State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

San Francisco Ecology Center v. City & County of San Francisco

Decided May 29, 1975. Winslow Christian wrote the opinion for the court.

48 Cal. App. 3d 584 · Cited 50 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.

People v. County of Kern · 39 Cal. App. 3d 830
Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors · 502 P.2d 1049
Burger v. County of Mendocino · 45 Cal. App. 3d 322
Strumsky v. San Diego County Employees Retirement Assn. · 520 P.2d 29
Topanga Assn. for a Scenic Comm. v. CTY OF LOS ANGELES · 522 P.2d 12
No Oil, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles · 529 P.2d 66
County of Inyo v. Yorty · 32 Cal. App. 3d 795
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Coastside County Water District · 27 Cal. App. 3d 695
Friends of Lake Arrowhead v. Board of Supervisors · 38 Cal. App. 3d 497
Sierra Club v. Froehlke · 359 F. Supp. 1289
Lathan v. Volpe · 350 F. Supp. 262
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Armstrong · 352 F. Supp. 50
Montgomery v. Ellis · 364 F. Supp. 517
Warm Springs Dam Task Force v. Gribble · 378 F. Supp. 240

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Towards Responsibility in Planning v. City Council · 200 Cal. App. 3d 671
Laurel Hills Homeowners Assn. v. City Council · 83 Cal. App. 3d 515
Gallegos v. State Bd. of Forestry · 76 Cal. App. 3d 945
Society for California Archaeology v. County of Butte · 65 Cal. App. 3d 832
County of Inyo v. City of Los Angeles · 71 Cal. App. 3d 185
Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist. v. City of Los Angeles · 58 Cal. App. 4th 1019
Sierra Club v. City of Orange · 163 Cal. App. 4th 523
Saleeby v. State Bar · 702 P.2d 525
Rural Landowners Assn. v. City Council · 143 Cal. App. 3d 1013
Clover Valley Foundation v. City of Rocklin · 197 Cal. App. 4th 200
San Franciscans for Reasonable Growth v. City & County of San Francisco · 151 Cal. App. 3d 61
City of Walnut Creek v. County of Contra Costa · 101 Cal. App. 3d 1012
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Arcata National Corp. · 59 Cal. App. 3d 959
Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage v. City of San Francisco · 106 Cal. App. 3d 893
No Oil, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles · 196 Cal. App. 3d 223
Stanislaus Natural Heritage Project v. County of Stanislaus · 48 Cal. App. 4th 182
Uphold Our Heritage v. Town of Woodside · 54 Cal. Rptr. 3d 366
City of Del Mar v. City of San Diego · 133 Cal. App. 3d 401
County of Los Angeles v. California State Water Resources Control Board · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 619
Grupe v. California Coastal Commission · 166 Cal. App. 3d 148
Citizens to Preserve the Ojai v. County of Ventura · 176 Cal. App. 3d 421
City of Carmel-By-The-Sea v. Bd. of Supervisors of Monterey Cty. · 71 Cal. App. 3d 84

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