State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Colgan v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.

Decided January 10, 2006. Richard M. Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

38 Cal. Rptr. 3d 36 · Cited 181 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.

Consumer Advocates v. Echostar Satellite Corp. · 8 Cal. Rptr. 3d 22
Fletcher v. Security Pacific National Bank · 591 P.2d 51
Lavie v. Procter & Gamble Co. · 129 Cal. Rptr. 2d 486
Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 24 P.3d 493
Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. · 63 P.3d 937
Graham v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. · 101 P.3d 140
BROCKET v. Moore · 131 Cal. Rptr. 2d 746
Bank of the West v. Superior Court · 833 P.2d 545
People v. Daniels · 459 P.2d 225
People v. Carbajal · 899 P.2d 67
California Teachers Ass'n v. Governing Board of Rialto Unified School District · 14 Cal. 4th 627
Cortez v. Purolator Air Filtration Products Co. · 999 P.2d 706
Wiener v. Southcoast Childcare Centers, Inc. · 88 P.3d 517
Crocker National Bank v. City & County of San Francisco · 782 P.2d 278
Chern v. Bank of America · 544 P.2d 1310
Kraus v. Trinity Management Services, Inc. · 999 P.2d 718
California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles · 902 P.2d 297
Curle v. Superior Court of Shasta County · 16 P.3d 166
Day v. AT & T CORP. · 74 Cal. Rptr. 2d 55
People v. Superior Court · 507 P.2d 1400
Nolan v. City of Anaheim · 92 P.3d 350
Moore v. California State Board of Accountancy · 831 P.2d 798
Board of Education v. Jack M. · 566 P.2d 602
Ford Dealers Assn. v. Department of Motor Vehicles · 650 P.2d 328
City of San Jose v. Superior Court · 850 P.2d 621

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