Smith v. Maldonado

Decided June 23, 1999. William R. McGuiness wrote the opinion for the court.

85 Cal. Rptr. 2d 397 · Cited 111 times

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• Kapellas v. Kofman · 459 P.2d 912
• Francis v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. · 3 Cal. App. 4th 535
• Washer v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n · 21 Cal. 2d 822
• Sangster v. Paetkau · 80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 66
• Campanelli v. Regents of University of California · 44 Cal. App. 4th 572
• White v. Davis · 533 P.2d 222
• Brown v. Kelly Broadcasting Co. · 771 P.2d 406
• MacLeod v. Tribune Publishing Co. · 343 P.2d 36
• Lipman v. Brisbane Elementary School District · 359 P.2d 465
• Loder v. Municipal Court · 553 P.2d 624
• Miller v. Bechtel Corp. · 663 P.2d 177
• Swaffield v. Universal Ecsco Corp. · 271 Cal. App. 2d 147
• Cunningham v. Simpson · 461 P.2d 39
• Gill v. Hughes · 227 Cal. App. 3d 1299
• Union Bank v. Superior Court · 31 Cal. App. 4th 573
• Villa v. McFerren · 35 Cal. App. 4th 733
• Kahn v. Bower · 232 Cal. App. 3d 1599
• WYDA Associates v. Merner · 42 Cal. App. 4th 1702
• Saldana v. Globe-Weis Systems Co. · 233 Cal. App. 3d 1505
• Jambazian v. Borden · 25 Cal. App. 4th 836
• Ellenberger v. Espinosa · 30 Cal. App. 4th 943
• Gilman v. McClatchy · 111 Cal. 606
• Gigax v. Ralston Purina Co. · 136 Cal. App. 3d 591
• Central Valley Chapter of 7th Step Foundation, Inc. v. Younger · 95 Cal. App. 3d 212

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