State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Rakestraw v. California Physicians' Service

Decided May 31, 2000. Joan Dempsey Klein wrote the opinion for the court.

96 Cal. Rptr. 2d 354 · Cited 284 times

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Badih v. Myers · 36 Cal. App. 4th 1289
Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Peterson · 866 P.2d 241
Blank v. Kirwan · 703 P.2d 58
Sail'er Inn, Inc. v. Kirby · 485 P.2d 529
Quelimane Co. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. · 960 P.2d 513
Goodman v. Kennedy · 556 P.2d 737
Rojo v. Kliger · 801 P.2d 373
HFH, LTD. v. Superior Court · 542 P.2d 237
Cumero v. Public Employment Relations Board · 778 P.2d 174
Careau & Co. v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc. · 222 Cal. App. 3d 1371
Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination · 375 N.E.2d 1192
Gould v. Maryland Sound Industries, Inc. · 31 Cal. App. 4th 1137
McKelvey v. Boeing North American, Inc. · 86 Cal. Rptr. 2d 645
Schultz v. Harney · 27 Cal. App. 4th 1611
Community Cause v. Boatwright · 124 Cal. App. 3d 888
New Plumbing Contractors, Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance · 7 Cal. App. 4th 1088
Colorado Civil Rights Commission v. Travelers Insurance Co. · 759 P.2d 1358
Van De Kamp v. Gumbiner · 221 Cal. App. 3d 1260
Title Ins. Co. v. Comerica Bank-California · 27 Cal. App. 4th 800
Cooper v. Equity General Insurance · 219 Cal. App. 3d 1252
Williams v. California Physicians' Service · 85 Cal. Rptr. 2d 497
Quaker Oats Co. v. Cedar Rapids Human Rights Commission · 268 N.W.2d 862
In re Maguire · 57 Cal. 604

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