Arias v. Superior Court

Decided June 29, 2009. Kathryn Werdegar wrote the opinion for the court.

46 Cal. 4th 969 · Cited 478 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.

• Taylor v. Sturgell · 553 U.S. 880
• Professional Engineers in California Government v. Kempton · 40 Cal. 4th 1016
• Fireside Bank v. Superior Court · 155 P.3d 268
• Daar v. Yellow Cab Co. · 433 P.2d 732
• Robert L. v. Superior Court · 69 P.3d 951
• People v. Pacific Land Research Co. · 569 P.2d 125
• Ross v. RagingWire Telecommunications, Inc. · 174 P.3d 200
• People v. Gardeley · 14 Cal. 4th 605
• Chia-Lee Hsu v. Abbara · 891 P.2d 804
• Vasquez v. Superior Court · 484 P.2d 964
• City of San Jose v. Superior Court · 525 P.2d 701
• Wash. Mut. Bank v. Superior Court of Orange Cty. · 15 P.3d 1071
• Murphy v. Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc. · 40 Cal. 4th 1094
• People v. Gonzalez · 43 Cal. 4th 1118
• Vandenberg v. Superior Court · 982 P.2d 229
• Horwich v. Superior Court · 980 P.2d 927
• Richmond v. Dart Industries, Inc. · 629 P.2d 23
• Kraus v. Trinity Management Services, Inc. · 999 P.2d 718
• Myers v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc. · 50 P.3d 751
• Green v. Obledo · 29 Cal. 3d 126
• People v. Leal · 94 P.3d 1071
• Nolan v. City of Anaheim · 92 P.3d 350
• Bernard v. Foley · 139 P.3d 1196
• Weaver v. Pasadena Tournament of Roses Ass'n · 32 Cal. 2d 833
• Berglund v. Arthroscopic & Laser Surgery Center of San Diego, L.P. · 44 Cal. 4th 528

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