State Supreme Court / Cal.

Butigan v. Yellow Cab Co.

Decided January 28, 1958. Homer R. Spence wrote the opinion for the court.

320 P.2d 500 · Cited 218 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.

Parker v. Womack · 230 P.2d 823
Scott v. Burke · 39 Cal. 2d 388
Polk v. City of Los Angeles · 26 Cal. 2d 519
Cole v. Rush · 289 P.2d 450
Zuckerman v. Underwriters at Lloyd's · 42 Cal. 2d 460
Stein v. United R.R. of S.F. · 113 P. 663
Barrera v. De La Torre · 48 Cal. 2d 166
Kelly v. Hanwick · 153 So. 269
Niosi v. Empire Steam Laundry · 117 Cal. 257
Jaeger v. Chapman · 95 Cal. App. 2d 520
Slovick v. James I. Barnes Construction Co. · 142 Cal. App. 2d 618
Johnston v. Orlando · 281 P.2d 357
Guay v. American President Lines, Ltd. · 81 Cal. App. 2d 495
Washam v. Peerless Automatic Staple MacHine Co. · 45 Cal. App. 2d 174
Driver v. Norman · 106 Cal. App. 2d 725
Pezzoni v. City & County of San Francisco · 101 Cal. App. 2d 123
McMahon v. Marshall · 111 Cal. App. 2d 248
Lilley v. Key System Transit Lines · 136 Cal. App. 2d 737
Goodwin v. Braden · 134 Cal. App. 2d 34
McMillen v. Southern Pacific Co. · 146 Cal. App. 2d 216
Buckley v. Chadwick · 45 Cal. 2d 183

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