State Supreme Court / Cal.

Della Penna v. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.

Decided October 12, 1995. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

902 P.2d 740 · Cited 288 times

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Top Service Body Shop, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance · 582 P.2d 1365
Leigh Furniture and Carpet Co. v. Isom · 657 P.2d 293
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Bear Stearns & Co. · 791 P.2d 587
Imperial Ice Co. v. Rossier · 18 Cal. 2d 33
Zimmerman v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n · 191 Cal. App. 2d 55
Youst v. Longo · 729 P.2d 728
American Bank & Trust Co. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta · 256 U.S. 350
Blank v. Kirwan · 703 P.2d 58
Lowell v. Mother's Cake & Cookie Co. · 79 Cal. App. 3d 13
Rickel v. Schwinn Bicycle Co. · 144 Cal. App. 3d 648
Duggin v. Adams · 360 S.E.2d 832
Buxbom v. Smith · 23 Cal. 2d 535
Pleas v. City of Seattle · 774 P.2d 1158
Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. · 429 U.S. 477
National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn. · 166 U.S. 290
Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro · 431 U.S. 85
Neel v. Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand · 491 P.2d 421
J'Aire Corp. v. Gregory · 598 P.2d 60
Blatty v. New York Times Co. · 728 P.2d 1177
Turner v. Halliburton Co. · 722 P.2d 1106
Freeman & Mills, Inc. v. Belcher Oil Co. · 900 P.2d 669
Peterson v. Superior Court · 642 P.2d 1305
Cianci v. Superior Court · 710 P.2d 375

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