Walker v. County of Los Angeles

Decided April 20, 1961. Maurice T. Dooling Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

55 Cal. 2d 626 · Cited 74 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.

• City & County of San Francisco v. Boyd · 22 Cal. 2d 685
• Carrier v. Robbins · 112 Cal. App. 2d 32
• Leftridge v. City of Sacramento · 59 Cal. App. 2d 516
• Goodrich v. City of Fresno · 74 Cal. App. 2d 31
• Columbia Pictures Corp. v. DeToth · 26 Cal. 2d 753
• Parker v. Bowron · 40 Cal. 2d 344
• Schultz v. Bolz · 54 Cal. 2d 513
• Hoyt v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners · 21 Cal. 2d 399
• Tevis v. City & County of San Francisco · 43 Cal. 2d 190
• San Christina Investment Co. v. City & County of San Francisco · 141 P. 384
• Martin v. Henderson · 255 P.2d 416
• People v. Municipal Court · 145 Cal. App. 2d 767
• Mefford v. City of Tulare · 102 Cal. App. 2d 919
• Gowanlock v. Turner · 42 Cal. 2d 296
• Olivieri v. City of Bridgeport · 10 A.2d 770
• Jarvis v. Henderson · 40 Cal. 2d 600
• Lamb v. Board of County Peace Officers Retirement Commission · 29 Cal. App. 2d 348
• Jones v. De Shields · 202 P. 137
• Adams v. City & County of San Francisco · 94 Cal. App. 2d 586
• McPherson v. Richards · 25 P.2d 534
• Allen v. Bowron · 64 Cal. App. 2d 311
• Johnson v. Phaefflin · 68 A.2d 687
• American Distilling Co. v. City Council of Sausalito · 34 Cal. 2d 660

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• Alameda County Employees' Ass'n v. County of Alameda · 30 Cal. App. 3d 518
• San Bernardino Fire & Police Protective League v. City of San Bernardino · 199 Cal. App. 2d 401
• Kugler v. Yocum · 69 Cal. 2d 371
• United Ass'n of Journeymen v. City & County of San Francisco · 32 Cal. App. 4th 751
• Squire v. City and County of San Francisco · 12 Cal. App. 3d 974
• Gai v. City Council · 63 Cal. App. 3d 381
• Gottlieb v. Department of Water & Power · 63 Cal. App. 3d 202
• City and County of San Francisco v. Cooper · 534 P.2d 403
• County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court · 532 P.2d 495
• Sanders v. City of Los Angeles · 475 P.2d 201
• Los Angeles City & County Employees Union, Local 99 v. Los Angeles City Board of Education · 528 P.2d 353
• Hoffman v. Pedley School District · 210 Cal. App. 2d 72
• Action Apartment Ass'n v. City of Santa Monica · 41 Cal. 4th 1232
• Birkenfeld v. City of Berkeley · 550 P.2d 1001
• Sacramento Newspaper Guild, Local 92 v. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors · 263 Cal. App. 2d 41
• Zeitlin v. Arnebergh · 383 P.2d 152
• Smith v. City of Santa Fe · 171 P.3d 300
• Hogya v. Superior Court · 75 Cal. App. 3d 122
• California State Employees'assn. v. St. of Calif. · 32 Cal. App. 3d 103
• Taylor v. Crane · 595 P.2d 129
• Bagley v. City of Manhattan Beach · 553 P.2d 1140
• Alameda County Land Use Assn. v. City of Hayward · 38 Cal. App. 4th 1716
• City of Long Beach v. Department of Industrial Relations · 102 P.3d 904
• People ex rel. Harris v. Rizzo · 214 Cal. App. 4th 921

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