Colich & Sons v. Pacific Bell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a tariff’s limitation of liability provision is binding on the public generally because such a provision is an inherent part of the utility’s established rates and has the force and effect of law
• “Gross negligence . . . 18 differs from ordinary negligence only in degree and not in kind.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• City of Santa Barbara v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 2007-07-16· cited 144×
• Western Steamship Lines, Inc. v. San Pedro Peninsula Hospital
  California Supreme Court· 1994-07-28· cited 115×
• Calvillo-Silva v. Home Grocery
  California Supreme Court· 1998-12-17· cited 110×
• Thrifty-Tel, Inc. v. Bezenek
  California Court of Appeal· 1996-06-28· cited 92×
• Prince v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
  California Supreme Court· 2009-03-19· cited 80×
• Decker v. City of Imperial Beach
  California Court of Appeal· 1989-04-04· cited 66×
• Bostick v. Flex Equip. Co., Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-01-29· cited 35×
• Duggal v. G.E. Capital Communications Services, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-05-31· cited 32×
• Acosta v. Glenfed Development Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 2005-04-29· cited 28×
• Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-07-28· cited 21×
• Pink Dot, Inc. v. Teleport Communications Group
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-04-23· cited 19×
• Departamento de Asuntos del Consumidor v. Luma Energy, LLC y otros
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2025-12-01· cited 18×
• Southern California Edison Co. v. City of Victorville
  California Court of Appeal· 2013-06-17· cited 13×
• BRIAN T. v. Pacific Bell
  California Court of Appeal· 1989-05-22· cited 13×
• US Airways, Inc. v. Qwest Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2015-10-01· cited 12×
• Wolk v. Green
  N.D. California· 2007-09-04· cited 9×
• Bostick v. Flex Equipment Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-01-29· cited 5×
• Western Steamship Lines v. San Pedro Peninsula Hosp.
  California Supreme Court· 1994-07-28· cited 1×
• Prince v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2006-11-29· cited 1×
• Westwind Homes D/B/A Westwind Development, G.P.-Laredo, LLC, and Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp. v. Fernando Ramirez and Minerva Ramirez
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2020-03-25

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nga Li v. Yellow Cab Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1975-03-31· cited 760×
• American Motorcycle Assn. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1978-02-09· cited 547×
• Goodman v. Kennedy
  California Supreme Court· 1976-11-29· cited 448×
• Buckaloo v. Johnson
  California Supreme Court· 1975-07-24· cited 209×
• Bigbee v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1983-06-23· cited 202×
• E. L. White, Inc. v. City of Huntington Beach
  California Supreme Court· 1978-05-31· cited 169×
• Temescal Water Co. v. Department of Public Works
  California Supreme Court· 1955-02-15· cited 141×
• Okun v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1981-06-15· cited 106×
• Donnelly v. Southern Pacific Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1941-11-01· cited 102×
• Waters v. Pacific Telephone Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1974-07-09· cited 97×
• Franz v. Board of Medical Quality Assurance
  California Supreme Court· 1982-04-08· cited 95×
• Associated Construction & Engineering Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
  California Supreme Court· 1978-12-19· cited 78×
• Munoz v. Davis
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-03-28· cited 74×
• Snyder v. Southern California Edison Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1955-07-01· cited 63×
• Porter v. Hofman
  California Supreme Court· 1938-12-20· cited 59×
• Societa Per Azioni De Navigazione Italia v. City of Los Angeles
  California Supreme Court· 1982-05-24· cited 51×
• Van Meter v. Bent Construction Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1956-06-01· cited 50×
• Pierce v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-03-26· cited 50×
• Barnett v. Delta Lines, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1982-11-23· cited 50×
• Commercial Standard Title Co. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1979-05-11· cited 43×