Serrano v. Priest

Decided August 30, 1971. Raymond L. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

487 P.2d 1241 · Cited 593 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.

• Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. Hansen · 269 F. Supp. 401
• San Francisco Unified School District v. Johnson · 479 P.2d 669
• In Re Antazo · 473 P.2d 999
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
• Board of Education v. Watson · 63 Cal. 2d 829
• Piper v. Big Pine School District · 226 P. 926
• McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of Chicago · 394 U.S. 802
• Jackson v. Pasadena City School District · 382 P.2d 878
• Manjares v. Newton · 64 Cal. 2d 365
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356
• Brown v. Board of Education · 349 U.S. 294
• Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty. · 377 U.S. 218
• Smith v. Bennett · 365 U.S. 708
• Daar v. Yellow Cab Co. · 433 P.2d 732
• Purdy & Fitzpatrick v. State of California · 456 P.2d 645
• Westbrook v. Mihaly · 471 P.2d 487
• General American Tank Car Corp. v. Day · 270 U.S. 367
• Silver v. Brown · 405 P.2d 132
• MacMillan Co. v. Clarke · 194 P. 1030
• Blair v. Pitchess · 486 P.2d 1242
• People v. Western Air Lines, Inc. · 268 P.2d 723
• Kennedy v. Miller · 97 Cal. 429
• County of Placer v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 323 P.2d 753
• Hughes v. Ewing · 93 Cal. 414
• California State Employees' Ass'n v. Williams · 7 Cal. App. 3d 390

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• Governor v. State Treasurer · 203 N.W.2d 457
• People v. Olivas · 551 P.2d 375
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• Crawford v. Board of Education · 551 P.2d 28
• Ex Parte James · 713 So. 2d 869
• Madsen v. Oakland Unified School District · 45 Cal. App. 3d 574
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