State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Persson v. Smart Inventions, Inc.

Decided January 19, 2005. Paul Boland wrote the opinion for the court.

23 Cal. Rptr. 3d 335 · Cited 73 times

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Richelle L. v. Roman Catholic Archbishop · 130 Cal. Rptr. 2d 601
Trope v. Katz · 902 P.2d 259
Engalla v. Permanente Medical Group, Inc. · 15 Cal. 4th 951
PLCM Group, Inc. v. Drexler · 997 P.2d 511
Vai v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n · 364 P.2d 247
Simmons v. California Institute of Technology · 34 Cal. 2d 264
Garcia v. California Truck Co. · 192 P. 708
Burch v. Children's Hospital of Orange County Thrift Stores, Inc. · 109 Cal. App. 4th 537
Cavasso v. Downey · 188 P. 594
TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · 426 U.S. 438
Armendariz v. Found. Health Psychcare Servs., Inc. · 6 P.3d 669
Rosenthal v. Great Western Financial Securities Corp. · 14 Cal. 4th 394
Gray v. Don Miller & Associates, Inc. · 674 P.2d 253
Sime v. Malouf · 95 Cal. App. 2d 82
Lolley v. Campbell · 48 P.3d 1128
Bacon v. Soule · 126 P. 384
Elsbach v. Mulligan · 58 Cal. App. 2d 354
Winston Square Homeowner's Ass'n v. Centex West, Inc. · 213 Cal. App. 3d 282
Brown v. Nolan · 98 Cal. App. 3d 445
IMO Development Corp. v. Dow Corning Corp. · 135 Cal. App. 3d 451
LiMandri v. Judkins · 52 Cal. App. 4th 326
Barbara A. v. John G. · 145 Cal. App. 3d 369
Wolf v. Superior Court · 130 Cal. Rptr. 2d 860
Cicone v. URS Corp. · 183 Cal. App. 3d 194
Service by Medallion, Inc. v. Clorox Co. · 44 Cal. App. 4th 1807

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