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Otworth v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

Decided April 1, 1985. Joan Dempsey Klein wrote the opinion for the court.

166 Cal. App. 3d 452 · Cited 78 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.

Phillips v. Commissioner · 283 U.S. 589
De Vries v. Brumback · 349 P.2d 532
Gonzales v. State of California · 68 Cal. App. 3d 621
Hooper v. Deukmejian · 122 Cal. App. 3d 987
In Re Marriage of Flaherty · 646 P.2d 179
Wise v. Southern Pacific Co. · 223 Cal. App. 2d 50
Hartford Financial Corp. v. Burns · 96 Cal. App. 3d 591
Jeffers v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc. · 107 Cal. App. 2d 253
Maple Properties v. Harris · 158 Cal. App. 3d 997
Branche v. Hetzel · 241 Cal. App. 2d 801
Totten v. Underwriters at Lloyd's London · 176 Cal. App. 2d 440
McFarland v. Bechtel Petroleum, Inc. · 586 F. Supp. 907
Dumm v. Pacific Valves · 146 Cal. App. 2d 792
Pascoe v. Internal Revenue Service · 580 F. Supp. 649
Beerbower v. United States · 592 F. Supp. 67
Jones v. United States · 551 F. Supp. 578
United States v. Burton · 575 F. Supp. 1320

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