State Supreme Court / Ariz.

Sparks v. Republic National Life Insurance

Decided June 10, 1982. William A. Holohan wrote the opinion for the court.

647 P.2d 1127 · Cited 424 times

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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.

Noble v. National American Life Insurance · 624 P.2d 866
Anderson v. Continental Insurance · 271 N.W.2d 368
Sahlin v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pa. · 436 P.2d 606
Federal Insurance Company v. PAT Homes, Inc. · 547 P.2d 1050
Wenk v. Horizon Moving & Storage Co. · 639 P.2d 321
Amphitheater Public Schools v. Eastman · 574 P.2d 47
Royal Globe Insurance v. Superior Court · 592 P.2d 329
Silberg v. California Life Insurance · 521 P.2d 1103
Sellinger v. Freeway Mobile Home Sales, Inc. · 521 P.2d 1119
West v. Soto · 336 P.2d 153
Parks v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa. · 572 P.2d 801
Hurvitz v. Coburn · 572 P.2d 128
Gaston v. Hunter · 588 P.2d 326
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Paynter · 593 P.2d 948
State v. Essman · 403 P.2d 540
Greenberg v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States · 34 Cal. App. 3d 994
Orlando v. Northcutt · 441 P.2d 58
Kauffman v. Schroeder · 568 P.2d 411
Degraff v. Smith · 157 P.2d 342
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. O'Brien · 535 P.2d 46
Cote v. A. J. Bayless Markets, Inc. · 626 P.2d 602
Lewis v. Continental Life and Accident Co. · 461 P.2d 243
State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Rossini · 490 P.2d 567
Murry v. Western American Mortgage Co. · 604 P.2d 651
Thompson v. Government Employees Insurance · 592 P.2d 1284

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