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Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance

Decided August 7, 1970. Herbert C. Kaufman wrote the opinion for the court.

10 Cal. App. 3d 376 · Cited 412 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.

Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
State Rubbish Collectors Ass'n v. Siliznoff · 240 P.2d 282
Alcorn v. Anbro Engineering, Inc. · 468 P.2d 216
Wetherbee v. United Insurance Co. of America · 265 Cal. App. 2d 921
Reichert v. General Insurance of America · 442 P.2d 377
People v. Victor · 398 P.2d 391
Acadia, California, Ltd. v. Herbert · 353 P.2d 294
Spackman v. Good · 245 Cal. App. 2d 518
Davis v. Hearst · 116 P. 530
Barrera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 456 P.2d 674
Scott v. Times-Mirror Co. · 184 P. 672
Coy v. Superior Court · 58 Cal. 2d 210
American Civil Liberties Union v. Board of Education · 59 Cal. 2d 203
Campbell v. Veith · 121 Cal. App. 2d 729
Lorenson v. Superior Court · 35 Cal. 2d 49
Seffert v. Los Angeles Transit Lines · 56 Cal. 2d 498
Toole v. Richardson-Merrell Inc. · 251 Cal. App. 2d 689
Critz v. Farmers Insurance Group · 230 Cal. App. 2d 788
People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
Ward v. Taggart · 51 Cal. 2d 736
Morrison v. State Board of Education · 461 P.2d 375
Estate of Lances · 14 P.2d 768
Brewer v. Second Baptist Church · 32 Cal. 2d 791
Zellner v. Wassman · 193 P. 84
Wise v. Southern Pacific Co. · 223 Cal. App. 2d 50

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Vossler v. Richards Manufacturing Co. · 143 Cal. App. 3d 952
Trunk v. Orr · 94 Cal. App. 3d 761
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California Shoppers, Inc. v. Royal Globe Insurance Co. · 175 Cal. App. 3d 1
Jarchow v. Transamerica Title Insurance · 48 Cal. App. 3d 917
Delos v. Farmers Insurance Group · 93 Cal. App. 3d 642
Amsden v. Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. · 203 N.W.2d 252
Newby v. Alto Riviera Apartments · 60 Cal. App. 3d 288
Bogard v. Employers Casualty Co. · 164 Cal. App. 3d 602
Hailey v. California Physicians' Service · 69 Cal. Rptr. 3d 789
McCormick v. Sentinel Life Insurance · 153 Cal. App. 3d 1030
Crain v. Krehbiel · 443 F. Supp. 202

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