State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Southland Mechanical Constructors Corp. v. Nixen

Decided May 21, 1981. Franklin D. McDaniel wrote the opinion for the court.

119 Cal. App. 3d 417 · Cited 66 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.

Neel v. Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand · 491 P.2d 421
Budd v. Nixen · 491 P.2d 433
Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors · 502 P.2d 1049
Serrano v. Priest · 487 P.2d 1241
Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 610 P.2d 1330
Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · 616 P.2d 813
People Ex Rel. San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission v. Town of Emeryville · 446 P.2d 790
People v. Carroll · 463 P.2d 400
Commercial Standard Title Co. v. Superior Court · 92 Cal. App. 3d 934
Alhino v. Starr · 112 Cal. App. 3d 158
Heyer v. Flaig · 70 Cal. 2d 223
O'NEIL v. Spillane · 45 Cal. App. 3d 147
City of Long Beach v. Marshall · 11 Cal. 2d 609
Boyd v. Bevilacqua · 247 Cal. App. 2d 272
Johnson v. Williams · 233 P. 330
Irvine Co. v. California Employment Commission · 27 Cal. 2d 570
Rolapp v. Federal Building & Loan Assn. · 11 Cal. App. 2d 337
Arnold v. Newhall County Water District · 11 Cal. App. 3d 794
In Re Farrant · 181 Cal. App. 2d 231
Standard Fruit & Steamship Co. v. Metropolitan Stevedore Co. · 52 Cal. App. 3d 305
In Re Haines · 234 P. 883
Benard v. Walkup · 272 Cal. App. 2d 595
In Re Fink · 67 Cal. 2d 692

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