Schmidlin v. City of Palo Alto

Decided January 2, 2008. Conrad L. Rushing wrote the opinion for the court.

69 Cal. Rptr. 3d 365 · Cited 169 times

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• McCutchen v. City of Montclair · 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 95
• People v. Gephart · 93 Cal. App. 3d 989
• People v. Meredith · 11 Cal. App. 4th 1548
• Gonzales v. Superior Court · 189 Cal. App. 3d 1542
• Devenpeck v. Alford · 543 U.S. 146
• In Re Marriage of Fink · 603 P.2d 881
• Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 24 P.3d 493
• In Re Smiley · 427 P.2d 179
• People v. Uhlemann · 511 P.2d 609
• North Coast Business Park v. Nielsen Construction Co. · 17 Cal. App. 4th 22
• Oliver v. Board of Trustees of Eisenhower Medical Center · 181 Cal. App. 3d 824
• Panopulos v. Maderis · 47 Cal. 2d 337
• Border Business Park, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 49 Cal. Rptr. 3d 259
• Coffey v. Superior Court · 82 P. 75
• Brewer v. Municipal Court · 193 Cal. App. 2d 510
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97
• Owens v. Okure · 488 U.S. 235
• Soule v. General Motors Corp. · 882 P.2d 298
• Flatley v. Mauro · 139 P.3d 2
• People v. Gonzalez · 800 P.2d 1159
• People Ex Rel. Lockyer v. Shamrock Foods Co. · 11 P.3d 956
• Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. · 16 Cal. 4th 953
• In Re Harris · 855 P.2d 391
• People v. Holloway · 91 P.3d 164

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