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  • Holt v. College of Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons

    61 Cal. 2d 750 · California Supreme Court · Aug 31, 1964

    (Bain bridge v. Stoner, 16 Cal.2d 423, 428 [2, 3] [ 106 P.2d 423 ]; Brown v. Memorial Nat. … O’Hara v. Grand Lodge I.O.G.T., 213 Cal. 131, 140 [4] [ 2 P.2d 21 ].) In George Pepperdine Foundation v.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • Wakelee v. Goodrum

    1 Cal. Unrep. 358 · California Supreme Court · Oct 22, 1867

    This is an action to recover possession of a lot situated on the corner of Twelfth, formerly Brown, and Howard streets, San Francisco. … The acts shown certainly do not bring the case within the definition of actual possession adopted in Wolf v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Elevator Operators & Starters' Union v. Newman

    30 Cal. 2d 799 · California Supreme Court · Oct 28, 1947

    (Civ Code, sec. 2536; Flanagan v. Brown, 70 Cal. 254 [ 11 P. 706 ] ; Parke v. Frank, 75 Cal. 364 [ 17 P. 427 ]; Blumenthal v. Goodall, 89 Cal. 251 [ 26 P. 906 ]; 1 Cal.Jur. p. 705.) … It would be futile to appeal to the same board for damages on the ground that his removal from office constituted a breach of contract. (Nissen v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Wilson v. Bittick

    63 Cal. 2d 30 · California Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1965

    Browne and his predecessor. … (Wilson v. Frakes (1960) 178 Cal.App.2d 580, 585 [ 3 Cal.Rptr. 434 ].) 3 On December 16, 1958, plaintiff filed the present action against Browne, Bittick, and Brakes (No. 713,749).

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Pettibone v. Lake View Town Company

    134 Cal. 227 · California Supreme Court · Sep 27, 1901

    Brown, President.” … That the president of this corporation had the power to bind it by the contract in question is sustained by Crowley v. Genessee Mining Co., 55 Cal. 273, Streeten v. Robinson, 102 Ca1. 542, and Bates v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Starck v. Pacific Electric Ry. Co.

    172 Cal. 277 · California Supreme Court · Mar 9, 1916

    v. … v.

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Younger v. County of El Dorado

    5 Cal. 3d 480 · California Supreme Court · Aug 17, 1971

    (Lindell Co. v. Board of Permit Appeals (1943) 23 Cal.2d 303, 315 [ 144 P.2d 4 ]; Faulkner v. Cal. Toll Bridge Authority (1953) 40 Cal.2d 317, 326 [ 253 P.2d 659 ].) … Quinn (1948) 31 Cal.2d 661, 664 [ 192 P.2d 17 ]; Browning v. Dow (1923) 60 Cal.App. 680, 682 [ 213 P. 707 ]); and (2) a clear, present and beneficial right in the petitioner to the performance of that duty (Parker v.

    Cited 152 timesPublished
  • Lang v. Lang

    182 Cal. 765 · California Supreme Court · May 18, 1920

    App. 671 ; [ 88 Pac. 994 ]; Brown v. Brown, 170 Cal. 1 , [ 147 Pac. 1168 ]; and Shoemake v. Clalfant, 47 Cal. 432 .) … (Simpson v. Simpson, 80 Cal. 237 , [ 22 Pac. 167 ]; Grupe v. Byers, 73 Cal. 271 , [ 14 Pac. 863 ]; and Brown v. Brown, supra; 13 Ruling Case Law, p. 679.) For the reasons given the judgment is affirmed.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • State v. Superior Court

    13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 534 · California Supreme Court · May 24, 2004

    Opinion BROWN, J. As part of the California Tort Claims Act, Government Code section 900 et seq. 1 establishes certain conditions precedent to the filing of a lawsuit against a public entity. … of Control for the State of California” and “led [plaintiff] to believe that [he was] serving the State Board of Control.”

    Cited 369 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Frank v. Bd. of Supervisors of San Francisco

    21 Cal. 668 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1863

    (Commonwealth v. Commissioners of Alleghany County, 8 Casey, Penn. 218; Commonwealth v. Pittsburg, 10 Id. 496; Maddox v. Graham et al., 2 Metcalf, Ky. 57.) … The case of Hamilton v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • People v. Jones

    9 Cal. 3d 546 · California Supreme Court · Jun 5, 1973

    (State of Maryland v. Brown, supra, 295 F.Supp. at p. 82.) … People v. Brown (1960) 186 Cal.App.2d Supp. 889 [ 9 Cal.Rptr. 53 ] is in accord. This court in People v.

