Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California

Decided July 1, 1976. Mathew Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

551 P.2d 334 · Cited 1,035 times

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• People v. Burnick · 535 P.2d 352
• In Re Lifschutz · 467 P.2d 557
• Johnson v. State of California · 447 P.2d 352
• Dillon v. Legg · 68 Cal. 2d 728
• Rowland v. Christian · 69 Cal. 2d 108
• Richards v. Stanley · 43 Cal. 2d 60
• Bardessono v. Michels · 478 P.2d 480
• Morgan v. County of Yuba · 230 Cal. App. 2d 938
• Wright v. Arcade School District · 230 Cal. App. 2d 272
• Cobbs v. Grant · 502 P.2d 1
• Weirum v. RKO General, Inc. · 539 P.2d 36
• Rodriguez v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. · 525 P.2d 669
• La Sala v. American Savings & Loan Ass'n · 489 P.2d 1113
• People v. Gary W. · 486 P.2d 1201
• People v. Feagley · 535 P.2d 373
• Minsky v. City of Los Angeles · 520 P.2d 726
• Cooper v. Leslie Salt Co. · 451 P.2d 406
• People v. Poddar · 518 P.2d 342
• Quintal v. Laurel Grove Hospital · 397 P.2d 161
• Vistica v. Presbyterian Hospital & Medical Center of San Francisco, Inc. · 67 Cal. 2d 465
• Merrill v. Buck · 375 P.2d 304
• Biakanja v. Irving · 49 Cal. 2d 647
• Lemoge Electric v. County of San Mateo · 297 P.2d 638
• Ellis v. D'Angelo · 116 Cal. App. 2d 310
• Elton v. County of Orange · 3 Cal. App. 3d 1053

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