Smith v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Decided January 26, 2006. Alex C. McDonald wrote the opinion for the court.

38 Cal. Rptr. 3d 653 · Cited 75 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

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.

• Gibson v. World Savings & Loan Assn. · 128 Cal. Rptr. 2d 19
• Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 24 P.3d 493
• Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. · 63 P.3d 937
• United States v. Locke · 529 U.S. 89
• Chern v. Bank of America · 544 P.2d 1310
• Roskind v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. · 95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 258
• Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc. · 8 P.3d 1089
• Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. · 973 P.2d 527
• Aubry v. Tri-City Hospital District · 831 P.2d 317
• Saelzler v. Advanced Group 400 · 23 P.3d 1143
• Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance · 513 U.S. 251
• Mangini v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. · 875 P.2d 73
• Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 16 P.3d 94
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Superior Court · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1093
• Scott v. City of Indian Wells · 492 P.2d 1137
• Bostrom v. County of San Bernardino · 35 Cal. App. 4th 1654
• Platt v. Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Services · 217 Cal. App. 3d 1439
• Schifando v. City of Los Angeles · 79 P.3d 569
• Kasky v. Nike, Inc. · 27 Cal. 4th 939
• Perdue v. Crocker National Bank · 702 P.2d 503
• Lazar v. Hertz Corp. · 82 Cal. Rptr. 2d 368
• Consumer Advocates v. Echostar Satellite Corp. · 8 Cal. Rptr. 3d 22
• Saunders v. Cariss · 224 Cal. App. 3d 905
• Olsen v. Breeze, Inc. · 48 Cal. App. 4th 608
• Ojavan Investors, Inc. v. California Coastal Com. · 54 Cal. App. 4th 373

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Miller v. Bank of America, N.A. (USA) · 170 Cal. App. 4th 980
• Wholesale Electricity Antitrust Cases I & II · 55 Cal. Rptr. 3d 253
• Troyk v. Farmers Group, Inc. · 171 Cal. App. 4th 1305
• Paduano v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. · 169 Cal. App. 4th 1453
• Cellphone Termination Fee Cases · 193 Cal. App. 4th 298
• Troyk v. Farmers Group, Inc. · 168 Cal. App. 4th 1337
• Davis v. CHASE BANK USA, NA · 650 F. Supp. 2d 1073
• Puentes v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. · 72 Cal. Rptr. 3d 903
• Silvas v. ETrade Mortgage Corp. · 421 F. Supp. 2d 1315
• Augustine v. FIA Card Services, N.A. · 485 F. Supp. 2d 1172
• Arce v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. · 181 Cal. App. 4th 471
• Boland, Inc. v. Rolf C. Hagen (USA) Corp. · 685 F. Supp. 2d 1094
• Fairbanks v. Superior Court · 64 Cal. Rptr. 3d 623
• K.C. Multimedia, Inc. v. Bank of America Technology & Operations, Inc. · 171 Cal. App. 4th 939
• Rose v. Bank of America · 57 Cal. 4th 390
• Akopyan v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. · 215 Cal. App. 4th 120
• Van Slyke v. Capital One Bank · 503 F. Supp. 2d 1353
• Pich v. Lightbourne · 221 Cal. App. 4th 480
• Harris v. Investor's Business Daily, Inc. · 41 Cal. Rptr. 3d 108
• Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd. v. Superior Court · 179 Cal. App. 4th 36
• Rikos v. Procter & Gamble Co. · 782 F. Supp. 2d 522
• Ericson v. Federal Express Corp. · 162 Cal. App. 4th 1291
• Daghlian v. Devry University, Inc. · 461 F. Supp. 2d 1121
• People v. Garcia CA4/1 · 242 Cal. App. 4th 600
• Montgomery v. Bank of America Corp. · 515 F. Supp. 2d 1106

Explore from here

Alex C. McDonald’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).