Soule v. General Motors Corp.

Decided October 27, 1994. Stanley Mosk wrote the opinion for the court.

882 P.2d 298 · Cited 844 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.

• Barker v. Lull Engineering Co. · 573 P.2d 443
• Self v. General Motors Corp. · 42 Cal. App. 3d 1
• Cronin v. J.B.E. Olson Corp. · 501 P.2d 1153
• Pool v. City of Oakland · 728 P.2d 1163
• Lemons v. Regents of University of California · 582 P.2d 946
• People v. Watson · 299 P.2d 243
• Campbell v. General Motors Corp. · 649 P.2d 224
• Hasson v. Ford Motor Co. · 564 P.2d 857
• Borenkraut v. Whitten · 56 Cal. 2d 538
• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
• People v. O'Bryan · 130 P. 1042
• Phillips v. G. L. Truman Excavation Co. · 55 Cal. 2d 801
• West v. Johnson & Johnson Products, Inc. · 174 Cal. App. 3d 831
• Robinson v. Cable · 55 Cal. 2d 425
• Akers v. Kelley Co. · 173 Cal. App. 3d 633
• Doupnik v. General Motors Corp. · 225 Cal. App. 3d 849
• Daly v. General Motors Corp. · 575 P.2d 1162
• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• People v. Green · 27 Cal. 3d 1
• Agarwal v. Johnson · 603 P.2d 58
• Starr v. United States · 153 U.S. 614
• People v. Wright · 755 P.2d 1049
• Mitchell v. Gonzales · 819 P.2d 872
• People v. Schader · 62 Cal. 2d 716
• Cervantez v. J. C. Penney Co. · 595 P.2d 975

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