Desny v. Wilder

Decided June 28, 1956. B Rey Schauer wrote the opinion for the court.

299 P.2d 257 · Cited 239 times

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• Stanley v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 221 P.2d 73
• Eagle Oil & Refining Co. v. Prentice · 19 Cal. 2d 553
• Golding v. R.K.O. Pictures, Inc. · 221 P.2d 95
• Kurlan v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 40 Cal. 2d 799
• Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus · 210 U.S. 339
• Klopstock v. Superior Court · 17 Cal. 2d 13
• Silva v. Providence Hospital of Oakland · 14 Cal. 2d 762
• Burtis v. Universal Pictures Co., Inc. · 40 Cal. 2d 823
• Yadkoe v. Fields · 66 Cal. App. 2d 150
• Berniker v. Berniker · 30 Cal. 2d 439
• Walsh v. Walsh · 18 Cal. 2d 439
• Coyne v. Krempels · 36 Cal. 2d 257
• Chelini v. Nieri · 32 Cal. 2d 480
• Krum v. Malloy · 22 Cal. 2d 132
• Fendler v. Morosco · 171 N.E. 56
• Bradley v. Clark · 65 P. 395
• Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Oil Well Supply Co. · 12 Cal. App. 2d 265
• Hardy v. Hardy · 23 Cal. 2d 244
• County of Ventura v. Southern California Edison Co. · 85 Cal. App. 2d 529
• Gardner v. Jonathan Club · 35 Cal. 2d 343
• Brunner v. Stix, Baer & Fuller Co. · 181 S.W.2d 643
• Schonwald v. F. Burkart Manufacturing Co. · 202 S.W.2d 7
• Horacek v. Smith · 33 Cal. 2d 186
• Werner v. Sargeant · 121 Cal. App. 2d 833

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