State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Allstate Insurance

Decided July 9, 1970. Leonard M. Friedman wrote the opinion for the court.

9 Cal. App. 3d 508 · Cited 83 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.

• Wildman v. Government Employees Insurance Co. · 48 Cal. 2d 31
• Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 50 Cal. 2d 654
• Herzog v. National American Insurance · 465 P.2d 841
• Huggins v. Yoshiwara · 465 P.2d 845
• Mid-Century Insurance Co. v. Hernandez · 275 Cal. App. 2d 839
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Phoenix Construction Co. · 46 Cal. 2d 423
• Pacific Employers Insurance v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 65 Cal. 2d 318
• Jurd v. Pacific Indemnity Co. · 57 Cal. 2d 699
• Allstate Insurance v. Roberts · 156 Cal. App. 2d 755
• Gray v. Zurich Insurance Co. · 419 P.2d 168
• Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
• Mosley v. Arden Farms Co. · 26 Cal. 2d 213
• Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club v. Ohio Casualty Insurance · 58 Cal. 2d 142
• Better Food Markets, Inc. v. American District Telegraph Co. · 40 Cal. 2d 179
• Tomerlin v. Canadian Indemnity Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 638
• American Automobile Insurance Co. v. Republic Indemnity Co. · 52 Cal. 2d 507
• Paramount Properties Co. v. Transamerica Title Insurance · 463 P.2d 746
• Clark v. Gibbons · 66 Cal. 2d 399
• Arenson v. National Automobile & Casualty Insurance · 45 Cal. 2d 81
• Chelini v. Nieri · 32 Cal. 2d 480
• Atlantic National Insurance v. Armstrong · 65 Cal. 2d 100
• Wisdom v. Eagle Star Insurance · 211 Cal. App. 2d 602
• Pacific Indem. Co. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. · 269 Cal. App. 2d 793
• Landie v. Century Indemnity Company · 390 S.W.2d 558
• Russell v. Geis · 251 Cal. App. 2d 560

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• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Flynt · 17 Cal. App. 3d 538
• Contreras v. America, Compania General De Seguros · 48 Cal. App. 3d 270
• Pacific Group v. First State Insurance · 841 F. Supp. 922
• Occidental Fire & Casualty Co. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. · 667 F. Supp. 679
• Jarchow v. Transamerica Title Insurance · 48 Cal. App. 3d 917
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Johnston · 507 P.2d 1357
• Everett Associates, Inc. v. Transcontinental Insurance · 159 F. Supp. 2d 1196
• California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau v. Gong · 162 Cal. App. 3d 518
• Everett Associates, Inc. v. Transcontinental Insurance · 141 F. Supp. 2d 989
• Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Superior Court · 861 P.2d 1153
• Las Palmas Associates v. Las Palmas Center Associates · 235 Cal. App. 3d 1220
• Johansen v. California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau · 538 P.2d 744
• Samson v. Transamerica Insurance · 636 P.2d 32
• Walters v. Marler · 83 Cal. App. 3d 1
• Fire Insurance Exchange v. Abbott · 204 Cal. App. 3d 1012
• Saylin v. California Insurance Guarantee Ass'n · 179 Cal. App. 3d 256
• Metz v. Universal Underwriters Insurance · 513 P.2d 922
• Berge v. International Harvester Co. · 142 Cal. App. 3d 152
• Amato v. Mercury Casualty Co. · 53 Cal. App. 4th 825
• Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Civil Service Employees Insurance · 33 Cal. App. 3d 26
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Camara · 63 Cal. App. 3d 48
• American Star Insurance Co. v. Insurance Co. of the West · 232 Cal. App. 3d 1320
• Richardson v. Allstate Insurance · 117 Cal. App. 3d 8
• California Insurance Guarantee Ass'n v. Superior Court · 231 Cal. App. 3d 1617
• McDonald v. John P. Scripps Newspaper · 210 Cal. App. 3d 100

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