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Contreras v. Dowling

Decided October 26, 2016. Barbara J. R. Jones wrote the opinion for the court.

5 Cal. App. 5th 394 · Cited 70 times

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Bergstein v. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP · 236 Cal. App. 4th 793
Cabral v. Martins · 177 Cal. App. 4th 471
Finton Construction, Inc. v. Bidna & Keys, APLC · 238 Cal. App. 4th 200
Kimmel v. Goland · 793 P.2d 524
Wallace v. McCubbin · 196 Cal. App. 4th 1169
Oasis West Realty v. Goldman · 51 Cal. 4th 811
Flatley v. Mauro · 139 P.3d 2
Baral v. Schnitt · 1 Cal. 5th 376
Action Apartment Ass'n v. City of Santa Monica · 41 Cal. 4th 1232
Rubin v. Green · 847 P.2d 1044
Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. v. Happening House Ventures · 184 Cal. App. 4th 1539
Salma v. Capon · 74 Cal. Rptr. 3d 873
Navellier v. Sletten · 52 P.3d 703
City of Cotati v. Cashman · 52 P.3d 695
Soukup v. Law Offices of Herbert Hafif · 139 P.3d 30
Silberg v. Anderson · 786 P.2d 365
Rusheen v. Cohen · 128 P.3d 713
Peregrine Funding, Inc. v. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP · 35 Cal. Rptr. 3d 31
Blanton v. Womancare, Inc. · 696 P.2d 645
Casey v. U.S. Bank National Ass'n · 26 Cal. Rptr. 3d 401
Berg & Berg Enterprises, LLC v. Sherwood Partners, Inc. · 32 Cal. Rptr. 3d 325
Choate v. County of Orange · 103 Cal. Rptr. 2d 339
GeneThera, Inc. v. Troy & Gould Professional Corp. · 171 Cal. App. 4th 901
City of San Diego v. Board of Trustees of the California State University · 61 Cal. 4th 945
Kashian v. Harriman · 120 Cal. Rptr. 2d 576

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