State Supreme Court / Cal.

Turpin v. Sortini

Decided May 3, 1982. Frank C. Newman wrote the opinion for the court.

643 P.2d 954 · Cited 165 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.

Curlender v. Bio-Science Laboratories · 106 Cal. App. 3d 811
Schroeder v. Perkel · 432 A.2d 834
Becker v. Schwartz · 46 N.Y.2d 401
In Re Quinlan · 355 A.2d 647
Gleitman v. Cosgrove · 227 A.2d 689
Jacobs v. Theimer · 519 S.W.2d 846
Dumer v. St. Michael's Hospital · 233 N.W.2d 372
Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California · 551 P.2d 334
Borer v. American Airlines, Inc. · 563 P.2d 858
Berman v. Allan · 404 A.2d 8
Crisci v. Security Insurance · 66 Cal. 2d 425
Cobbs v. Grant · 502 P.2d 1
Budd v. Nixen · 491 P.2d 433
Capelouto v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · 500 P.2d 880
Maben v. J. H. Rankin · 55 Cal. 2d 139
Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co. · 282 U.S. 555
Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz · 370 N.E.2d 417
Renslow v. Mennonite Hospital · 367 N.E.2d 1250
Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Superior Court · 20 Cal. 2d 697
Baxter v. Superior Court · 563 P.2d 871
Scott v. McPheeters · 33 Cal. App. 2d 629
Marcotte v. Municipal Court · 64 Cal. App. 3d 235
Elliott v. Brown · 361 So. 2d 546
Phillips v. United States · 508 F. Supp. 537
Williams v. State · 25 A.D.2d 907

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