Rosenthal v. Great Western Financial Securities Corp.

Decided December 12, 1996. Kathryn Werdegar wrote the opinion for the court.

14 Cal. 4th 394 · Cited 513 times

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• Strotz v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. · 223 Cal. App. 3d 208
• Strauch v. Eyring · 30 Cal. App. 4th 181
• California Trust Co. v. Cohn · 7 P.2d 297
• CIT Corporation v. Panac · 25 Cal. 2d 547
• Van Meter v. Bent Construction Co. · 46 Cal. 2d 588
• Main v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. · 67 Cal. App. 3d 19
• Lynch v. Cruttenden & Co. · 18 Cal. App. 4th 802
• Frusetta v. Hauben · 217 Cal. App. 3d 551
• Ford v. Shearson Lehman American Express, Inc. · 180 Cal. App. 3d 1011
• Hayes Children Leasing Co. v. NCR Corp. · 37 Cal. App. 4th 775
• Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. Rose · 496 U.S. 356
• College Hospital, Inc. v. Superior Court · 882 P.2d 894
• Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Intel Corp. · 885 P.2d 994
• Casey v. Proctor · 378 P.2d 579
• Rice v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. · 235 Cal. App. 3d 1016
• Trubowitch v. Riverbank Canning Co. · 30 Cal. 2d 335
• Lafayette Morehouse, Inc. v. Chronicle Publishing Co. · 37 Cal. App. 4th 855
• McCarroll v. Los Angeles County District Council of Carpenters · 49 Cal. 2d 45
• Reifler v. Superior Court · 39 Cal. App. 3d 479
• Spear v. California State Automobile Ass'n · 838 P.2d 821
• Hak Fu Hung v. Wang · 8 Cal. App. 4th 908
• Duffy v. Cavalier · 215 Cal. App. 3d 1517
• Hastings v. Matlock · 171 Cal. App. 3d 826
• Rush v. Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. · 681 F. Supp. 1045

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