State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Appalachian Insurance v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Decided August 29, 1989. Daniel J. Kremer wrote the opinion for the court.

214 Cal. App. 3d 1 · Cited 69 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.

Bollinger v. National Fire Insurance · 25 Cal. 2d 399
Tunkl v. Regents of University of California · 383 P.2d 441
Elkins v. Derby · 525 P.2d 81
A & M PRODUCE CO. v. FMC Corp. · 135 Cal. App. 3d 473
Okura v. United States Cycling Federation · 186 Cal. App. 3d 1462
Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
Leal v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for Unification of World Christianity · 762 P.2d 46
Addison v. State of California · 578 P.2d 941
Hauter v. Zogarts · 534 P.2d 377
Wood v. Elling Corp. · 572 P.2d 755
Neff v. New York Life Insurance · 30 Cal. 2d 165
U. S. Financial v. Sullivan · 37 Cal. App. 3d 5
Estate of Newmark · 67 Cal. App. 3d 350
Hill v. Allan · 259 Cal. App. 2d 470
Roller v. California Pacific Title Insurance Co. · 92 Cal. App. 2d 149
Dowell v. County of Contra Costa · 173 Cal. App. 3d 896
Palma v. U.S. Industrial Fasteners, Inc. · 36 Cal. 3d 171
Seely v. White Motor Co. · 403 P.2d 145
Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies · 758 P.2d 58
Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors · 502 P.2d 1049
Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 256
Wennerholm v. Stanford University School of Medicine · 20 Cal. 2d 713
Chern v. Bank of America · 544 P.2d 1310
Corwin v. Los Angeles Newspaper Service Bureau, Inc. · 484 P.2d 953
Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. · 55 Cal. App. 3d 737

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