Thompson v. County of Alameda

Decided July 14, 1980. Mathew Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

614 P.2d 728 · Cited 357 times

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• Johnson v. State of California · 447 P.2d 352
• Martinez v. California · 444 U.S. 277
• Rowland v. Christian · 69 Cal. 2d 108
• Rodriguez v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. · 525 P.2d 669
• Dillon v. Legg · 68 Cal. 2d 728
• Whitcombe v. County of Yolo · 73 Cal. App. 3d 698
• Beauchene v. Synanon Foundation, Inc. · 88 Cal. App. 3d 342
• Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District · 55 Cal. 2d 211
• White v. Davis · 533 P.2d 222
• Richards v. Stanley · 43 Cal. 2d 60
• McCorkle v. City of Los Angeles · 70 Cal. 2d 252
• Baldwin v. State of California · 491 P.2d 1121
• Ramos v. County of Madera · 484 P.2d 93
• Hergenrether v. East · 61 Cal. 2d 440
• Morgan v. County of Yuba · 230 Cal. App. 2d 938
• Buford v. State of California · 104 Cal. App. 3d 811
• Raymond v. Paradise Unified School District · 218 Cal. App. 2d 1
• Mavroudis v. Superior Court · 102 Cal. App. 3d 594
• Harland v. State of California · 75 Cal. App. 3d 475
• County of Santa Barbara v. Superior Court · 15 Cal. App. 3d 751
• Patricia J. v. Rio Linda Union School District · 61 Cal. App. 3d 278
• Merchants Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Fargo v. United States · 272 F. Supp. 409

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