American Motorcycle Assn. v. Superior Court

Decided February 9, 1978. Mathew Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

578 P.2d 899 · Cited 547 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.

• Nga Li v. Yellow Cab Co. · 532 P.2d 1226
• Kelly v. Long Island Lighting Co. · 31 N.Y.2d 25
• Green v. Superior Court · 517 P.2d 1168
• Summers v. Tice · 33 Cal. 2d 80
• Pierringer v. Hoger · 21 Wis. 2d 182
• Roylance v. Doelger · 57 Cal. 2d 255
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Lan Franco · 267 Cal. App. 2d 881
• Herrero v. Atkinson · 227 Cal. App. 2d 69
• River Garden Farms, Inc. v. Superior Court · 26 Cal. App. 3d 986
• City & County of San Francisco v. Ho Sing · 51 Cal. 2d 127
• Dillon v. Legg · 68 Cal. 2d 728
• Bielski v. Schulze · 16 Wis. 2d 1
• Smith v. Lewis · 530 P.2d 589
• Walker v. Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. · 214 Wis. 519
• Finnegan v. Royal Realty Co. · 35 Cal. 2d 409
• Peters v. City & County of San Francisco · 41 Cal. 2d 419
• Alisal Sanitary District v. Kennedy · 180 Cal. App. 2d 69
• Washington Gas Light Co. v. District of Columbia · 161 U.S. 316
• Gibson v. Gibson · 479 P.2d 648
• Lincenberg v. Issen · 318 So. 2d 386
• Packard v. Whitten · 274 A.2d 169
• United States v. Reliable Transfer Co. · 421 U.S. 397
• Cahill Bros., Inc. v. Clementina Co. · 208 Cal. App. 2d 367
• Niles v. City of San Rafael · 42 Cal. App. 3d 230
• Stambaugh v. Superior Court · 62 Cal. App. 3d 231

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