Reader's Digest Assn. v. Superior Court

Decided November 19, 1984. Allen Broussard wrote the opinion for the court.

690 P.2d 610 · Cited 209 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.

• Gomes v. Fried · 136 Cal. App. 3d 924
• Widener v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. · 75 Cal. App. 3d 415
• Bindrim v. Mitchell · 92 Cal. App. 3d 61
• Fisher v. Larsen · 138 Cal. App. 3d 627
• Kapellas v. Kofman · 459 P.2d 912
• Good Government Group of Seal Beach, Inc. v. Superior Court · 586 P.2d 572
• Vegod Corp. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. · 603 P.2d 14
• Handelsman v. San Francisco Chronicle · 11 Cal. App. 3d 381
• Pep v. Newsweek, Inc. · 553 F. Supp. 1000
• Velle Transcendental Research Ass'n v. Sanders · 518 F. Supp. 512
• Barger v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. · 564 F. Supp. 1151
• Hayward v. Watsonville Register-Pajaronian and Sun · 265 Cal. App. 2d 255
• Desert Sun Publishing Co. v. Superior Court · 97 Cal. App. 3d 49
• Bill v. Superior Court · 137 Cal. App. 3d 1002
• Kaufman v. Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n · 140 Cal. App. 3d 913
• Fuhrman v. Risner · 92 Cal. App. 3d 725
• Burns v. McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co., Inc. · 659 P.2d 1351
• Martin Marietta Corp. v. Evening Star Newspaper Co. · 417 F. Supp. 947
• Trans World Accounts, Inc. v. Associated Press · 425 F. Supp. 814
• Goldman v. Time, Inc. · 336 F. Supp. 133
• Alioto v. Cowles Communications, Inc. · 430 F. Supp. 1363

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