State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

ELSENBERG v. Alameda Newspapers, Inc.

Decided September 20, 1999. William R. McGuiness wrote the opinion for the court.

88 Cal. Rptr. 2d 802 · Cited 86 times

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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.

Edwards v. Centex Real Estate Corp. · 53 Cal. App. 4th 15
Seubert v. McKesson Corp. · 223 Cal. App. 3d 1514
Silberg v. Anderson · 786 P.2d 365
Sangster v. Paetkau · 80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 66
Gould v. Maryland Sound Industries, Inc. · 31 Cal. App. 4th 1137
Hoy v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 861 F. Supp. 881
Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. · 765 P.2d 373
Copp v. Paxton · 45 Cal. App. 4th 829
Davis v. Consolidated Freightways · 29 Cal. App. 4th 354
Haycock v. Hughes Aircraft Co. · 22 Cal. App. 4th 1473
Union Bank v. Superior Court · 31 Cal. App. 4th 573
Hackethal v. Weissbein · 592 P.2d 1175
D'AMICO v. Board of Medical Examiners · 520 P.2d 10
Lazar v. Superior Court · 909 P.2d 981
Brown v. Kelly Broadcasting Co. · 771 P.2d 406
Rubin v. Green · 847 P.2d 1044
Gregory v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. · 552 P.2d 425
Martin v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. · 29 Cal. App. 4th 1718
Kapellas v. Kofman · 459 P.2d 912
Baker v. Los Angeles Herald Examiner · 721 P.2d 87
Villa v. McFerren · 35 Cal. App. 4th 733
Hentzel v. Singer Co. · 138 Cal. App. 3d 290
Scott v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. · 904 P.2d 834
Okun v. Superior Court · 629 P.2d 1369
Collins v. Rocha · 497 P.2d 225

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