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Cal. Civil Code § 2295 (2026)
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An agent is one who represents another, called the principal, in dealings with third persons. Such representation is called agency.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 129
cases (33 in the last 5 years), 1947–2026 · leading case: Castillo v. Glenair, Inc., 232 Cal. Rptr. 3d 844 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018).
Castillo v. Glenair, Inc., 232 Cal. Rptr. 3d 844 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “( Civ. Code § 2295 (' "Agent" defined. An agent is one who represents another, called the principal, in dealings with third persons.”
Fiol v. Doellstedt, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8393 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996). “Such individual supervisory employees should not be placed at risk of personal liability, however, for personnel management decisions which have been delegated to the supervisor by the *1328 employer, such as deciding whether to investigate or take action on a complaint of…”
Baxter v. Cal. State Teachers' Ret. Sys., 227 Cal. Rptr. 3d 37 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2017). “CalSTRS explained that there are approximately 1,600 districts statewide and that CalSTRS['s] staff is too small to respond to the high volume of inquiries it receives from these districts.”
Gerritsen v. Warner Bros. Ent. Inc., 112 F. Supp. 3d 1011 (C.D. Cal. 2015). “" CAL. CIV. CODE § 2295. “In determining if ah agent relationship exists,- the court considers three' essential characteristics: (1) an agent or apparent agent holds a power to alter the legal relationships between the principal and third persons and between the principal and…”
Sam Francis Found. v. Christies, Inc., 784 F.3d 1320 (9th Cir. 2015). “” (citing Cal Civ. Code § 2295)). 4 The defendant auction houses in this case are Christie’s, Inc.”
Ralphs Grocery Co. v. Victory Consultants, Inc., 225 Cal. Rptr. 3d 305 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2017). “" ( Civ. Code, § 2295.) "An agent for a particular act or transaction is called a special agent.”
Valentine v. Plum Healthcare Grp., LLC, 249 Cal. Rptr. 3d 905 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2019). “) Actual authority "is such as a principal intentionally confers upon the agent, or intentionally, or by want of ordinary care, allows the agent to believe himself to possess.”
Keo Ratha v. Phatthana Seafood Co., Ltd., 35 F.4th 1159 (9th Cir. 2022). “The district court properly rejected this argument.”
John Murphy v. Directv, Inc., 724 F.3d 1218 (9th Cir. 2013). “in dealings with third persons,” Cal. Civ.Code § 2295, Best Buy is not entitled to compel arbitration based merely on the fact that it sells DirecTV products in its stores.”
Channel Lumber Co., Inc. v. Porter Simon, 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1914 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000). “” (Civ. Code, § 2295.) The essence of an agency relationship is the delegation of authority from the principal to the agent which permits the agent to act “not only for, but in the place of, his principal” in dealings with third parties.”
Van't Rood v. Cnty. of Santa Clara, 2003 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10052 (Cal. Ct. App. 2003). “” (Civ. Code, § 2295.) “An agency is either actual or ostensible.”
Madden v. Kaiser Found. Hospitals, 552 P.2d 1178 (Cal. 1976). “" An agent, however, is defined as "one who represents another" (Civ. Code, § 2295), and application of established principles of the law of agency suffice to resolve the present case without resort to the allegedly broader authority of a "representative.”
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