State Supreme Court / Cal.

Wellenkamp v. Bank of America

Decided August 25, 1978. Wiley Manuel wrote the opinion for the court.

582 P.2d 970 · Cited 175 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.

Tucker v. Lassen Savings & Loan Ass'n · 526 P.2d 1169
Coast Bank v. Minderhout · 61 Cal. 2d 311
La Sala v. American Savings & Loan Ass'n · 489 P.2d 1113
Cherry v. Home Savings & Loan Assn. · 276 Cal. App. 2d 574
Maguire v. Hibernia Savings & Loan Society · 23 Cal. 2d 719
Columbia Pictures Corp. v. DeToth · 26 Cal. 2d 753
Hellbaum v. Lytton Savings & Loan Ass'n · 274 Cal. App. 2d 456
County of Los Angeles v. Faus · 48 Cal. 2d 672
Bennett v. Hibernia Bank · 305 P.2d 20
Texas Co. v. County of Los Angeles · 338 P.2d 440

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