State Supreme Court / Cal.

Neel v. Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand

Decided December 2, 1971. Mathew Tobriner wrote the opinion for the court.

491 P.2d 421 · Cited 371 times

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Alter v. Michael · 64 Cal. 2d 480
Heyer v. Flaig · 70 Cal. 2d 223
United States Liability Insurance v. Haidinger-Hayes, Inc. · 463 P.2d 770
Griffith v. Zavlaris · 215 Cal. App. 2d 826
Eckert v. Schaal · 251 Cal. App. 2d 1
Yandell v. Baker · 258 Cal. App. 2d 308
Huysman v. Kirsch · 6 Cal. 2d 302
Lucas v. Hamm · 56 Cal. 2d 583
Amen v. Merced County Title Co. · 58 Cal. 2d 528
Moonie v. Lynch · 256 Cal. App. 2d 361
Lally v. Kuster · 171 P. 961
Lattin v. Gillette · 95 Cal. 317
Hays v. Ewing · 70 Cal. 127
People v. Daniels · 459 P.2d 225
Shelly v. Hansen · 244 Cal. App. 2d 210
Bustamante v. Haet · 222 Cal. App. 2d 413
Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District · 55 Cal. 2d 211
Connor v. Great Western Savings & Loan Ass'n · 447 P.2d 609
Westbrook v. Mihaly · 471 P.2d 487
Lysick v. Walcom · 258 Cal. App. 2d 136
Quintal v. Laurel Grove Hospital · 397 P.2d 161
Corning Hospital District v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 488
Mumford v. Staton, Whaley & Price · 255 A.2d 359
Forster Shipbuilding Co. v. County of Los Angeles · 54 Cal. 2d 450
Weaver v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n · 380 P.2d 644

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