State Supreme Court / Cal.

Dillon v. Legg

Decided June 21, 1968. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

68 Cal. 2d 728 · Cited 1,026 times

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Waube v. Warrington · 216 Wis. 603
State Rubbish Collectors Ass'n v. Siliznoff · 240 P.2d 282
Lindley v. Knowlton · 176 P. 440
Klein v. Klein · 58 Cal. 2d 692
Hergenrether v. East · 61 Cal. 2d 440
Acadia, California, Ltd. v. Herbert · 353 P.2d 294
Lucas v. Hamm · 56 Cal. 2d 583
Murray v. Wright · 166 Cal. App. 2d 589
Easton v. United Trade Sch. Contracting Co. · 159 P. 597
Webb v. Francis J. Lewald Coal Co. · 4 P.2d 532
Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · 162 N.E. 99
Biakanja v. Irving · 49 Cal. 2d 647
Richards v. Stanley · 43 Cal. 2d 60
Emery v. Emery · 45 Cal. 2d 421
Richardson v. Ham · 44 Cal. 2d 772
Orlo v. Connecticut Co. · 21 A.2d 402
McEvoy v. American Pool Corp. · 32 Cal. 2d 295
Knaub v. Gotwalt · 422 Pa. 267
Chiuchiolo v. New England Wholesale Tailors · 150 A. 540
Emden v. Vitz · 88 Cal. App. 2d 313
Vanoni v. Western Airlines · 247 Cal. App. 2d 793
Cook v. Maier · 33 Cal. App. 2d 581
Grafton v. Mollica · 231 Cal. App. 2d 860
Barber v. Pollock · 104 N.H. 379

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