Showalter v. Western Pacific Railroad

Decided November 4, 1940. Douglas L. Edmonds wrote the opinion for the court.

16 Cal. 2d 460 · Cited 137 times

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Precedents cited

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.

• Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. · 179 U.S. 658
• Pennsylvania Railroad v. Chamberlain · 288 U.S. 333
• Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Coogan · 271 U.S. 472
• Gunning v. Cooley · 281 U.S. 90
• Central Vermont Railway Co. v. White · 238 U.S. 507
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Martin · 283 U.S. 209
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Toops · 281 U.S. 351
• St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Mills · 271 U.S. 344
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Saxon · 284 U.S. 458
• Southern Railway Co. v. Walters · 284 U.S. 190
• Northern Railway Co. v. Page · 274 U.S. 65
• Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Jones · 276 U.S. 303
• Chicago Great Western Railroad v. Rambo · 298 U.S. 99
• Willard v. Valley Gas & Fuel Co. · 151 P. 286
• Fleming v. Norfolk Southern Railroad · 76 S.E. 212
• People v. Ark · 96 Cal. 125
• Williams v. Southern Pacific Company · 65 P. 1100
• Heckle v. Southern Pacific Co. · 123 Cal. 441
• Southern Railway Co. v. Newman · 187 Ga. 132
• Zohner v. Sierra Nevada Life & Casualty Co. · 299 P. 749
• Mobile O. R. Co. v. Hedgecoth · 110 So. 44
• New Orleans N.E.R. Co. v. Jackson · 110 So. 586
• Salvo v. Market Street Railway Co. · 2 P.2d 585
• Murphy v. Board of Police Pension Fund Commissioners · 83 P. 577
• Duekee v. Central Pacific R.R. · 69 Cal. 533

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• People v. Washington · 459 P.2d 259
• People v. Ramirez · 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 110
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• Francis v. Sauve · 222 Cal. App. 2d 102
• Ungefug v. D'AMBROSIA · 250 Cal. App. 2d 61
• Felder v. Union Pacific Railroad · 660 P.2d 911
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• People v. Gonzales · 269 Cal. App. 2d 586
• Merrill v. Navegar, Inc. · 89 Cal. Rptr. 2d 146
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• People v. Lucas · 60 Cal. 4th 153
• Lindroth v. Walgreen Co. · 94 N.E.2d 847
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