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SELF v. SELF

Docket No. L.A. 26878.

58 Cal.2d 683 (1962)

376 P.2d 65

26 Cal. Rptr. 97

CATHERINE SELF, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ADRIAN SELF, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 9, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Lund and John R. Brunner for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wolver and Wolver and Eugene L. Wolver as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Baird, Mooney & Baird, C. Duane Mooney and Woodrow W. Baird for Defendant and Respondent.

PETERS, J.

The sole problem involved in this case is whether California should continue to follow the rule of interspousal immunity for intentional torts first announced in this state in 1909 in the case of Peters v. Peters, 156 Cal. 32 [103 P. 219, 23 L.R.A.N.S. 699]. Because the reasons upon which the Peters case was predicated no longer exist, and because of certain legislative changes made in recent...

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