State Supreme Court / Cal.

Merco Construction Engineers, Inc. v. Municipal Court

Decided July 25, 1978. Mathew Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

581 P.2d 636 · Cited 106 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.

Prudential Insurance Co. v. Small Claims Court · 76 Cal. App. 2d 379
Brooks v. Small Claims Court · 504 P.2d 1249
In Re Lavine · 2 Cal. 2d 324
Gordon v. Justice Court · 525 P.2d 72
Paradise v. Nowlin · 86 Cal. App. 2d 897
Vann v. Shilleh · 54 Cal. App. 3d 192
Roddis v. All-Coverage Insurance Exchange Automobile & Fire · 250 Cal. App. 2d 304
Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn. · 496 P.2d 817
Miller v. McColgan · 17 Cal. 2d 432
Baron v. City of Los Angeles · 469 P.2d 353
Brydonjack v. State Bar · 281 P. 1018
People v. Merchants Protective Corp. · 209 P. 363
Erkenbrecher v. Grant · 200 P. 641
Ferraro v. Pacific Finance Corp. · 8 Cal. App. 3d 339
City of Downey v. Johnson · 263 Cal. App. 2d 775
Eagle Indemnity Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission · 18 P.2d 341
Dandini v. Dandini · 120 Cal. App. 2d 211
Jacques, Inc. v. State Board of Equalization · 155 Cal. App. 2d 448
Himmel v. City Council of Burlingame · 169 Cal. App. 2d 97
Petersen v. Lewis · 2 Cal. 2d 569

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