Shaw v. County of Santa Cruz

Decided December 19, 2008. Wendy Clark Duffy wrote the opinion for the court.

170 Cal. App. 4th 229 · Cited 293 times

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• Landgate, Inc. v. California Coastal Commission · 17 Cal. 4th 1006
• Agins v. City of Tiburon · 447 U.S. 255
• In Re the Marriage of Ditto · 206 Cal. App. 3d 643
• Denham v. Superior Court · 468 P.2d 193
• Herzberg v. County of Plumas · 34 Cal. Rptr. 3d 588
• In Re Marriage of Arceneaux · 800 P.2d 1227
• Taormino v. Denny · 463 P.2d 711
• Blank v. Kirwan · 703 P.2d 58
• Bracy v. Gramley · 520 U.S. 899
• Rappleyea v. Campbell · 884 P.2d 126
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51
• In Re Marriage of Burgess · 13 Cal. 4th 25
• People v. Jurado · 131 P.3d 400
• In Re Zacharia D. · 862 P.2d 751
• People v. Barragan · 83 P.3d 480
• Lorenzana v. Superior Court · 511 P.2d 33
• Birkenfeld v. City of Berkeley · 550 P.2d 1001
• People v. Fauber · 831 P.2d 249
• People v. Stowell · 31 Cal. 4th 1107
• People v. Livaditis · 831 P.2d 297
• Bickel v. City of Piedmont · 16 Cal. 4th 1040
• In Re Cortez · 490 P.2d 819
• San Remo Hotel L.P. v. City & County of San Francisco · 41 P.3d 87
• Roesch v. De Mota · 24 Cal. 2d 563

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