State Supreme Court / Cal.

Coulter v. Superior Court

Decided April 26, 1978. Frank K. Richardson wrote the opinion for the court.

577 P.2d 669 · Cited 166 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.

Vesely v. Sager · 486 P.2d 151
Rowland v. Christian · 69 Cal. 2d 108
Cole v. Rush · 289 P.2d 450
Dillon v. Legg · 68 Cal. 2d 728
Alcorn v. Anbro Engineering, Inc. · 468 P.2d 216
Weirum v. RKO General, Inc. · 539 P.2d 36
Babb v. Superior Court · 479 P.2d 379
Bernhard v. Harrah's Club · 546 P.2d 719
Borer v. American Airlines, Inc. · 563 P.2d 858
Oceanside Union School District v. Superior Court · 58 Cal. 2d 180
Holtz v. Superior Court · 475 P.2d 441
Ewing v. Cloverleaf Bowl · 572 P.2d 1155
Nipper v. California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan · 560 P.2d 743
Coffman v. Kennedy · 74 Cal. App. 3d 28
Wiener v. Gamma Phi Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity · 485 P.2d 18
Ross v. Ross · 200 N.W.2d 149
Williams v. Klemesrud · 197 N.W.2d 614
Bennett v. Letterly · 74 Cal. App. 3d 901

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