State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

County of Santa Clara v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

Decided March 3, 2006. Nathan D. Mihara wrote the opinion for the court.

40 Cal. Rptr. 3d 313 · Cited 158 times

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San Francisco Unified School District v. W.R. Grace & Company-Connecticut · 37 Cal. App. 4th 1318
Robinson Helicopter Co., Inc. v. Dana Corp. · 102 P.3d 268
City of Modesto Redevelopment Agency v. Superior Court · 13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 865
Seely v. White Motor Co. · 403 P.2d 145
City of San Diego v. United States Gypsum Co. · 30 Cal. App. 4th 575
Jimenez v. Superior Court · 58 P.3d 450
Transwestern Pipeline Co. v. Monsanto Co. · 46 Cal. App. 4th 502
Jolly v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 751 P.2d 923
Huang v. Garner · 157 Cal. App. 3d 404
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n v. City of La Habra · 25 Cal. 4th 809
People Ex Rel. Gallo v. Acuna · 14 Cal. 4th 1090
Budd v. Nixen · 491 P.2d 433
Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 24 P.3d 493
Soule v. General Motors Corp. · 882 P.2d 298
Artiglio v. Corning Inc. · 957 P.2d 1313
Mangini v. Aerojet-General Corp. · 230 Cal. App. 3d 1125
Selma Pressure Treating Co. v. Osmose Wood Preserving Co. of America, Inc. · 221 Cal. App. 3d 1601
Zamora v. Shell Oil Co. · 55 Cal. App. 4th 204
Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 450
Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc. · 8 P.3d 1089
Mesler v. Bragg Management Co. · 702 P.2d 601
Davies v. Krasna · 535 P.2d 1161
City of Bakersfield v. Miller · 64 Cal. 2d 93
People Ex Rel. Van De Kamp v. American Art Enterprises, Inc. · 656 P.2d 1170
Paterno v. State · 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 754

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