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  • County of Los Angeles v. Byram

    36 Cal. 2d 694 · California Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1951

    Strother, 74 Cal. 413 [ 16 P. 22 ], Lewis v. Widber, 99 Cal. 412 [ 33 P. 1128 ], Martin v. Fisher, 108 Cal.App. 34 [ 291 P. 276 ], Lotts v. Board of Park Commrs., 13 Cal.App.2d 625 [ 57 P.2d 215 ], and see Harrison v. … In Simpson v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Cahill v. Colgan

    3 Cal. Unrep. 622 · California Supreme Court · Nov 22, 1892

    Y. 222 ; Colusa County v. De Jarnett, 55 Cal. 373 ; Placer Co. v. Campbell (Cal.), 11 Pac. 602 . In Ousterhoudt v. Rigney, 98 N. … Proe., sec. 1038; Adams v. Haskell, 6 Cal. 476 ; McDermott v. Isbell, 4 Cal. 114 ; Argenti v. San Francisco, 30 Cal. 467 ; Lawrence v. Booth, 46 Cal. 187 ; Beach on Receivers, see. 313.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • County of Santa Cruz v. McPherson

    133 Cal. 282 · California Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1901

    The order of the board, duly made, constituted the “ authority of law.” In Lamberson v. … (See also McFarland v. McCowen, 98 Cal. 329 ; Colusa County v. De Jarnett, 55 Cal. 373 ; McConoughey v. Jackson, 101 Cal. 265 ; 1 McBride v. Newlin, 129 Cal. 36 .)

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Los Angeles City School District v. Odell

    200 Cal. 637 · California Supreme Court · Mar 10, 1927

    (Donlon v. Jewett, 88 Cal. 530 [ 26 Pac. 370 ].) … Code, sees. 1663, 1720; Chico High School Board v. Board of Supervisors, 118 Cal. 115 [ 50 Pac. 275 ].) The decision in Richey v. Corralitos Union School Dist., 67 Cal.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Campbell v. Graham-Armstrong

    9 Cal. 3d 482 · California Supreme Court · May 17, 1973

    (Fry v. Board of Education, 17 Cal.2d 753 [ 112 P.2d 229 ].) Second. … In any event, they were on duty for the additional time required of them under the rules laid down by the governing board and, accordingly, unquestionably qualify as full-time employees. In Meyer v.

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Reclamation District No. 1500 v. Riley

    192 Cal. 147 · California Supreme Court · Sep 25, 1923

    (Powers v. May, 114 Cal. 207 [ 46 Pac. 6 ] ; Linden v. Case, 46 Cal. 171 ; Merriam v. Board of Supervisors, 72 Cal. 517 [ 14 Pac. 137 ].) … (In re King, supra; Grumbach v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court

    56 Cal. 4th 1086 · California Supreme Court · Jun 20, 2013

    Delegation of Authority The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Gov. … County of Orange (2011) 52 Cal.4th 1171, 1182-1183 [ 134 Cal.Rptr.3d 779 , 266 P.3d 287 ]; Voters for Responsible Retirement v. Board of Supervisors (1994) 8 Cal.4th 765, 781 [ 35 Cal.Rptr.2d 814 , 884 P.2d 645 ].)

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • House v. Los Angeles County

    104 Cal. 73 · California Supreme Court · Sep 13, 1894

    (Scollay v. County of Butte, 67 Cal. 249 .) … (Smith v. County of Los Angeles, 99 Cal. 628 ; El Dorado County v. Meiss, 100 Cal. 268 ; People v. Johnson, 95 Cal. 472 .) The case of Lassen County v.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Taylor v. Oakland Scavenger Co.

    12 Cal. 2d 310 · California Supreme Court · Oct 31, 1938

    (Barbieri v. Law, 209 Cal. 429 [ 287 Pac. 464]; Dunn v. Dufficy, 194 Cal. 383 [ 228 Pac. 1029 ]; Champagne v. A. Hamburger & Sons, 169 Cal. 683 [ 147 Pac. 954 ]; Bergen v. … (Cragg v. Los Angeles Trust Co., 154 Cal. 663, 669 [ 98 Pac. 1063 , 16 Ann. Cas. 1061]; Jacobson v. Oakland Meat etc. Co., 161 Cal. 425 [ 119 Pac. 653 , Ann. Cas. 1913B, 1194]; Quinn v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Louis Stores, Inc. v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

    57 Cal. 2d 749 · California Supreme Court · May 29, 1962

    Soares, district liquor control administrator for the board, brought a proceeding (sometimes referred to by the parties as Soares v. … (Select Base Materials v. Board of Equalization, 51 Cal.2d 640, 647 [ 335 P.2d 672 ].)

