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  • Bd. of Educ. of San Francisco v. Fowler

    19 Cal. 1 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1861

    We have held in Heydenfeldt v. Hitchcock, following the early decision in Smith v. Morse, that this deed is void as a transfer of *22 the property of the city. (See 15 Cal. 514 .) … It is urged that the Board of Education is not a body or legal person capable of suing ; but this point is answered by the act. 2. It is ui’ged that the suit of The City of San Francisco v. E.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Teague v. Bd. of Trs. of Belmont Heights

    156 Cal. 351 · California Supreme Court · Oct 5, 1909

    This is an original application for a writ of mandate to compel the board of trustees and the city clerk of the city of Belmont Heights, a municipal corporation, to give notice of a city election to be held in said city on … (People v. Los Angeles, 133 Cal. 342 , [ 65 Pac. 749 ]; People v. Loyalton, 147 Cal. 779 , [ 82 Pac. 620 ]. See, also, People v. Ontario, 148 Cal. 634 , [ 84 Pac. 205 ]; German S. & L. Soc. v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Kelly v. Methodist Hospital of Southern Cal.

    95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 514 · California Supreme Court · May 11, 2000

    Relying on our decision in Jennings v. … J., Mosk, J., Kennard, J., Baxter, J., Chin, J., and Brown, J., concurred.

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Appeal of North Beach & Mission Railroad

    32 Cal. 499 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1867

    (Wolfe v. Frost, 4 Sand. Ch., 89 ; Foster v. Browning, 4 R. I. 51.) … (Bowman's Devisees v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Anderson v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

    53 Cal. 3d 987 · California Supreme Court · May 30, 1991

    (Barker, supra, 20 Cal.3d at p. 432; see also Brown v. Superior Court, supra, 44 Cal. 3d 1049, 1066 ; Vermeulen v. Superior Court, supra, 204 Cal.App.3d 1192, 1206 ; Oakes v. E. I. … We recently reviewed and further refined the principles of strict liability in Brown v.

    Cited 193 timesPublished
  • Bleecher v. Conte

    29 Cal. 3d 345 · California Supreme Court · Apr 23, 1981

    (Brown v. Superior Court (1949) 34 Cal.2d 559, 564 [ 212 P.2d 878 ]; see also Redke v. … (See, e.g., Brown v. Superior Court, supra, 34 Cal.2d at p. 564 ; Mattei v. Hopper, supra, 51 Cal.2d at p. 124 ; Rodriguez v.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • United States v. Jacks

    47 Cal. 515 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1874

    The case is, in this important respect, wholly unlike that of the California Pacific Railroad v. Armstrong, 46 Cal. 85 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • In Re Hoffman

    67 Cal. 2d 845 · California Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1967

    Brown, supra; People v. Poe, supra; People v. Green, supra.) … Adderley v. Florida, supra; People v. Brown, supra; People v. Green, supra.)

    Cited 82 timesPublished
  • Procter v. Southern California Railway Co.

    130 Cal. 20 · California Supreme Court · Sep 17, 1900

    (Sloane v. Southern California Ry. Co., 111 Cal. 668 .) … (Sloane v. Southern California Ry. Co., supra; Irish v. Sunderhaus, 122 Cal. 308 ; Alexander v. Central Lumber etc. Co., 104 Cal. 532 .)

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Cal. School Bds. Assn. v. State of Cal.

    California Supreme Court · Dec 19, 2019

    (Pacific Legal Foundation v. Brown (1981) 29 Cal.3d 168, 180.) … (See California School Boards Assn. v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Parke v. Franciscus

    194 Cal. 284 · California Supreme Court · Aug 5, 1924

    (Swank v. Moisan, *296 85 Or. 662 [ 166 Pac. 962 ].) In Briedwell v. … In Wiedeman v.

