White v. Towers

Decided September 4, 1951. Homer R. Spence wrote the opinion for the court.

37 Cal. 2d 727 · Cited 118 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.

• Jaffe v. Stone · 18 Cal. 2d 146
• Spalding v. Vilas · 161 U.S. 483
• Prentice v. Bertken · 50 Cal. App. 2d 344
• United States v. Birdsall · 233 U.S. 223
• People v. Mayen · 205 P. 435
• Griffith v. Slinkard · 146 Ind. 117
• People v. Rochin · 101 Cal. App. 2d 140
• People v. Stralla · 14 Cal. 2d 617
• Pulvermacher v. Los Angeles Co-Ordinating Committee for Aid to Jewish Refugees · 61 Cal. App. 2d 704
• Turpen v. Booth · 56 Cal. 65
• Schubkegel v. Gordino · 56 Cal. App. 2d 667
• Nesbitt Fruit Products, Inc. v. Wallace · 17 F. Supp. 141
• United States v. Carrillo · 13 F. Supp. 121
• Anderson v. Rohrer · 3 F. Supp. 367

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