Legal Opinion
Gillespie v. City of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Decided December 27, 1950No. L. A. 21405PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTraynor, J.
Route 156 is a state highway extending from Chatsworth to Topanga Beach in Los Angeles County. From Ventura Boulevard in the city of Sherman Oaks west to the Pacific Ocean for about 20 miles through Topanga Canyon, the highway, commonly known as Topanga Canyon Road, is a twisting paved mountain road varying in width from 20 to 24 feet, with 6 to 8-foot shoulders of rock and oil or decomposed granite. About .86 of a mile of Topanga Canyon Road lies within the corporate limits of the city of Los Angeles.
On the morning of September 5, 1943, the burned wreckage of a 1933 Hupmobile sedan owned by…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- In Re PorterfieldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
- Woodbine v. Van HornCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
- Shea v. City of San BernardinoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- People v. TrieberCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
- Bosqui v. City of San BernardinoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by32 opinions
- Isaacs v. Huntington Memorial HospitalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- Warner Construction Corp. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Fuller v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- Godwin v. County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970
- Petersen v. City of VallejoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
27 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.