State Supreme Court / Cal.

Stevens v. Parke, Davis & Co.

Decided March 14, 1973. Raymond L. Sullivan wrote the opinion for the court.

507 P.2d 653 · Cited 265 times

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Miller v. Los Angeles County Flood Control District · 505 P.2d 193
Love v. Wolf · 226 Cal. App. 2d 378
Mercer v. Perez · 68 Cal. 2d 104
Scala v. Jerry Witt & Sons, Inc. · 475 P.2d 864
Vesely v. Sager · 486 P.2d 151
Incollingo v. Ewing · 444 Pa. 299
Foreman & Clark Corp. v. Fallon · 479 P.2d 362
Sinz v. Owens · 33 Cal. 2d 749
Horn v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 602
Cope v. Davison · 30 Cal. 2d 193
Leonard v. Watsonville Community Hospital · 305 P.2d 36
County of Santa Clara v. Superior Court · 483 P.2d 774
Peterson v. Grieger, Inc. · 367 P.2d 420
Bruce v. Ullery · 58 Cal. 2d 702
Estate of Lances · 14 P.2d 768
Teel v. Gaskill · 25 Cal. 2d 520
Primm v. Primm · 46 Cal. 2d 690
Nichols v. Mitchell · 32 Cal. 2d 598
Nevarov v. Caldwell · 161 Cal. App. 2d 762
People v. Crooker · 303 P.2d 753
People v. Davis · 48 Cal. 2d 241
McEvoy v. American Pool Corp. · 32 Cal. 2d 295
Magee v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. · 214 Cal. App. 2d 340
Gall v. Union Ice Company · 108 Cal. App. 2d 303
Love v. Wolf · 249 Cal. App. 2d 822

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