State Supreme Court / Cal.

Columbia Pictures Corp. v. DeToth

Decided July 30, 1945. Homer R. Spence wrote the opinion for the court.

26 Cal. 2d 753 · Cited 135 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.

Maguire v. Hibernia Savings & Loan Society · 23 Cal. 2d 719
Aetna Life Insurance v. Haworth · 300 U.S. 227
Welfare Investment Co. v. Stowell · 22 P.2d 529
Wennerholm v. Stanford University School of Medicine · 20 Cal. 2d 713
Olivera v. Grace · 19 Cal. 2d 570
Ermolieff v. R. K. O. Radio Pictures, Inc. · 19 Cal. 2d 543
Zimmer v. Gorelnik · 42 Cal. App. 2d 440
Wollenberg v. Tonningsen · 8 Cal. App. 2d 722
Universal Sales Corp. v. California Press Manufacturing Co. · 20 Cal. 2d 751
Seymour v. Oelrichs · 106 P. 88
Guilliams v. Hollywood Hospital · 18 Cal. 2d 97
Poultry Producers of Southern California, Inc. v. Barlow · 208 P. 93
Hess v. Country Club Park · 2 P.2d 782
Wilson v. Bailey · 8 Cal. 2d 416
Tolle v. Struve · 12 P.2d 61
City of Alturas v. Gloster · 16 Cal. 2d 46
Henderson v. Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District · 277 P. 487
R.G. Hamilton Corp., Ltd. v. Corum · 21 P.2d 413
Nickerson v. President of Harvard College · 298 Mass. 484
Blakeslee v. Wilson · 213 P. 495
Vierra v. Pereira · 12 Cal. 2d 629
Rapaport v. Forer · 20 Cal. App. 2d 271
Halsey v. Robinson · 19 Cal. 2d 476
Phelps v. Loop · 53 Cal. App. 2d 541
Swift v. Swift · 46 Cal. 266

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