State Supreme Court / Cal.

Serrano v. Priest

Decided October 4, 1977. Raymond L. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

569 P.2d 1303 · Cited 669 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.

Serrano v. Priest · 557 P.2d 929
D'AMICO v. Board of Medical Examiners · 520 P.2d 10
Fletcher v. A. J. Industries, Inc. · 266 Cal. App. 2d 313
Knoff v. City & County of San Francisco · 1 Cal. App. 3d 184
Sprague v. Ticonic National Bank · 307 U.S. 161
Mandel v. Hodges · 54 Cal. App. 3d 596
Newman v. State of Alabama · 349 F. Supp. 278
Horn v. Swoap · 41 Cal. App. 3d 375
Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond · 416 U.S. 696
Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga. v. Pettus · 113 U.S. 116
Glendale City Employees' Ass'n v. City of Glendale · 540 P.2d 609
Quinn v. State of California · 539 P.2d 761
Sanders v. City of Los Angeles · 475 P.2d 201
Estate of Reade · 31 Cal. 2d 669
Card v. Community Redevelopment Agency of South Pasadena · 61 Cal. App. 3d 570
Winslow v. Harold G. Ferguson Corp. · 25 Cal. 2d 274
Kennedy v. Wollenberg · 53 Cal. 2d 124
Farmers & Merchants National Bank v. Peterson · 5 Cal. 2d 601
Trout v. Carleson · 37 Cal. App. 3d 337
Estate of Kann · 253 Cal. App. 2d 212
Fox v. Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Co. · 108 Cal. 475
National Council of Community Mental Health Centers, Inc. v. Weinberger · 387 F. Supp. 991

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Crommie v. California, Public Utilities Commission · 840 F. Supp. 719
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Smith v. Szeyller · 242 Cal. Rptr. 3d 585
Ketchum v. Moses · 17 P.3d 735
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