Cutler v. Phillips Petroleum Co.

Decided September 29, 1994. Charles Z. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

881 P.2d 216 · Cited 137 times

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• Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 463 U.S. 85
• Puget Sound Electrical Workers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Merit Co. · 870 P.2d 960
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · 471 U.S. 724
• English v. General Electric Co. · 496 U.S. 72
• Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc. · 471 U.S. 707
• Hoffer v. State · 755 P.2d 781
• Halvorson v. Dahl · 574 P.2d 1190
• Corrigal v. Ball & Dodd Funeral Home, Inc. · 577 P.2d 580
• Hoffer v. State · 776 P.2d 963
• Bowman v. John Doe · 704 P.2d 140
• McClendon v. Ingersoll-Rand Co. · 779 S.W.2d 69
• Cutler v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · 859 P.2d 1251
• Orwick v. City of Seattle · 692 P.2d 793
• Samuel v. Langham · 780 F. Supp. 424
• Klank v. Sears, Roebuck and Co. · 735 F. Supp. 260
• Jaskilka v. Carpenter Technology Corp. · 757 F. Supp. 175
• Sperling v. Texas Health Enterprises, Inc. · 791 F. Supp. 662
• Howard v. Indiana Michigan Power Co. · 812 F. Supp. 135

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