State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Ostertag v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.

Decided September 21, 1944. Maurice T. Dooling Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

65 Cal. App. 2d 795 · Cited 56 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.

Hamilton v. Pacific Electric Railway Co. · 12 Cal. 2d 598
Thompson v. Los Angeles & San Diego Beach Railway Co. · 134 P. 709
Peri v. L.A. Junction Ry. · 22 Cal. 2d 111
Deevy v. Tassi · 21 Cal. 2d 109
Bryant v. Pacific Electric Railway Co. · 164 P. 385
Keena v. United Railroads of San Francisco · 239 P. 1061
Melone v. Sierra Ry. Co. of Cal. · 91 P. 522
DeGraf v. Anglo California National Bank · 14 Cal. 2d 87
Handley v. Lombardi · 9 P.2d 867
Barboza v. Pacific Portland Cement Co. · 120 P. 767
Driscoll v. California Street Cable Railroad · 250 P. 1062
People Ex Rel. State Department of Public Works v. American Smelting & Refinining Co. · 34 Cal. App. 2d 457
Parsell v. San Diego Consolidated Gas & Electric Co. · 46 Cal. App. 2d 212
Oliveira v. Warren · 24 Cal. App. 2d 712
Sichterman v. R. M. Hollingshead Co. · 271 P. 372
Lagomarsino v. Market Street Ry. Co. · 261 P. 465
Kimic v. San Jose-Los Gatos Interurban Ry. · 104 P. 812

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