State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Kruse v. Bank of America

Decided May 18, 1988. John T. Racanelli wrote the opinion for the court.

202 Cal. App. 3d 38 · Cited 127 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.

Nestle v. City of Santa Monica · 496 P.2d 480
Sutter v. General Petroleum Corp. · 28 Cal. 2d 525
Estate of Leslie · 689 P.2d 133
Fletcher v. Western National Life Insurance · 10 Cal. App. 3d 376
Stevens v. Parke, Davis & Co. · 507 P.2d 653
Gray v. Don Miller & Associates, Inc. · 674 P.2d 253
Commercial Cotton Co. v. United California Bank · 163 Cal. App. 3d 511
Davidson v. City of Westminster · 649 P.2d 894
Alcorn v. Anbro Engineering, Inc. · 468 P.2d 216
Jones v. H. F. Ahmanson & Co. · 460 P.2d 464
Seeger v. Odell · 18 Cal. 2d 409
Miller v. Bechtel Corp. · 663 P.2d 177
Kendall v. Ernest Pestana, Inc. · 709 P.2d 837
Sanchez-Corea v. Bank of America · 701 P.2d 826
Braewood Convalescent Hospital v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board · 34 Cal. 3d 159
Bowers v. Bernards · 150 Cal. App. 3d 870
Brewer v. Second Baptist Church · 32 Cal. 2d 791
Bedolla v. Logan & Frazer · 52 Cal. App. 3d 118
Malmstrom v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. · 187 Cal. App. 3d 299
Dryden v. Tri-Valley Growers · 65 Cal. App. 3d 990
Rulon-Miller v. International Business MacHines Corp. · 162 Cal. App. 3d 241
O'NEIL v. Spillane · 45 Cal. App. 3d 147
Kelly v. General Telephone Co. · 136 Cal. App. 3d 278
Palmer v. Ted Stevens Honda, Inc. · 193 Cal. App. 3d 530
Culcal Stylco, Inc. v. Vornado, Inc. · 26 Cal. App. 3d 879

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Nymark v. Heart Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n · 231 Cal. App. 3d 1089
Bustamante v. Intuit, Inc. · 45 Cal. Rptr. 3d 692
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