State Supreme Court / Mont.

Brown v. North American Manufacturing Co.

Decided February 9, 1978. Daniel J. Shea wrote the opinion for the court.

576 P.2d 711 · Cited 95 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.

Dorsey v. Yoder Company · 331 F. Supp. 753
Campo v. Scofield · 301 N.Y. 468
Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. · 161 A.2d 69
Micallef v. Miehle Co. · 39 N.Y.2d 376
Morrow v. Trailmobile, Inc. · 473 P.2d 780
Dunham v. Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co. · 247 N.E.2d 401
Byrns v. Riddell, Incorporated · 550 P.2d 1065
Deeds v. United States · 306 F. Supp. 348
Cassaday v. City of Billings · 340 P.2d 509
D'Hoodge v. McCann · 443 P.2d 747
Broberg v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co. · 182 P.2d 851
Leary v. Kelly Pipe Company · 549 P.2d 813
Harding v. H. F. Johnson, Inc. · 244 P.2d 111
Sperling v. Hatch · 10 Cal. App. 3d 54
Greeneich v. Southern Pacific Co. · 189 Cal. App. 2d 100
Gobel v. Rinio · 200 P.2d 700

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