State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

South Bay Chevrolet v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

Decided May 5, 1999. Daniel J. Kremer wrote the opinion for the court.

85 Cal. Rptr. 2d 301 · Cited 175 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.

Chern v. Bank of America · 544 P.2d 1310
Fletcher v. Security Pacific National Bank · 591 P.2d 51
Waller v. TJD, INC. · 12 Cal. App. 4th 830
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Superior Court · 45 Cal. App. 4th 1093
Committee on Children's Television, Inc. v. General Foods Corp. · 673 P.2d 660
Saunders v. Superior Court · 27 Cal. App. 4th 832
Reid v. Balter · 14 Cal. App. 4th 1186
Bank of the West v. Superior Court · 833 P.2d 545
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co. · 69 Cal. 2d 33
Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. · 973 P.2d 527
Bickel v. City of Piedmont · 16 Cal. 4th 1040
People v. Casa Blanca Convalescent Homes, Inc. · 159 Cal. App. 3d 509
Rubin v. Green · 847 P.2d 1044
Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Superior Court · 826 P.2d 730
Clark v. City of Hermosa Beach · 48 Cal. App. 4th 1152
Hayter Trucking, Inc. v. Shell Western E & P, Inc. · 18 Cal. App. 4th 1
Samura v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. · 17 Cal. App. 4th 1284
Hewlett v. Squaw Valley Ski Corp. · 54 Cal. App. 4th 499
ABC International Traders, Inc. v. Matsushita Electric Corp. of America · 14 Cal. 4th 1247
Motors, Inc. v. Times Mirror Co. · 102 Cal. App. 3d 735
Klein v. Earth Elements, Inc. · 59 Cal. App. 4th 965
Lewis v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc. · 179 Cal. App. 3d 935
Heggblade-Marguleas-Tenneco, Inc. v. Sunshine Biscuit, Inc. · 59 Cal. App. 3d 948
Ladas v. California State Automobile Ass'n · 19 Cal. App. 4th 761
People v. McKale · 602 P.2d 731

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