State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Rita M. v. Roman Catholic Archbishop

Decided December 18, 1986. Arleigh M. Woods wrote the opinion for the court.

187 Cal. App. 3d 1453 · Cited 78 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.

Thompson v. County of Alameda · 614 P.2d 728
Ochoa v. Superior Court · 703 P.2d 1
Perez v. Van Groningen & Sons, Inc. · 719 P.2d 676
Edwards v. Fresno Community Hospital · 38 Cal. App. 3d 702
Baxter v. Superior Court · 563 P.2d 871
Alma W. v. Oakland Unified School District · 123 Cal. App. 3d 133
Martinez v. Hagopian · 182 Cal. App. 3d 1223

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