Speck v. Sarver

Decided July 23, 1942. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

20 Cal. 2d 585 · Cited 78 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.

• Westberg v. Willde · 14 Cal. 2d 360
• Mar Shee v. Maryland Assurance Corp. · 210 P. 269
• Paulsen v. McDuffie · 4 Cal. 2d 111
• Mundy v. Marshall · 8 Cal. 2d 294
• Downing v. Southern Pacific Co. · 15 Cal. App. 2d 246
• Morrison v. California · 291 U.S. 82
• Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Henderson · 279 U.S. 639
• Manley v. Georgia · 279 U.S. 1
• Smellie v. Southern Pacific Co. · 299 P. 529
• Blank v. Coffin · 20 Cal. 2d 457
• Treadwell v. Nickel · 228 P. 25
• Hatfield v. Levy Brothers · 18 Cal. 2d 798
• Engstrom v. Auburn Automobile Sales Corp. · 11 Cal. 2d 64
• O'Dea v. Amodeo · 170 A. 486
• Tuttle v. Crawford · 8 Cal. 2d 126
• Taylor v. Oakland Scavenger Co. · 17 Cal. 2d 594
• People v. Moran · 77 P. 777
• Keena v. United Railroads of San Francisco · 239 P. 1061
• Clark v. Diefendorf · 147 A. 33
• Flores v. Fitzgerald · 268 P. 369
• Murphy v. Waterhouse · 113 Cal. 467
• Larrabee v. Western Pacific Ry. Co. · 161 P. 750
• Packard v. Moore · 9 Cal. 2d 571
• Ellison v. Lang Transportation Co. · 12 Cal. 2d 355
• Kelly v. Fretz · 19 Cal. App. 2d 356

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• Crago v. Pacific Motor Trucking Co. · 178 Cal. App. 2d 751
• Meyer v. Cooper · 233 Cal. App. 2d 750
• Anthony v. Hobbie · 25 Cal. 2d 814
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• Cole v. Ridings · 95 Cal. App. 2d 136
• Barker v. City of Los Angeles · 57 Cal. App. 2d 742
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• Powley v. Appleby · 155 Cal. App. 2d 727
• Burns v. Churchill · 152 Cal. App. 2d 491
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• Lynch v. Birdwell · 285 P.2d 919
• Cucinella v. Weston Biscuit Co. · 42 Cal. 2d 71

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