Legal Opinion

Wyatt v. Union Mortgage Co.

California Supreme Court

Decided August 10, 1979No. S.F. 23748PublishedCited by 195 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BIRD, C. J.

— This is an appeal brought by a mortgage loan broker, its affiliated corporations, their principal shareholder, and several of the *779corporations’ officers and directors from a judgment which imposed on them compensatory and punitive damages for breach of duties which were allegedly owed to respondents during the negotiation of a second mortgage loan. Liability of all but one of the appellants is premised on a theory of civil conspiracy. Appellants contend that (1) the record discloses neither the breach of a duty nor the existence of a conspiracy, (2) the trial court erred…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Gruenberg v. Aetna InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Neal v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Ward v. TaggartCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
  5. United States Liability Insurance v. Haidinger-Hayes, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1970

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3Cited by195 opinions

  1. Applied Equipment Corp. v. Litton Saudi Arabia Ltd.California Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Gibson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  3. Leal v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for Unification of World ChristianityCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Gibson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  5. Alliance Mortgage Co. v. RothwellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995

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