State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Superior Court

Decided May 23, 1996. H Walter Croskey wrote the opinion for the court.

45 Cal. App. 4th 1093 · Cited 159 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.

Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies · 758 P.2d 58
Manufacturers Life Insurance v. Superior Court · 895 P.2d 56
Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co. · 405 U.S. 233
Committee on Children's Television, Inc. v. General Foods Corp. · 673 P.2d 660
Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Superior Court · 826 P.2d 730
People v. McKale · 602 P.2d 731
People v. Casa Blanca Convalescent Homes, Inc. · 159 Cal. App. 3d 509
Bank of the West v. Superior Court · 833 P.2d 545
Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn. · 496 P.2d 817
Rubin v. Green · 847 P.2d 1044
Motors, Inc. v. Times Mirror Co. · 102 Cal. App. 3d 735
People v. E.W.A.P. Inc. · 106 Cal. App. 3d 315
Bondanza v. Peninsula Hospital & Medical Center · 590 P.2d 22
People Ex Rel. Van De Kamp v. Cappuccio, Inc. · 204 Cal. App. 3d 750
Safeco Ins. Co. of America v. Superior Court · 216 Cal. App. 3d 1491
Careau & Co. v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc. · 222 Cal. App. 3d 1371
Saunders v. Superior Court · 27 Cal. App. 4th 832
California Shoppers, Inc. v. Royal Globe Insurance Co. · 175 Cal. App. 3d 1
Industrial Indemnity Co. v. Superior Court · 209 Cal. App. 3d 1093
Allied Grape Growers v. Bronco Wine Co. · 203 Cal. App. 3d 432
Consumers Union of United States, Inc. v. Fisher Development, Inc. · 208 Cal. App. 3d 1433
American International Group, Inc. v. Superior Court · 234 Cal. App. 3d 749
Maler v. Superior Court · 220 Cal. App. 3d 1592
People v. Custom Craft Carpets, Inc. · 159 Cal. App. 3d 676

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Roskind v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. · 95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 258
Countrywide Financial Corp. v. Bundy · 187 Cal. App. 4th 234
McAdams v. Monier, Inc. · 60 Cal. Rptr. 3d 111
Zhang v. Superior Court · 178 Cal. App. 4th 1081
Smith v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 113 Cal. Rptr. 2d 399
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Superior Court · 119 Cal. Rptr. 2d 190
Hewlett v. Squaw Valley Ski Corp. · 54 Cal. App. 4th 499
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Pastoria v. Nationwide Insurance · 6 Cal. Rptr. 3d 148
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