Philpott v. Superior Court

Decided October 1, 1934. John W. Preston wrote the opinion for the court.

1 Cal. 2d 512 · Cited 137 times

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Precedents cited

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.

• Prewitt v. Sunnymead Orchard Co. · 209 P. 995
• Spect v. Spect · 88 Cal. 437
• Hallidie v. Enginger · 166 P. 1
• McNeese v. McNeese · 213 P. 36
• Morrison v. Land · 147 P. 259
• Martin v. Superior Court · 168 P. 135
• Gaines v. Miller · 111 U.S. 395
• Faulkner v. First National Bank · 62 P. 463
• Bechtel v. Chase · 106 P. 81
• Barbour v. Flick · 59 P. 122
• Lehmann v. Schmidt · 87 Cal. 15
• Firpo v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance · 251 P. 657
• Rocha v. Rocha · 240 P. 1010
• Stone v. Superior Court · 4 P.2d 777
• Chittenden v. Pratt · 89 Cal. 178
• Ito v. Watanabe · 2 P.2d 799
• Mesenburg v. Dunn · 125 Cal. 222
• Hull v. Ray · 294 P. 700
• Board of Highway Commissioners v. City of Bloomington · 253 Ill. 164
• Roberts v. Evans · 43 Cal. 380

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• Canepa v. Sun Pacific, Inc. · 272 P.2d 860
• Omlid v. Sweeney · 484 N.W.2d 486
• Franchise Tax Bd. v. Superior Court · 177 Cal. App. 4th 36
• Raedeke v. Gibraltar Savings & Loan Ass'n · 517 P.2d 1157
• Runyan v. Pacific Air Industries, Inc. · 466 P.2d 682
• Jogani v. Superior Court · 165 Cal. App. 4th 901
• Anderson v. Bell · 251 P.2d 572
• Aerojet-General Corp. v. Superior Court · 211 Cal. App. 3d 216
• Addy v. Stewart · 207 P.2d 498
• Mains v. City Title Insurance Co. · 34 Cal. 2d 580
• Chodos v. Borman · 227 Cal. App. 4th 76
• Abbott v. City of Los Angeles · 50 Cal. 2d 438
• Cole v. Rush · 289 P.2d 450
• Lectrodryer v. SeoulBank · 91 Cal. Rptr. 2d 881
• Weitzenkorn v. Lesser · 40 Cal. 2d 778
• Crogan v. Metz · 47 Cal. 2d 398
• McCall v. Superior Court · 1 Cal. 2d 527
• Hunt v. Authier · 28 Cal. 2d 288
• Schaff v. Kennelly · 61 N.W.2d 538
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Blade · 139 Cal. App. 2d 580
• Earhart v. William Low Co. · 600 P.2d 1344
• Asare v. Hartford Fire Insurance · 1 Cal. App. 4th 856

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