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Whitcombe v. County of Yolo

Decided September 26, 1977. Cruz Reynoso wrote the opinion for the court.

73 Cal. App. 3d 698 · Cited 76 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.

Johnson v. State of California · 447 P.2d 352
Lipman v. Brisbane Elementary School District · 359 P.2d 465
McCorkle v. City of Los Angeles · 70 Cal. 2d 252
White v. Towers · 37 Cal. 2d 727
County of Sacramento v. Superior Court · 503 P.2d 1382
Morgan v. County of Yuba · 230 Cal. App. 2d 938
Sava v. Fuller · 249 Cal. App. 2d 281
Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · 162 N.E. 99
Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California · 551 P.2d 334
County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court · 62 Cal. 2d 839
Heieck and Moran v. City of Modesto · 64 Cal. 2d 229
State of California v. Superior Court · 37 Cal. App. 3d 1023
Mann v. State of California · 70 Cal. App. 3d 773
Walling v. Kimball · 17 Cal. 2d 364
Elton v. County of Orange · 3 Cal. App. 3d 1053
Banerian v. O'MALLEY · 42 Cal. App. 3d 604
Antique Arts Corp. v. City of Torrance · 39 Cal. App. 3d 588
McCarthy v. Frost · 33 Cal. App. 3d 872
County of Santa Barbara v. Superior Court · 15 Cal. App. 3d 751
Jones v. Oxnard School District · 270 Cal. App. 2d 587
Kettman v. Levine · 115 Cal. App. 2d 844
Tate v. Canonica · 180 Cal. App. 2d 898
Worley v. United States · 119 F. Supp. 719

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