State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Main v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Decided February 10, 1977. John B. Molinari wrote the opinion for the court.

67 Cal. App. 3d 19 · Cited 73 times

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Housekeeper v. Lourie · 39 A.D.2d 280
Stevens v. Marco · 305 P.2d 669
Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co. · 370 U.S. 238
In Re the Arbitration Between Weinrott & Carp · 32 N.Y.2d 190
Vai v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n · 364 P.2d 247
O'MALLEY v. Wilshire Oil Co. · 59 Cal. 2d 482
Rader v. Thrasher · 57 Cal. 2d 244
Kruse v. Miller · 300 P.2d 855
In Re Estate of Cover · 204 P. 583
Pashley v. Pacific Electric Railway Co. · 25 Cal. 2d 226
Stafford v. Shultz · 270 P.2d 1
Sime v. Malouf · 95 Cal. App. 2d 82
Cox v. Schnerr · 156 P. 509
Estate of Shay · 237 P. 1079
O'NEIL v. Spillane · 45 Cal. App. 3d 147
In re the Arbitration between Rederi & Dow Chemical Co. · 25 N.Y.2d 576
Boyd v. Bevilacqua · 247 Cal. App. 2d 272
West Point-Pepperell, Inc. v. Multi-Line Industries, Inc. · 201 S.E.2d 452
Bradner. v. Vasquez · 272 P.2d 11
Daily v. Superior Court · 4 Cal. App. 2d 127
Haldane v. Haldane · 210 Cal. App. 2d 587
Player v. Geo. M. Brewster & Son, Inc. · 18 Cal. App. 3d 526
Loscalzo v. Federal Mutual Insurance · 228 Cal. App. 2d 391
Crocker-Anglo National Bank v. Kuchman · 224 Cal. App. 2d 490
Cullen v. Spremo · 142 Cal. App. 2d 225

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