State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Superior Court

Decided May 29, 2002. Patricia D. Benke wrote the opinion for the court.

119 Cal. Rptr. 2d 190 · Cited 138 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.

Caro v. Procter & Gamble Co. · 18 Cal. App. 4th 644
Fletcher v. Security Pacific National Bank · 591 P.2d 51
Vasquez v. Superior Court · 484 P.2d 964
Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. · 973 P.2d 527
Bank of the West v. Superior Court · 833 P.2d 545
Committee on Children's Television, Inc. v. General Foods Corp. · 673 P.2d 660
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Superior Court · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1093
Occidental Land, Inc. v. Superior Court · 556 P.2d 750
Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn. · 496 P.2d 817
Shamblin v. Brattain · 749 P.2d 339
Linder v. Thrifty Oil Co. · 2 P.3d 27
Richmond v. Dart Industries, Inc. · 629 P.2d 23
Kraus v. Trinity Management Services, Inc. · 999 P.2d 718
Samuels v. Mix · 989 P.2d 701
Prata v. Superior Court · 111 Cal. Rptr. 2d 296
April Enterprises, Inc. v. KTTV · 147 Cal. App. 3d 805
Saunders v. Superior Court · 27 Cal. App. 4th 832
South Bay Chevrolet v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · 85 Cal. Rptr. 2d 301
Day v. AT & T CORP. · 74 Cal. Rptr. 2d 55
Hogya v. Superior Court · 75 Cal. App. 3d 122
Cohn v. Cohn · 65 Cal. App. 4th 923
In Re Energy Systems Equipment Leasing Securities Litigation · 642 F. Supp. 718
Humana, Inc. v. Castillo · 728 So. 2d 261
Cunningham v. PFL Life Insurance · 42 F. Supp. 2d 872

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