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Pacific Palisades Ass'n v. City of Huntington Beach
196 Cal. 211 · California Supreme Court · May 28, 1925
(Miller v. Board of Public Works, 195 Cal. 477 [38 A. L. R. 1479, 234 Pac. 381 ]; Zahn v. Board of Public Works, 195 Cal. 497 [ 234 Pac. 388 ].) … Consequently, the signing by the president is not a condition precedent to the validity of an ordinance duly passed by the board of trustees. (Commonwealth, v. Davis, 140 Mass. 485, 486 [ 4 N. E. 577 ]; Commonwealth v.
Cited 54 timesPublishedTaylor 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 timesPublishedLouis 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 timesPublished7 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 timesPublished208 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 timesPublishedTruckee & Tahoe Turnpike Road Co. v. Campbell
44 Cal. 89 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1872
proceedings of the Board. … (Leese v. Clark, 18 Cal. 535 ; Leese v. Clark, 20 Cal. 387 ; Bond v. Hickman, 29 Cal. 460 ; Bernal v. Lynch, 36 Cal. 135 ; Durfee v. Plaisted, 38 Cal. 80 ; Ang. & Ames on Corp., Sec. 636.)
Cited 15 timesPublishedAtchison, 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 timesPublished54 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 timesPublishedSacramento & San Joaquin Drainage District v. Superior Court
196 Cal. 414 · California Supreme Court · Jul 16, 1925
(Mulford v. Estudillo, 23 Cal. 94 ; Hill v. City Cab & T. Co., 79 Cal. 188 [ 21 Pac. 728 ] ; Dunn v. Dunn, 114 Cal. 210 [ 46 Pac. 5 ]; Crew v. Pratt, 119 Cal. 139 [ 51 Pac. 38 ]; Brush v. … Land Co. v.
Cited 28 timesPublished68 Cal. 254 · California Supreme Court · Dec 23, 1885
and known as a “seat in the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board.” … (Charter v. San Francisco S. R. Co., 19 Cal. 246 ; Shorb v. Beaudry, 56 Cal. 450 ; Cornell v. Corbin, 64 Cal. 200 ; Durlcee v. StringTiam, 8 Wis. 124 .)
Cited 10 timesPublished184 Cal. 491 · California Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1920
(People v. Lodi Sigh School List., 124 Cal. 694 , [ 57 Pac. 660 ]; Board of Education v. Board of Trustees, 129 Cal. 599 , [ 62 Pac. 173 ]; Broion v. Visalia, 141 Cal. 372 , [ 74 Pac. 1042 ].) … As is said in People v. Lodi High School District and Board of Education v. Board of Trustees, supra, this amendment was made to obviate the infirmity of the law of 1891.
Cited 39 timesPublished93 Cal. 153 · California Supreme Court · Feb 2, 1892
On December 15, 1879, *155 the board of supervisors appointed Edward B. Cotter, and on December 5, 1881, the board of supervisors appointed John Mason and F. C. … (See also People v. Whitman, 10 Cal. 38 ; People v. Stratton, 28 Cal. 388 ; People v. Tyrrell, 87 Cal. 479 ; State v. Johns, 3 Or. 537 ; Rightmire v. Camden, 50 N. J. L. 48; Stilsing v. Davis, 45 N. J. L. 390.)
Cited 34 timesPublishedTopanga Assn. for a Scenic Comm. v. CTY OF LOS ANGELES
11 Cal. 3d 506 · California Supreme Court · May 17, 1974
Assn. v. Board of Permit Appeals, supra, at pp. 772-773. See also Stoddard v. Edelman (1970) 4 Cal. App.3d 544, 549 [ 84 Cal. Rptr. 443 ]. Cf. Friends of Mammoth v. … (See Johnston v. Board of Supervisors (1947) 31 Cal.2d 66, 74 [ 187 P.2d 686 ]; Kappadahl v. Alcan Pacific Co. (1963) 222 Cal. App.2d 626, 634 [ 35 Cal. Rptr. 354 ].)
Cited 393 timesPublished56 Cal. 612 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1880
The writ can only issue “ when an inferior tribunal, board, or officer, exercising judicial functions, has exceeded the jurisdiction of such tribunal, board, or officer ”; and was the action of the board of supervisors, in … (The Central Pacific Railroad Company v. The Board of Equalization of Placer County, 43 Cal. 365 ; Andrews v. Pratt, 44 id. 309.) Judgment reversed, and the Superior Court is hereby directed to dismiss the writ.
Cited 8 timesPublishedMidway School District v. Griffeath
29 Cal. 2d 13 · California Supreme Court · Sep 18, 1946
The case of Board of Education v. … Dist. v. De Caristo, 33 Cal.App.2d 666 [ 92 P.2d 668 ].) In Board of Education v.
Cited 19 timesPublished171 Cal. 150 · California Supreme Court · Oct 5, 1915
(Zottman v. San Francisco, 20 Cal. 96 , [ 81 Am. Dec. 96 ]; Murphy v. Napa County, 20 Cal. 497 ; Nicolson Pavement Co. v. Painter, 35 Cal. 699 ; Fountain v. City of Sacramento, 1 Cal. App. 461 , [ 82 Pac. 637 ]; Shaw v. … App. 547 , [ 110 Pac. 149 ]; Richardson v. Grant Co., 27 Fed. 495 ; Peck-Williamson et al. Co. v. Steen School Tp., 30 Ind. App. 637 , [ 66 N. E. 909 ]; La France Fire Engine Co. v. Syracuse, 33 Misc. Rep. 516 , [ 68 N.
Cited 57 timesPublishedEichman v. Escondido Union High School District
61 Cal. 2d 100 · California Supreme Court · Mar 5, 1964
In Griggs v. … (See Moran v. Board of Medical Examiners, 32 Cal.2d 301, 304 [ 196 P.2d 20 ].)
Cited 10 timesPublishedCurtin v. Salmon River Hydraulic Gold Mining & Ditch Co.
130 Cal. 345 · California Supreme Court · Oct 29, 1900
(Harding v. Vandewater, 40 Cal. 77 ; Thompson v. Williams, 76 Cal. 153 1 ; Smith v. Dorn, 96 Cal. 73 ; Pauly v. … In Copeland v. Johnson Mfg.
Cited 33 timesPublishedStenocord Corp. v. City & County of San Francisco
2 Cal. 3d 984 · California Supreme Court · Jul 30, 1970
V. … Foster Co. v.
Cited 34 timesPublishedFourcade v. City & County of San Francisco
196 Cal. 655 · California Supreme Court · Aug 13, 1925
(Miller v. Board of Public Works, supra; Zahn v. Board of Public Works, supra.) … (Miller v. Board of Public Works, supra; Zahn v. Board of Public Works, supra.)
Cited 10 timesPublished
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