California Supreme Court· 2/5/1974
Walker v. Community Bank
Citations
- 518 P.2d 329
- 10 Cal. 3d 729
- 111 Cal. Rptr. 897
- 1974 Cal. LEXIS 358
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining § 726(a) in terms of “the election of remedies doctrine” and stating that the purpose of the statute “is to prevent the creditor from enforcing its rights by more than one remedy”
- “the clear purpose of section 726... requires] a secured creditor to exhaust all security first”
- “[W]here the creditor sues on the obligation and seeks a personal money judgment against the debtor ... he makes an election of remedies, electing the single remedy of a personal action, and thereby ■ waives his right to foreclose_”
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Judges: Sullivan
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62 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Cornelison v. KornbluthCalifornia Supreme Court· 1975-12-01· cited 178×
- Security Pacific National Bank v. WozabCalifornia Supreme Court· 1990-11-29· cited 157×
- Trident Center v. Connecticut General Life Insurance CompanyNinth Circuit· 1988-07-05· cited 113×
- Resolution Trust Corporation, as Conservator for Great American First Savings Bank v. Bayside DevelopersFirst Circuit· 1995-01-20· cited 107×
- Rockridge Trust v. Wells Fargo, N.A.N.D. California· 2013-09-25· cited 62×
- Bank of America, N.A. v. RobertsCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2013-07-17· cited 53×
- Schmidt v. Bank of America, N.A.California Court of Appeal· 2014-02-21· cited 53×
- Passanisi v. Merit-McBride Realtors, Inc.California Court of Appeal· 1987-04-08· cited 45×
- O'NEIL v. General Security Corp.California Court of Appeal· 1992-03-11· cited 42×
- Arabia v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P.California Court of Appeal· 2012-08-13· cited 29×
- Coppola v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1989-06-22· cited 25×
- Paykar Construction Inc. v. Spilat Construction Corp.California Court of Appeal· 2001-09-21· cited 23×
- Simon v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1992-03-03· cited 23×
- Smyth v. City of Oakland (In Re Brooks-Hamilton)Ninth Circuit· 2005-08-19· cited 21×
- Dong Suk Shin v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1994-06-30· cited 19×
- Bank of America v. DailyCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1984-03-02· cited 17×
- Smyth v. City of OaklandNinth Circuit· 2008-03-26· cited 17×
- United States v. Haddon Haciendas Co.Ninth Circuit· 1976-05-25· cited 17×
- Wiley v. Bank of Fountain ValleyColorado Court of Appeals· 1981-06-04· cited 16×
- Clayton Development Co., Inc. v. FalveyCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1988-12-06· cited 15×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Roseleaf Corp. v. ChierighinoCalifornia Supreme Court· 1963-01-22· cited 180×
- Freedland v. GrecoCalifornia Supreme Court· 1955-11-04· cited 142×
- Coast Bank v. MinderhoutCalifornia Supreme Court· 1964-05-21· cited 101×
- Salter v. UlrichCalifornia Supreme Court· 1943-05-27· cited 57×
- Hall v. ArnottCalifornia Supreme Court· 1889-09-03· cited 41×
- James v. P.C.S. Ginning Co.California Court of Appeal· 1969-09-03· cited 11×
- Hartman v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1963-08-19· cited 2×
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