Hughes v. Pair

Decided July 2, 2009. Joyce L. Kennard wrote the opinion for the court.

46 Cal. 4th 1035 · Cited 546 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.

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• Herberg v. California Institute of the Arts · 124 Cal. Rptr. 2d 1
• Potter v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. · 863 P.2d 795
• Miller v. Department of Corrections · 115 P.3d 77
• Miklosy v. Regents of the University of California · 44 Cal. 4th 876
• Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 24 P.3d 493
• Lonicki v. Sutter Health Central · 180 P.3d 321
• Leal v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for Unification of World Christianity · 762 P.2d 46
• Christensen v. Superior Court · 820 P.2d 181
• Intel Corp. v. Hamidi · 71 P.3d 296
• People v. Lawrence · 6 P.3d 228
• Mulkey v. Reitman · 413 P.2d 825
• Richardson v. Superior Court of Tulare County · 43 Cal. 4th 1040
• Viva! International Voice for Animals v. Adidas Promotional Retail Operations, Inc. · 162 P.3d 569
• Esberg v. Union Oil Company · 47 P.3d 1069
• City of Burbank v. State Water Resources Control Board · 108 P.3d 862
• Troppman v. Valverde · 156 P.3d 328
• Delfino v. Agilent Technologies, Inc. · 52 Cal. Rptr. 3d 376
• Gatto v. County of Sonoma · 120 Cal. Rptr. 2d 550
• Kiseskey v. Carpenters' Trust for Southern California · 144 Cal. App. 3d 222
• City of Long Beach v. Payne · 3 Cal. 2d 184
• Brown v. Smith · 55 Cal. App. 4th 767

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