State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Dream Theater, Inc. v. Dream Theater

Decided December 28, 2004. Elizabeth Annette Grimes wrote the opinion for the court.

21 Cal. Rptr. 3d 322 · Cited 111 times

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Merrick v. Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. · 130 Cal. App. 3d 212
Larkin v. Williams, Woolley, Cogswell, Nakazawa & Russell · 90 Cal. Rptr. 2d 195
Wilshire-Doheny Associates, Ltd. v. Shapiro · 83 Cal. App. 4th 1380
United Pub. Emps., Local 790 v. City & County of San Francisco · 53 Cal. App. 4th 1021
Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. · 118 Cal. App. 3d 895

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