State Supreme Court / Cal.

Biakanja v. Irving

Decided January 17, 1958. Phil S. Gibson wrote the opinion for the court.

49 Cal. 2d 647 · Cited 586 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.

Glanzer v. . Shepard · 135 N.E. 275
Mickel v. Murphy · 147 Cal. App. 2d 718
Ultramares Corp. v. Touche · 174 N.E. 441
Hale v. Depaoli · 33 Cal. 2d 228
MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co. · 111 N.E. 1050
People v. Merchants Protective Corp. · 209 P. 363
Cohan v. Associated Fur Farms, Inc. · 261 Wis. 584
People v. Sipper · 61 Cal. App. Supp. 2d 844
Phoenix Title & Trust Co. v. Continental Oil Co. · 29 P.2d 1065
Kolberg v. Sherwin-Williams Co. · 269 P. 975
Brown v. Bigelow · 325 Mass. 4
State Ex Rel. Wyoming State Bar v. Hardy · 156 P.2d 309

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