What are some cases upholding laches as a defense to reinstatement?

3 The reported California cases upholding laches as a defense to reinstatement involve delays ranging from eight months (McLeod v. City of Los Angeles (1967) 256 Cal.App.2d 693, 64 Cal.Rptr. 394) through one year seven months in Wolstenholme v. City of Oakland (1960) 54 Cal.2d 48, 4 Cal.Rptr. 153, 351 P.2d 321, to a maximum of five years in Pacheco v. Clark (1941) 44 Cal.App.2d 147, 112 P.2d 67. Twelve of the fourteen cases involve delays longer, in many cases substantially longer, than the delay of petitioner.