State Supreme Court / Cal.

Continental Casualty Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co.

Decided May 4, 1956. B Rey Schauer wrote the opinion for the court.

46 Cal. 2d 423 · Cited 439 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.

Coit v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance · 28 Cal. 2d 1
Arenson v. National Automobile & Casualty Insurance · 45 Cal. 2d 81
See v. North American Accident Insurance · 213 P. 42
Western Coal & Mining Co. v. Jones · 27 Cal. 2d 819
Island v. Fireman's Fund Indemnity Co. · 30 Cal. 2d 541
Sampson v. Century Indemnity Co. · 8 Cal. 2d 476
Davis v. Hearst · 116 P. 530
Bradley v. Rosenthal · 97 P. 875
Escobedo v. State of California · 35 Cal. 2d 870
Popejoy v. Hannon · 231 P.2d 484
Leming v. Oilfields Trucking Co. · 44 Cal. 2d 343
Blache v. Blache · 37 Cal. 2d 531
Air Transport Manufacturing Co. v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. · 91 Cal. App. 2d 129
Employers Liability Assurance Corp. v. Pacific Employers Insurance · 227 P.2d 53
Guidici v. Pacific Automobile Insurance · 79 Cal. App. 2d 128
Aynes v. Winans · 33 Cal. 2d 206
Ledgerwood v. Ledgerwood · 300 P. 144
Hobson v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Assn. · 99 Cal. App. 2d 330
Boole v. Union Marine Ins. Co., Ltd. · 198 P. 416
Sheehan v. Division of Motor Vehicles · 140 Cal. App. 200
Bayley v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. · 125 Cal. 345
Stauter v. Carithers · 196 P. 37
Security T. S. Bk. v. New York Indem. Co. · 31 P.2d 365
Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. v. Industrial Accident Commission · 228 P. 1
Wixom v. Davis · 246 P. 1041

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McConnell v. Underwriters at Lloyds · 365 P.2d 418
National Insurance Underwriters v. Carter · 551 P.2d 362
Argonaut Insurance v. Transport Indemnity Co. · 492 P.2d 673
Continental Casualty Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. · 213 Cal. App. 2d 78
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Jacober · 514 P.2d 953
Haynes v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 89 P.3d 381
Hughes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 236 N.W.2d 870
Bareno v. Employers Life Insurance · 500 P.2d 889
Industrial Indemnity Co. v. General Insurance Co. of America · 210 Cal. App. 2d 352
Pacific Indem. Co. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. · 269 Cal. App. 2d 793
American Motorists Insurance v. Underwriters at Lloyd's London Subscribing Certificates LC 26999, 27001 & 27002 · 224 Cal. App. 2d 81
Young's Market Co. v. American Home Assurance Co. · 481 P.2d 817
Miller v. Western Pioneer Insurance · 237 Cal. App. 2d 138
California Packing Corp. v. Transport Indemnity Co. · 275 Cal. App. 2d 363
Wildman v. Government Employees Insurance Co. · 48 Cal. 2d 31
Glens Falls Ins. Co. v. Consolidated Freightways · 242 Cal. App. 2d 774
Home Insurance Company v. Lomax · 498 P.2d 594
Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Continental National Group · 213 Cal. App. 2d 91
Musser v. Provencher · 109 Cal. Rptr. 2d 214
Glens Falls Insurance v. Consolidated Freightways · 242 Cal. App. 2d 774
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Allstate Insurance · 9 Cal. App. 3d 508
Atlantic National Insurance v. Armstrong · 65 Cal. 2d 100
Howell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. · 218 Cal. App. 3d 1446

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