Brown v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

Decided September 25, 1980. Charles F. Stafford wrote the opinion for the court.

617 P.2d 704 · Cited 129 times

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• Pollock v. Ralston · 104 P.2d 934
• Coleman v. Highland Lumber, Inc. · 283 P.2d 123
• Holland v. Boeing Company · 583 P.2d 621
• Morgan v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 545 P.2d 1193
• Loveless v. Yantis · 513 P.2d 1023
• Lightfoot v. MacDonald · 544 P.2d 88
• Cox v. Charles Wright Academy, Inc. · 422 P.2d 515
• State v. Wood · 569 P.2d 1148
• Cherberg v. Peoples National Bank · 564 P.2d 1137
• Cousins Investment Co. v. Hastings Clothing Co. · 45 Cal. App. 2d 141
• Fuqua v. Fuqua · 558 P.2d 801
• Silverstein v. Keane · 115 A.2d 1
• Lippman v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 44 Cal. 2d 136
• Hockley v. Hargitt · 510 P.2d 1123
• In Re the Marriage of Croley · 588 P.2d 738
• Dexter Horton Building Co. v. King County · 116 P.2d 507
• Barnes v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 563 P.2d 199
• Watkins v. Siler Logging Co. · 116 P.2d 315
• Williams v. Safeway Stores, Inc. · 424 P.2d 541
• In Re Marriage of Firchau · 558 P.2d 194
• Barnett v. Hitching Post Lodge, Inc. · 421 P.2d 507
• Peters v. Dulien Steel Products, Inc. · 239 P.2d 1055
• Dirk v. Amerco Marketing Co. · 565 P.2d 90
• Ranta v. German · 459 P.2d 961

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