Vaughn v. Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co.

Decided May 6, 1980. University of California-Berkeley Lent wrote the opinion for the court.

611 P.2d 281 · Cited 73 times

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• Wagner v. Columbia Hospital District · 485 P.2d 421
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · 415 U.S. 36
• Swanson v. Van Duyn Chocolate Shops, Inc. · 579 P.2d 239
• State Ex Rel. Nilsen v. Berry · 434 P.2d 471
• Farmer v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 25 · 430 U.S. 290
• National Labor Relations Board v. Washington Aluminum Co. · 370 U.S. 9
• Brown v. Transcon Lines · 588 P.2d 1087
• Yartzoff v. Democrat-Herald Pub. Co., Inc. · 576 P.2d 356
• Thompson v. IDS Life Insurance Company · 549 P.2d 510
• Kewin v. Board of Education of the Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Public Schools · 237 N.W.2d 514
• Franklin Manufacturing Co. v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission · 270 N.W.2d 829

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