State Supreme Court / Cal.

Universal Sales Corp. v. California Press Manufacturing Co.

Decided August 27, 1942. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

20 Cal. 2d 751 · Cited 343 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.

Hamer v. MacClatchie · 32 P.2d 620
Towne v. Eisner · 245 U.S. 418
Blakeslee v. Wilson · 213 P. 495
Mitau v. Roddan · 84 P. 145
Kautz v. Zurich General Accident & Liability Insurance · 300 P. 34
Poultry Producers of Southern California, Inc. v. Barlow · 208 P. 93
Rolland v. Porterfield · 191 P. 913
Coulter Dry Goods Co. v. Wentworth · 153 P. 939
MacPherson v. West Coast Transit Co. · 271 P. 509
First National Bank of Redlands v. Bowers · 74 P. 856
McNeny v. Touchstone · 7 Cal. 2d 429
Adams v. Petroleum Midway Co., Ltd. · 270 P. 668
Arnold v. Hopkins · 265 P. 223
Vaughan v. County of Tulare · 205 P. 21
Work v. Associated Almond Growers of Paso Robles · 282 P. 965
Churchill v. Woodworth · 84 P. 155
Wheat v. Thomas · 287 P. 102
Shaw v. Owl Drug Co. · 4 Cal. App. 2d 191
Estate of Goetz · 109 P. 145
Smith v. Carlston · 271 P. 1091
Poehlman v. Leinweber · 288 Ill. 58
Ross v. Hieronymus · 2 Cal. App. 2d 258
City of Sacramento v. Clunie · 120 Cal. 29
People v. Lionberger · 19 Cal. App. 2d 284

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