State Supreme Court / Cal.

Wyatt v. Union Mortgage Co.

Decided August 10, 1979. Frank K. Richardson wrote the opinion for the court.

598 P.2d 45 · Cited 244 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.

Schessler v. Keck · 125 Cal. App. 2d 827
Bowman v. Wohlke · 135 P. 37
Davies v. Krasna · 535 P.2d 1161
Agnew v. Parks · 172 Cal. App. 2d 756
Rodriguez v. North American Aviation, Inc. · 252 Cal. App. 2d 889
Kenworthy v. Brown · 248 Cal. App. 2d 298
Unruh v. Truck Insurance Exchange · 498 P.2d 1063
Bedolla v. Logan & Frazer · 52 Cal. App. 3d 118
People v. Zamora · 557 P.2d 75
Elkins v. Derby · 525 P.2d 81
Chicago Title Insurance v. Great Western Financial Corp. · 69 Cal. 2d 305
Wise v. Southern Pacific Co. · 223 Cal. App. 2d 50
Filice v. Boccardo · 210 Cal. App. 2d 843
Teitelbaum v. Borders · 206 Cal. App. 2d 634
Hyde v. United States · 225 U.S. 347
Gruenberg v. Aetna Insurance · 510 P.2d 1032
Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 321 U.S. 342
Fiswick v. United States · 329 U.S. 211
Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
Neel v. Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand · 491 P.2d 421
Budd v. Nixen · 491 P.2d 433
United States Liability Insurance v. Haidinger-Hayes, Inc. · 463 P.2d 770
Sanchez v. South Hoover Hospital · 553 P.2d 1129
People v. Crosby · 58 Cal. 2d 713
Batson v. Strehlow · 68 Cal. 2d 662

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