    Cited 63 timesPublished
  • Bloniarz v. Roloson

    70 Cal. 2d 143 · California Supreme Court · Jan 20, 1969

    Brown (1941) 19 Cal.2d 209, 214 [ 120 P.2d 9 ]); the prevention of the wrongful use of process rightfully issued (see Spellens v. Spellens (1957) 49 Cal.2d 210, 230-233 [ 317 P.2d 613 ]; Arc Inv. Co. v. … (Buxbom v. Smith (1944) 23 Cal.2d 535, 542 [ 145 P.2d 305 ]; Boren v. State Personnel Board (1951) 37 Cal.2d 634, 638 [ 234 P.2d 981 ]; Luckey v. Superior Court (1930) 209 Cal. 360, 366 [ 287 P. 450 ]; McDougald v.

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Rosenfeld v. Miller

    1 Cal. 2d 206 · California Supreme Court · Jul 2, 1934

    Post, 154 Cal. 22 [ 96 Pac. 878 ], Brown v. Mason, 155 Cal. 155 [ 99 Pac. 867 , 21 L. R. A. (N. S.) 328], and Cline v. Carpenter, 83 Cal. App. 792 [ 257 Pac. 459 ]. … The ease of Moore v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Harris v. Bd. of Supervisors of S.F.

    52 Cal. 553 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1878

    In Tilden v. … (Ibid. p. 8; Ward v. Landers, 1 El. & E. Q. B. pp. 940-957.) And in New York it has been held a Board of Supervisors cannot by their own neglect nullify a statute imposing duties upon them. (People v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Murillo v. Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.

    17 Cal. 4th 985 · California Supreme Court · Apr 27, 1998

    Brown v. … (Brown, supra, 26 Cal.App.4th at p. 565 .)

    Superseded by statute, as recognized in Toste v. CalPortland ConstructionCited 168 timesPublished
  • People v. Andrews

    49 Cal. 3d 200 · California Supreme Court · Aug 3, 1989

    (People v. Brown, supra, at p. 541; People v. Allen, supra, at p. 1277 .) … If the board finds a disparity, it must notify the sentencing judge, who is required to conduct a new sentencing hearing at which the board’s finding is given “great weight.” (People v.

    Overruled on other grounds by People v. Trevino, 109 Cal. Rptr. 2d 567 (2001)Cited 147 timesPublished
  • Keenan v. Superior Court

    117 Cal. Rptr. 2d 1 · California Supreme Court · Feb 21, 2002

    (Board of Trustees, State Univ. of N.Y. v. Fox (1989) 492 U.S. 469, 478 [ 109 S.Ct. 3028, 3034 , 106 L.Ed.2d 388 ].) … The Attorney General represents that he has pending a case, Lockyer v. Brown, aka “X-Raided” (Super. Ct.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • People v. Curry

    62 Cal. 2d 207 · California Supreme Court · Jan 14, 1965

    In People v. … (Lane v. Brown, 372 U.S. 477 [ 83 S.Ct. 768 , 9 L.Ed.2d 892 ].) “Under the findings a denial of the right to appeal would present serious constitutional problems.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • West Covina Enterprises, Inc. v. Chalmers

    49 Cal. 2d 754 · California Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1958

    (Burne v. Lee, 156 Cal. 221 [ 104 P. 438 ]; Vagim v. Brown, 63 Cal.App.2d 504 [ 146 P.2d 923 ].) The present contract is not, however, of that nature. … (See Thomas v. Hunt Mfg. Corp., 42 Cal.2d 734, 739 [ 269 P.2d 12 ].)

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Today's Fresh Start, Inc. v. Los Angeles County Office of Education

    57 Cal. 4th 197 · California Supreme Court · Jul 11, 2013

    Co. v. Sullivan (1999) 526 U.S. 40, 59; see also Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, supra, 470 U.S. at p. 538 & fn. 3.) … (Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, supra, 470 U.S. at p. 545.) Pursuant to Mathews v.

    Cited 225 timesPublished

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