State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Smith v. City and County of San Francisco

Decided November 14, 1990. John E. Benson wrote the opinion for the court.

225 Cal. App. 3d 38 · Cited 77 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.

Klopping v. City of Whittier · 500 P.2d 1345
Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California · 551 P.2d 334
Dillon v. Legg · 68 Cal. 2d 728
Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. · 765 P.2d 373
Williams v. State of California · 664 P.2d 137
Agins v. City of Tiburon · 447 U.S. 255
Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
Birkenfeld v. City of Berkeley · 550 P.2d 1001
Peterson v. San Francisco Community College District · 685 P.2d 1193
Avco Community Developers, Inc. v. South Coast Regional Commission · 553 P.2d 546
Agins v. City of Tiburon · 598 P.2d 25
Amaya v. Home Ice, Fuel & Supply Co. · 379 P.2d 513
Youngman v. Nevada Irrigation District · 70 Cal. 2d 240
Laurel Hill Cemetery v. City and County of San Francisco · 216 U.S. 358
Pinheiro v. County of Marin · 60 Cal. App. 3d 323
Johnson v. State of California · 447 P.2d 352
Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified School District · 60 Cal. App. 3d 814
Mann v. State of California · 70 Cal. App. 3d 773
Caminetti v. Pac. Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Cal. · 22 Cal. 2d 344
Morgan v. County of Yuba · 230 Cal. App. 2d 938
Laurel Hill Cemetery v. City & County of San Francisco · 93 P. 70
Clemente v. State of California · 101 Cal. App. 3d 374
Frank Pisano & Associates v. Taggart · 29 Cal. App. 3d 1
Toso v. City of Santa Barbara · 101 Cal. App. 3d 934
Signal Hill Aviation Co. v. Stroppe · 96 Cal. App. 3d 627

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