State Supreme Court / Cal.

Williams v. State of California

Decided June 13, 1983. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

664 P.2d 137 · Cited 331 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Mann v. State of California · 70 Cal. App. 3d 773
Clemente v. State of California · 101 Cal. App. 3d 374
Davidson v. City of Westminster · 649 P.2d 894
McCorkle v. City of Los Angeles · 70 Cal. 2d 252
Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California · 551 P.2d 334
McCarthy v. Frost · 33 Cal. App. 3d 872
Winkelman v. City of Sunnyvale · 59 Cal. App. 3d 509
Johnson v. State of California · 447 P.2d 352
Whitcombe v. County of Yolo · 73 Cal. App. 3d 698
Antique Arts Corp. v. City of Torrance · 39 Cal. App. 3d 588
Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District · 55 Cal. 2d 211
HFH, LTD. v. Superior Court · 542 P.2d 237
Ramos v. County of Madera · 484 P.2d 93
MacIsaac v. Pozzo · 26 Cal. 2d 809
Morgan v. County of Yuba · 230 Cal. App. 2d 938
PAMELA L. v. Farmer · 112 Cal. App. 3d 206
Buford v. State of California · 104 Cal. App. 3d 811
J. A. Meyers & Co. v. Los Angeles County Probation Department · 78 Cal. App. 3d 309
Warren v. District of Columbia · 444 A.2d 1

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