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  • People v. Wright

    167 Cal. 1 · California Supreme Court · Jan 9, 1914

    Brown by means of a criminal abortion performed by him upon the body of Hattie F. Brown, from which operation her death resulted. … (State v. Dickinson, 41 Wis. 299 ; State v. Alcorn, 7 Idaho, 599 , [ 97 Am. St. Rep. 252 , 64 Pac. 1014 ] ; State v. Power, 24 Wash. 34 , [63 L. R. A. 902, 63 Pac. 1112 ]; State v. Glass, 5 Or. 73 ; State v.

    Cited 42 timesPublished
  • Reid v. Reid

    112 Cal. 274 · California Supreme Court · Apr 2, 1896

    (Strozynski v. Strozynksi, 97 Cal. 189 ; Brown v. Brown, 60 Cal. 579 ; Eslinger v. Eslinger, 47 Cal. 62 .)

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Hackett v. State

    103 Cal. 144 · California Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1894

    In Cabot v. Winsor, 1 Allen, 546 , the contract was for the sale of five hundred bundles, more or less, of gunnybags, at ten cents per bag. … That is the case of Brawley v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Keyes v. City & County of San Francisco

    177 Cal. 313 · California Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1918

    of Education, or by any other Board, then within one month after the first regular meeting of the proper Board held next after the demand accrued; . . ." … Sierra County, 7 Cal. 121 ; People v. Board of Supervisors, 28 Cal. 429 ; Alden v. Alameda County, 43 Cal. 270 ; Rhoda v. Alameda County, 52 Cal. 350 ; Bigelow v. Los Angeles, 141 Cal. 503 , [ 75 P. 111 ].)

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Griffin v. Boyle

    202 Cal. 95 · California Supreme Court · Sep 12, 1927

    In each a writ of mandate is sought to compel the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to appropriate for the conduct of the department of elections the respective amounts itemized and set forth in … A similar question was presented to this court and decided adversely to petitioner’s in the ease of Fitzgerald v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Contractor's Safety Ass'n v. California Compensation Insurance

    48 Cal. 2d 71 · California Supreme Court · Mar 1, 1957

    (Chavez v. Times Mirror, 185 Cal. 20, 23 [ 195 P. 666 ]; French v. Senate of State of California, 146 Cal. 604, 607 [ 80 P. 1031 , 2 Ann.Cas. 756, 69 L.R.A. 556 ]; Mendez v. Pacific Gas & Elec. … Co., 115 Cal.App.2d 192, 195 [ 251 P.2d 773 ]; Clark v. City of Pasadena, 102 Cal.App.2d 198, 200 [ 227 P.2d 306 ] ; Livermore v. Beal, 18 Cal.App.2d 535, 539 [ 64 P.2d 987 ] ; Fey v. Rossi Imp.

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • Delgado v. TRAX BAR AND GRILL

    4 Cal. Rptr. 3d 102 · California Supreme Court · Aug 27, 2003

    4 Cal.Rptr.3d 102 (2003) 75 P.3d 29 DELGADO v. TRAX BAR AND GRILL. No. S117287. Supreme Court of California August 27, 2003. … . *103 GEORGE, C.J., and KENNARD, BAXTER, WERDEGAR, CHIN, BROWN and MORENO, JJ., concur.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Stanislaus Water Co. v. Bachman

    152 Cal. 716 · California Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1908

    (Smith v. O'Hara, 43 Cal. 376 ; Bradley v. Harkness, 26 Cal. 77 .) … Co. v. Park, 129 Cal. 443 , [ 62 Pac. 87 ].) And under the present statute the contract rights prevail in all cases, the boards of supervisors being powerless to affect or interfere with them. (Stats. 1897, p. 49.)

    Cited 92 timesPublished
  • Shannon v. City of Los Angeles

    205 Cal. 366 · California Supreme Court · Oct 3, 1928

    (Chaplin v. Superior Court, 81 Cal. App. 367 [ 253 Pac. 954 ].) … Service by mail of the notice or statement in question is not provided for in said section (see Blalock v. Ridgway, 92 Cal.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • City of Ukiah v. Fones

    64 Cal. 2d 104 · California Supreme Court · Feb 4, 1966

    (City of Ukiah v. Board of Trustees (1961) 195 Cal.App.2d 344 [ 15 Cal.Rptr. 811 ].) The case then returned to the trial court for a determination of Fones’ rights to back salary and to reinstatement. … (Mass v. Board of Education (1964) 61 Cal.2d 612, 616 [ 39 Cal.Rptr. 739 , 394 P.2d 579 ]; Stockton v. Department of Employment (1944) 25 Cal.2d 264, 273-274 [ 153 P.2d 741 ].)