    Cited 57 timesPublished
  • Spring Valley Water Works v. Schottler

    62 Cal. 69 · California Supreme Court · Nov 16, 1882

    Co. v. Reid, 13 Wall. 268 ; 3 Kent’s Com. 458; Hamilton Co. v. Massachusetts, 6 Wall. 633 ; People v. Selfridge, 52 Cal. 331 ; T. & T. R. Co. v. Campbell, 44 id. 89; O. R. R. Co. v. O. B. & F. V. R. R. Co., 45 id. 365. … At the time that the action to which this case relates was taken by the Board of Equalization, and at the time at which the matters in controversy in Burke v.

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • Spangler v. Memel

    7 Cal. 3d 603 · California Supreme Court · Jul 18, 1972

    In Brown v. … (Brown v. Jensen, supra, 41 Cal.2d 193, 198; original italics.)

    Cited 53 timesPublished
  • Heath v. Manson

    147 Cal. 694 · California Supreme Court · Sep 11, 1905

    (See, also, City of Belton v. Turner (Tex. Civ. App.), [ 27 S. W. 831 ]; Village of Shelby v. Claggett, 46 Ohio St. 549 , [22 N. *701 E. 407]; Erie v. Schwingle, 22 Pa. St. 384, [ 60 Am. Dec. 87 ]; Evanston v. … (City of Shelbyville v. Brant, 61 Ill. App. 154 ; Shaw v. Sun Prairie, 74 Wis. 108 , [ 42 N. W. 271 ]; Furnell v. City of St. Paul, 20 Minn. 117 ; City of McLeansboro v. Trammel, 109 Ill. App. 524 ; Moore v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • In Re Shattuck

    208 Cal. 6 · California Supreme Court · Aug 20, 1929

    to which her counsel devotes the larger portion of his brief in support of this petition have been answered adversely to said contentions in the two cases recently decided by this court, entitled State Bar of California v. … This principle was declared by this court in the early and leading case of Bourland v. Hildreth, 26 Cal. 161 , and has been consistently adhered to in the later decisions of this tribunal.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • In re Lawrence

    44 Cal. 4th 1181 · California Supreme Court · Aug 21, 2008

    The Governor’s power to review a decision of the Board is set forth in article V, section 8, subdivision (b) of the California Constitution. 9 In Rosenkrantz, supra, 29 Cal.4th 616 , we were presented with the threshold question … As the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cogently observed in Biggs v.

    Cited 274 timesPublished
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Kings County Water District

    47 Cal. 2d 140 · California Supreme Court · Oct 11, 1956

    While mandamus is an appropriate remedy to test the proper exercise of discretion vested in a local board (Walker v. City of San Gabriel, 20 Cal.2d 879, 881 [ 129 P.2d 349 , 142 A.L.R. 1383 ]; Naughton v. … (c); Lindell Co. v. Board of Permit Appeals, 23 Cal.2d 303, 315 [ 144 P.2d 4 ] ; Odden v. County Foresters etc. Board, 108 Cal.App.2d 48, 49 [ 238 P.2d 23 ] ; Conroy v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Mahoney v. Braverman

    54 Cal. 565 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1880

    ■That the Legislature had the constitutional power to invest the Board of Supervisors with this authority, we regard as settled by the case of Emery v. … (See Beveridge v. Livingston, above cited.) This defect could not be cured by an appeal to the Board of Supervisors, and therefore it could not be reached by appeal. (Dougherty v. Hitchcock, 35 Cal. 523 .)

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • In Re Resendiz

    105 Cal. Rptr. 2d 431 · California Supreme Court · Apr 2, 2001

    . & dis. opn. of Brown, J., post, at p. 261) based on immigration consequences. … (Accord, In re Alvernaz, supra, 2 Cal.4th at pp. 933-934; see also People v. Brown (1986) 177 Cal.App.3d 537, 554 [ 223 Cal.Rptr. 66 ].)

    Abrogated on other grounds by Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010)Cited 158 timesPublished
  • Fare v. Scott K.

    24 Cal. 3d 395 · California Supreme Court · May 25, 1979

    Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) [ 87 L.Ed. 1628 , 63 S.Ct. 1178 ]; equal protection against racial discrimination, Brown v. … Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) [ 98 L.Ed. 873 , 74 S.Ct. 686 ]; due process in civil contexts, Goss v.

    Cited 46 timesPublished
  • Heilbron v. Sumner

    186 Cal. 648 · California Supreme Court · Aug 10, 1921

    (Civic Center Assn. v. Railroad Commission, 175 Cal. 448 , [166 Pac. 351]; Morgan v. Los Angeles, 182 Cal. 301 , [ 187 Pac. 1050, 1052 ].) … In 1919 the charter was further amended by adding a new chapter to article V thereof, numbered I, providing for a “water development board.”

    Cited 14 timesPublished

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