State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

City of Atascadero v. Merill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Decided January 6, 1999. William R. McGuiness wrote the opinion for the court.

80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 329 · Cited 205 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.

Pierce v. Lyman · 1 Cal. App. 4th 1093
Bancroft-Whitney Co. v. Glen · 64 Cal. 2d 327
Blank v. Kirwan · 703 P.2d 58
Serrano v. Priest · 487 P.2d 1241
White v. Davis · 533 P.2d 222
Doctors' Co. v. Superior Court · 775 P.2d 508
Bank of the West v. Superior Court · 833 P.2d 545
Parsons v. Bristol Development Co. · 62 Cal. 2d 861
Applied Equipment Corp. v. Litton Saudi Arabia Ltd. · 869 P.2d 454
Daar v. Yellow Cab Co. · 433 P.2d 732
Seeger v. Odell · 18 Cal. 2d 409
Hendy v. Losse · 819 P.2d 1
Schroeder v. Auto Driveaway Co. · 523 P.2d 662
Morales v. Field, DeGoff, Huppert & MacGowan · 99 Cal. App. 3d 307
Gray v. Sutherland · 124 Cal. App. 2d 280
ST. JAMES ARMENIAN CH. OF LOS ANGELES v. Kurkjian · 47 Cal. App. 3d 547
Universal Sales Corp. v. California Press Manufacturing Co. · 20 Cal. 2d 751
Coulter v. Pool · 201 P. 120
Titan Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 22 Cal. App. 4th 457
Southern California Edison Co. v. Superior Court · 37 Cal. App. 4th 839
Marshall v. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher · 37 Cal. App. 4th 1397
Gonsalves v. Hodgson · 38 Cal. 2d 91
General Motors Corp. v. Superior Court · 12 Cal. App. 4th 435
Hernandez v. Badger Construction Equipment Co. · 28 Cal. App. 4th 1791
New York Life Insurance v. Hollender · 237 P.2d 510

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