State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Smith v. Superior Court

Decided January 31, 1984. Joan Dempsey Klein wrote the opinion for the court.

151 Cal. App. 3d 491 · Cited 128 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

Agnew v. Parks · 172 Cal. App. 2d 756
Gold v. Los Angeles Democratic League · 49 Cal. App. 3d 365
Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co. · 282 U.S. 555
Williams v. State of California · 664 P.2d 137
Buckaloo v. Johnson · 537 P.2d 865
Turpin v. Sortini · 643 P.2d 954
Lowell v. Mother's Cake & Cookie Co. · 79 Cal. App. 3d 13
De Vries v. Brumback · 349 P.2d 532
Kachig v. Boothe · 22 Cal. App. 3d 626
Brody v. Montalbano · 87 Cal. App. 3d 725
Asia Investment Co. v. Borowski · 133 Cal. App. 3d 832
People v. Goss · 109 Cal. App. 3d 443
Campbell v. Rayburn · 129 Cal. App. 2d 232
Worldwide Commerce, Inc. v. Fruehauf Corp. · 84 Cal. App. 3d 803
Rios v. Chand · 130 Cal. App. 2d 833

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Superior Boiler Works, Inc. v. Kimball · 259 P.3d 676
Federated Mutual Insurance Co. v. Litchfield Precision Components, Inc. · 456 N.W.2d 434
Kolanovic v. Gida · 77 F. Supp. 2d 595
Youst v. Longo · 729 P.2d 728
Edwards v. Louisville Ladder Co. · 796 F. Supp. 966
Coprich v. Superior Court · 95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 884
Velasco v. Commercial Building Maintenance Co. · 169 Cal. App. 3d 874
Westside Center Associates v. Safeway Stores 23, Inc. · 42 Cal. App. 4th 507
Koplin v. Rosel Well Perforators, Inc. · 734 P.2d 1177
Levinson v. Citizens National Bank of Evansville · 644 N.E.2d 1264
Oliver v. Stimson Lumber Co. · 1999 MT 328
Brown v. Hamid · 856 S.W.2d 51
Favaloro v. S/S GOLDEN GATE · 687 F. Supp. 475
Willard v. Caterpillar, Inc. · 40 Cal. App. 4th 892
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center v. Superior Court · 954 P.2d 511
Jablonski v. Royal Globe Insurance · 204 Cal. App. 3d 379
Hills v. United Parcel Service, Inc. · 2010 UT 39
Yoakum v. Hartford Fire Insurance · 923 P.2d 416
Sweet v. Sisters of Providence in Washington · 895 P.2d 484
La Raia v. SUPERIOR COURT, ETC. · 722 P.2d 286
Penn v. Prestige Stations, Inc. · 99 Cal. Rptr. 2d 602
Sweet v. Sisters of Providence in Washington · 881 P.2d 304
Lips v. Scottsdale Healthcare Corp. · 214 P.3d 434
Sweet v. Sisters of Providence in Washington · 893 P.2d 1252
Penn v. Prestige Stations, Inc. · 83 Cal. App. 2d 336

Explore from here

Joan Dempsey Klein’s Judicial Record · Cal. Ct. App. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).