State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty.

Decided April 22, 1997. J Gary Hastings wrote the opinion for the court.

54 Cal. App. 4th 625 · Cited 56 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.

City & County of San Francisco v. Superior Court · 37 Cal. 2d 227
Coy v. Superior Court · 58 Cal. 2d 210
Suezaki v. Superior Court · 58 Cal. 2d 166
San Francisco Unified School District v. Superior Court · 359 P.2d 925
Aerojet-General Corp. v. Transport Indemnity Insurance · 18 Cal. App. 4th 996
Roberts v. Superior Court · 508 P.2d 309
People v. Lines · 531 P.2d 793
People Ex Rel. Dept. of Public Works v. Donovan · 369 P.2d 1
People v. Lee · 3 Cal. App. 3d 514
Mahoney v. Superior Court · 142 Cal. App. 3d 937
Geilim v. Superior Court · 234 Cal. App. 3d 166
Holm v. Superior Court · 267 P.2d 1025
Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter v. Superior Court · 172 Cal. App. 3d 264
Grand Lake Drive In, Inc. v. Superior Court · 179 Cal. App. 2d 122
In Re Ochse · 38 Cal. 2d 230
Glade v. Superior Court · 76 Cal. App. 3d 738
Continental Insurance v. Superior Court · 32 Cal. App. 4th 94
Shannon v. Superior Court · 217 Cal. App. 3d 986
Bobele v. Superior Court · 199 Cal. App. 3d 708
United Farm Workers v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board · 41 Cal. App. 4th 303

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Coito v. Superior Court · 182 Cal. App. 4th 758
Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 59 Cal. App. 4th 110
DP Pham LLC v. Cheadle · 246 Cal. App. 4th 653
Freedom Trust v. Chubb Group of Ins. Companies · 38 F. Supp. 2d 1170
Samuels v. Mix · 989 P.2d 701
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Superior Court of L.A. Cty. · 990 P.2d 591
Favila v. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP · 188 Cal. App. 4th 189
People v. Superior Court · 23 P.3d 563
Zurich American Insurance v. Superior Court · 66 Cal. Rptr. 3d 833
American Tobacco Co. v. State · 697 So. 2d 1249
2,022 Ranch L.L.C. v. Superior Court · 7 Cal. Rptr. 3d 197
Shapiro v. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CCDC · 35 Cal. Rptr. 3d 826
Hutchinson v. Farm Family Casualty Insurance · 867 A.2d 1
Venture Law Group v. Superior Court · 12 Cal. Rptr. 3d 656
Stadish v. Superior Court · 84 Cal. Rptr. 2d 350
Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 59 Cal. App. 4th 263
Caldecott v. Superior Court · 243 Cal. App. 4th 212
Anastasi v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. · 134 Haw. 400

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