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Neal v. State Farm Insurance Companies

Decided January 31, 1961. Matthew O. Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

188 Cal. App. 2d 690 · Cited 119 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.

Maguire v. Hibernia Savings & Loan Society · 23 Cal. 2d 719
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Dempster · 174 Cal. App. 2d 418
Lagomarsino v. San Jose Abstract & Title Insurance · 178 Cal. App. 2d 455
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Hobbs · 268 S.W.2d 420
Gero v. Richey · 175 P. 91

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