 83 Cal. 388
Chesney v. Byram · 15 Cal. 2d 460
Application of Monrovia Evening Post · 248 P. 1017
Rideaux v. Torgrimson · 12 Cal. 2d 633
In Re Bramble · 31 Cal. 2d 43
Funeral Dirs. Ass'n. v. Bd. of Funeral Dirs. & Embalmers · 22 Cal. 2d 104
Southern Pacific Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 260 P.2d 70

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Television Transmission, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission · 301 P.2d 862
Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 556 P.2d 289
Application of Island Airlines, Incorporated · 384 P.2d 536
Television Transmission v. Public Util. Com. · 47 Cal. 2d 82
Hale v. Morgan · 584 P.2d 512
People v. Rogers · 486 P.2d 129
Bott v. DeLand · 922 P.2d 732
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 237 Cal. App. 4th 812
Miro v. Superior Court · 5 Cal. App. 3d 87
People v. Horner · 9 Cal. App. 3d 23
City of Union City v. Southern Pacific Co. · 261 Cal. App. 2d 277
Zumwalt v. Superior Court · 776 P.2d 247
People v. Dillon · 668 P.2d 697
Serrano v. Priest · 487 P.2d 1241
Select Base Materials, Inc. v. Board of Equalization · 51 Cal. 2d 640
Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors · 502 P.2d 1049

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