    Overruled on other grounds by Shawn Garfield Price v. Superior Court, 108 Cal. Rptr. 2d 409 (2001)Cited 71 timesPublished
  • People v. Hunt

    4 Cal. 3d 231 · California Supreme Court · Mar 1, 1971

    Rideout v. … In People v.

    Cited 52 timesPublished
  • Harlow v. Carleson

    16 Cal. 3d 731 · California Supreme Court · Apr 26, 1976

    Com. (1952) 39 Cal.2d 501 [ 247 P.2d 561 ]), and the right to continue one's trade or profession ( Yakov v. Board of Medical Examiners (1968) 68 Cal.2d 67, 71-72 [ 64 Cal. Rptr. 785 , 435 P.2d 553 ]; Drummey v. … Board of Medical Examiners (1948) 32 Cal.2d 301, 308 [ 196 P.2d 20 ]; Bixby v. Pierno, supra, 4 Cal.3d 130 at p. 143, fn. 10 .)

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • County of San Luis Obispo v. Gage

    139 Cal. 398 · California Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1903

    (Perkins v. Brock, 80 Cal. 320 ; Churchill v. Baumann, 95 Cal. 541 ; Miller v. Brigham, 50 Cal. 615 .) . … (Pawlet v. Sandgate, 19 Vt. 629 ; Bath v. Freeport, 5 Mass. 325 ; -1 Chitty’s Pleading, p. *119; Bell v. Burrows, Bul. N. P. 129; Raun v. Green, Cowp. 474; Brookline v. Westminster, 4 Vt. 224 ; Danville v.

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • Wulfjen v. Dolton

    24 Cal. 2d 878 · California Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1944

    Proc., § 581; Brown v. Sterling Furniture Co., 175 Cal. 563 [ 166 P. 322 ]; McColgan v. Jones, Hubbard & Donnell, Inc., 11 Cal.2d 243 [ 78 P.2d 1010 ]; Lewis v. … (Blake v. Blake, supra.)

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Oakland Cotton Manufacturing Co. v. Jennings

    46 Cal. 175 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1873

    (Sandemann v. Scurrer, 2 Law Reports, 86; In Re St. Cloud, Browning & Lushington R. 15.) In the first of these cases, Cockburn, C. … A person shipping goods on board of a vessel, unaware that the vessel has been chartered to another, is warranted in assuming that the master is acting by virtue of his ordinary authority, and therefore acting for his owner

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Sullivan v. Gage

    145 Cal. 759 · California Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1905

    v. … And so it is distinctly laid-down as to the powers of this board upon these very claims in Cahill v.

    Disapproved in part by Metropolitan Water Dist. v. Marquardt, 59 Cal. 2d 159 (1963)Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Johnson v. Hamilton

    15 Cal. 3d 461 · California Supreme Court · Oct 27, 1975

    (See American Party of Texas v. White (1974) 415 U.S. 767, 780, fn. 11 [ 39 L.Ed.2d 744, 760 , 94 S.Ct. 1296 ]; Storer v. Brown (1974) 415 U.S. 724, 730 [ 39 L.Ed.2d 714, 723-724 , 94 S.Ct. 1274 ]; Lubin v. … United States (1974) 414 U.S. 618 [ 38 L.Ed.2d 618 , 94 S.Ct. 700 ]; Kahn v. Shevin (1974) 416 U.S. 351 [ 40 L.Ed.2d 189 , 94 S.Ct. 1734 ]; Storer v. Brown, supra, 415 U.S. 724 ; Lubin v.

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • Union Transportation Co. v. Bassett

    5 Cal. Unrep. 498 · California Supreme Court · Oct 15, 1896

    Rep. 642 ; Ex parte Kearny, 55 Cal. 225 ; Spring Valley Waterworks v. City of San Francisco, 82 Cal. 286 , 16 Am. St. Rep. 116 , 6 L. R. A. 756, 22 *507 Pac. 910, 1046 ; Mayor etc. of Baltimore v. … Dec. 644 ; Mott v. De Reyes, 45 Cal. 380 ; De La Guerra v. Newhall, 55 Cal. 21 ; Silvarer v. Hansen, 77 Cal. 579 , 20 Pac. 136 ; Jones v. Tallant, 90 Cal. 386 , 27 Pac. 305 ; Clavey v. Lord, 87 Cal. 413 , 25 Pac. 493 .

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • In Re Bailleaux

    47 Cal. 2d 258 · California Supreme Court · Oct 31, 1956

    Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent. SHENK, J. By this petition for the writ of habeas corpus, Paul R. Bailleaux seeks his release from Folsom prison. … In November, 1943, the board suspended the petitioner's parole pending investigation of the parole officer's charges and ordered that he be retaken and returned to custody to abide the further order of the board.

    Disapproved on other grounds by In Re Russell, 12 Cal. 3d 229 (1974)Cited 14 timesPublished

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