Legal Opinion
Root v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 5, 1962No. Civ. 26665PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFox, P. J.
This is an application for a writ seeking, inter alia, to restrain respondent court from making or entering any order quashing or dissolving a writ of attachment and from dismissing the action.
Plaintiffs or their assignors were respectively the screen writer, cinematographer, the director and principal players in a motion picture, “Stronghold,” produced in Mexico in 1950-51 who rendered services on the picture under contracts between them and the Mexican production company, Pilmadora Internacional S.A., a corporation, not sued herein. The plaintiffs received that portion of their compensation…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Security Savings Bank v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Fisher Governor Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- Cosper v. Smith & Wesson Arms Co.California Supreme Court · 1959
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Thomson v. Continental InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
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- Turner v. EversAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1973
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- National General Corp. v. Dutch Inns of America, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1971
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