    Cited 71 timesPublished
  • Ex parte Shen

    98 Cal. 681 · California Supreme Court · Jul 15, 1893

    State laws are, of course, for the general good, and cannot always answer the peculiar wants of particular localities.” ( Wood v. City of Brooklyn, 14 Barb. 426 . See also City v. … (McInerney v. City of Denver, 29 Pac. Rep. [Colo.] 518.)

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • McCann v. Sierra County

    7 Cal. 121 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1857

    any case, for any demand, unless he or she shall first present his or her claim to the board of supervisors for allowance, and the same shall be rejected in whole or part.” … The declaration contains no averment that said claim for damages was presented to the board of supervisors and rejected by them, yet such an averment was necessary, to enable the plaintiff to recover. See Ellisen v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Scheerer v. Edgar

    76 Cal. 569 · California Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1888

    Another part of this act gives the board power to *571 “order paid any final judgment against said city and county.” … ) dollars be and the same is hereby authorized to be made out of the general fund in payment to Paul Friedhofer in satisfaction of judgment rendered for plaintiff and against the defendant in the suit of Paul Friedhofer v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Miller v. Eisenhower Medical Center

    27 Cal. 3d 614 · California Supreme Court · Jul 7, 1980

    Morrison v. State Board of Education (1969) 1 Cal.3d 214, 230-233 [ 82 Cal.Rptr. 175 , 461 P.2d 375 ].) … Byrd v. Savage (1963) 219 Cal.App.2d 396, 402-403 [ 32 Cal.Rptr. 881 ]; Strode v. Board of Medical Examiners (1961) 195 Cal.App.2d 291, 303-304 [ 15 Cal.Rptr. 879 ]; Steele v. L.A.

    Cited 114 timesPublished
  • Harrison v. Roberts

    145 Cal. 173 · California Supreme Court · Oct 27, 1904

    v. … In Jacobs v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Foster v. Foster

    5 Cal. 2d 669 · California Supreme Court · Mar 24, 1936

    (Foster v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. (2d) 125. [ 47 Pac. (2d) 701 ].) … Proc.; Ex parte Queirolo, 119 Cal. 635 [ 51 Pac. 956 ] ; Vosburg v. Vosburg, 137 Cal. 493 [ 70 Pac. 473 ] ; Browning v. Browning, 208 Cal. 518, 527 [ 282 Pac. 503 ].) With this argument we agree.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Spaulding v. Wesson

    115 Cal. 441 · California Supreme Court · Dec 29, 1896

    Spaulding v. … (Partridge v. Lucas, 99 Cal. 519 ; Ryan v. Altschul, 103 Cal. 174 ).

    Questioned by Clark v. City of Salem, 61 Or. 116 (1912)Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Martin v. Kentfield School District

    35 Cal. 3d 294 · California Supreme Court · Dec 29, 1983

    . *300 (King v. Berkeley Unified School Dist., supra, 89 Cal.App.3d 1016, 1023 .) As Martin concedes, it was within the power of the board to establish requirements for the vacant position. … (Waldron v. Sulphur Springs Union School Dist. (1979) 96 Cal.App.3d 503, 505 [ 158 Cal.Rptr. 132 ].)

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Terry v. City of Berkeley

    41 Cal. 2d 698 · California Supreme Court · Nov 25, 1953

    Retirement Board, 17 Cal.2d 356 [ 110 P.2d 37 ] ; Brophy v. Employees Retirement System, 71 Cal. App.2d 455 [ 162 P.2d 939 ] ; McCarthy v. Oakland, 60 Cal. App.2d 546, 547 [ 141 P.2d 4 ] ; Brooks v. … (Robertson v. Miller, 276 U.S. 174 [ 48 S.Ct. 266 , 72 L.Ed. 517 ] ; Kern v. City of Long Beach, supra, 29 Cal.2d 848 ; Kavanagh v. Board of Police P. F. Commrs., 134 Cal. 50 [ 66 P. 36 ] ; Vero v. Sacramento City E. B.

    Cited 46 timesPublished
  • Herron v. State Bar

    24 Cal. 2d 53 · California Supreme Court · Apr 3, 1944

    (R ing v. State Bar, 4 Cal.2d 196, 197-198 [ 47 P.2d 704 ]; Mills v. State Bar, 6 Cal.2d 565, 567 [ 58 P.2d 1273 ] ; Petersen v. … (Marsh v. State Bar, 2 Cal.2d 75, 78 [ 39 P.2d 403 ].) As was said in Prime v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished

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