State Supreme Court / Cal.

Elmore v. American Motors Corp.

Decided March 11, 1969. Raymond E. Peters wrote the opinion for the court.

70 Cal. 2d 578 · Cited 205 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 256
Taylor v. Centennial Bowl, Inc. · 416 P.2d 793
Webb v. Zern · 422 Pa. 424
Estate of Lances · 14 P.2d 768
Piercefield v. Remington Arms Co. · 133 N.W.2d 129
Estate of Callahan · 67 Cal. 2d 609
Ford Motor Company v. Cockrell · 211 So. 2d 833
Toombs v. Fort Pierce Gas Company · 208 So. 2d 615
Finley v. Young · 67 Cal. 2d 609

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