State Supreme Court / Cal.

Select Base Materials, Inc. v. Board of Equalization

Decided February 20, 1959. Homer R. Spence wrote the opinion for the court.

51 Cal. 2d 640 · Cited 513 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.

Dickey v. Raisin Proration Zone No. 1 · 24 Cal. 2d 796
Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. California · 291 U.S. 242
People v. Western Air Lines, Inc. · 268 P.2d 723
Coca-Cola Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 25 Cal. 2d 918
Clements v. T. R. Bechtel Co. · 43 Cal. 2d 227
Meyer v. State Board of Equalization · 42 Cal. 2d 376
Stafford v. Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Board · 42 Cal. 2d 795
County of Alameda v. Kuchel · 32 Cal. 2d 193
People v. Ventura Refining Co. · 268 P. 347
Richfield Oil Corp. v. Crawford · 39 Cal. 2d 729
H. S. Mann Corp. v. Moody · 144 Cal. App. 2d 310
California Toll Bridge Authority v. Kuchel · 40 Cal. 2d 43

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