State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Blanchard v. DirecTV, Inc.

Decided October 29, 2004. Richard D. Aldrich wrote the opinion for the court.

20 Cal. Rptr. 3d 385 · Cited 69 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Silberg v. Anderson · 786 P.2d 365
Fuhrman v. California Satellite Systems · 179 Cal. App. 3d 408
Aronson v. Kinsella · 58 Cal. App. 4th 254
Woodland Hills Residents Ass'n v. City Council of Los Angeles · 593 P.2d 200
Rubin v. Green · 847 P.2d 1044
Hammond v. Agran · 120 Cal. Rptr. 2d 646
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine v. Tyson Foods, Inc. · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 926
Pacific Legal Foundation v. California Coastal Commission · 655 P.2d 306
Lerette v. Dean Witter Organization, Inc. · 60 Cal. App. 3d 573
Brenton v. Metabolife International, Inc. · 10 Cal. Rptr. 3d 702
Drum v. Bleau, Fox & Associates · 132 Cal. Rptr. 2d 602
Kashian v. Harriman · 120 Cal. Rptr. 2d 576
HMS Capital, Inc. v. Lawyers Title Co. · 12 Cal. Rptr. 3d 786
Rothman v. Jackson · 49 Cal. App. 4th 1134
Mattel, Inc. v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps · 121 Cal. Rptr. 2d 794
Knoell v. Petrovich · 76 Cal. App. 4th 164
Families Unafraid To Uphold Rural El Dorado County v. El Dorado County Board of Supervisors · 79 Cal. App. 4th 505
Jewett v. Capital One Bank · 6 Cal. Rptr. 3d 675
Laffer v. Levinson, Miller, Jacobs & Phillips · 34 Cal. App. 4th 117
Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura & San Luis Obispo, Inc. v. City of Santa Maria · 16 Cal. App. 4th 685
Family Planning Specialists Medical Group, Inc. v. Powers · 39 Cal. App. 4th 1561
Metcalf v. U-Haul International, Inc. · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 686
DirecTV, Inc. v. EQ Stuff, Inc. · 207 F. Supp. 2d 1077
DirecTV, Inc. v. Perez · 279 F. Supp. 2d 962

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