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  • Hunter v. Mohawk Petroleum Corporation

    51 Cal. 2d 439 · California Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1959

    (See Guild v. Brown, 115 Cal. App. 374, 381 [ 1 P.2d 528 ].) Raber v. Tumin, 36 Cal.2d 654 [ 226 P.2d 574 ] ; Edwards v. Hollywood Canteen, 27 Cal.2d 802 [167 P.2d 729]; Johnstone v. Panama Pacific I.E. … Co., 187 Cal. 323 [ 202 P. 34 ]; Sample v. Eaton, 145 Cal.App.2d 312 [ 302 P.2d 431 ] [hearing denied by the Supreme Court] ; Goldsmith v. Mills, 130 Cal.App.2d 493 [ 279 P.2d 51 ]; Thomas v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • People v. Howard

    51 Cal. 4th 15 · California Supreme Court · Dec 16, 2010

    A few minutes later, the helicopters were still there and Brown looked out again. This time, the man was backed up against a wall as if trying to stay out of view. Brown called the police and described the man. … Brown described this person to the dispatcher as well. When the dispatcher told her the suspects *22 were armed, Brown hid in her bathroom.

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  • City of Compton v. Boland

    26 Cal. 2d 310 · California Supreme Court · May 1, 1945

    In Miller v. … In Miller v.

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  • Topley v. Zeeman

    216 Cal. 182 · California Supreme Court · Aug 5, 1932

    I just saw the ends of boards”. … (Mairo v. Yellow Cab Co., 208 Cal. 350, 351 [ 281 Pac. 66 ] ; California Packing Corp. v. Lopez, 207 Cal. 600, 603 [64 A. L. R. 1412, 279 Pac. 664 ]; Bannister v. Los Angeles Ry.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Steiner v. State Bar

    68 Cal. 2d 707 · California Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1968

    Petitioner contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the board’s findings. … Findings of fact made by local administrative committees and disciplinary boards are not binding on this court, which may weigh the evidence upon which the findings rest. (Zitny v.

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  • MacNicol v. E. Coalinga Oil Fields Corp.

    22 Cal. 2d 742 · California Supreme Court · Aug 27, 1943

    He also relies on Allan v. … v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • City of Long Beach v. Bozek

    31 Cal. 3d 527 · California Supreme Court · Jun 1, 1982

    (American Civil Liberties Union v. Board of Education (1961) 55 Cal.2d 167, 178 [ 10 Cal.Rptr. 647 , 359 P.2d 45 , 94 A.L.R.2d 1259 ], cert, den., 368 U.S. 819 [ 7 L.Ed.2d 25 , 82 S.Ct. 34 ].) … (Board of Ed. of Miami Trace Local Sch. Dist. v.

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • L. E. White Lumber Co. v. County of Mendocino

    177 Cal. 710 · California Supreme Court · Mar 12, 1918

    In Durham v. … Appellant cites Allen v. Pedro, 136 Cal. 1 , [ 68 Pac. 99 ], Roberts v. Gebhart, 104 Cal. 67 , [ 37 Pac. 782 ], and Slade v. County of Butte, 14 Cal.

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  • Crossman v. Kenniston

    97 Cal. 379 · California Supreme Court · Feb 25, 1893

    (Fraser v. Alexander, 75 Cal. 147 .) It is claimed by respondent that the case just cited was overruled in Wickersham v. Brittan, 93 Cal. 34 . In this he is mistaken. … The only matter decided in the Wickersham case germane to the present inquiry was, that the decision in Fraser v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • People v. Howard

    16 Cal. 4th 1081 · California Supreme Court · Dec 1, 1997

    Gray had cocaine in his pocket, and Brooks had cocaine in a brown coin purse in her pocket. Neither Brooks nor Gray was near the chair on which the officers found the bag of cocaine. … But section 1170(d) specifies that the court is to exercise this authority only "on its own motion, or ... upon the recommendation of the Director of Corrections or the Board of Prison Terms."

    Cited 218 timesPublished
  • Slater v. McAvoy

    123 Cal. 437 · California Supreme Court · Feb 2, 1899

    (Woerner’s American Law of Administration, secs. 351, 352, 536; Balch v. Hooper, 32 Minn. 138 ; Giles v. Brown, 60 Ga. 658 .) … (Tudhope v. Potts, 91 Mich. 490 ; Tudhope v. Avery, 106 Mich. 149 ; Farrington v. Secor, 91 Iowa, 606 ; Fulgham v. Herstein, 77 Ala. 496 ; Moore v. Armstrong, 9 Port. 697 ; State v. Porter, 9 Ind. 342 ; Curtis v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Rubio v. Superior Court

    24 Cal. 3d 93 · California Supreme Court · Apr 24, 1979

    See, e.g., Nyquist v. Mauclet (1977) 432 U.S. 1 [ 53 L.Ed.2d 63 , 97 S.Ct. 2120 ] (financial assistance for higher education); Examining Board v. … (Ramirez v. Brown (1973) 9 Cal.3d 199, 207-211 [ 107 Cal.Rptr. 137 , 507 P.2d 1345 ]; revd. on other grounds sub nom. Richardson v.

    Cited 56 timesPublished
  • Maxwell v. City of Santa Rosa

    53 Cal. 2d 274 · California Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1959

    Both mandamus and certiorari are also available, in proper eases, to review the determinations of city boards and councils (Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5; Nathan H. Schur, Inc. v. … (Boren v. State Personnel Board, 37 Cal.2d 634, 638 [ 234 P.2d 981 ].)

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Jeppi v. Brockman Holding Co.

    34 Cal. 2d 11 · California Supreme Court · Jun 3, 1949

    In Carrier v. … McCartney v. Clover Valley Land & Stock Co., (8 Cir.) 232 P. 697 [ 146 C.C.A. 623 ], citing Boggs v. Lakeport Agricultural Ass'n., 11 1 Cal. 354 [ 43 P. 1106 ].” Yet in Corporation of America v.

    Cited 44 timesPublished
  • Ames v. Empire Star Mines Co., Ltd.

    17 Cal. 2d 213 · California Supreme Court · Jan 31, 1941

    This principle is further supported by the California cases (Van Ness v. Rooney, 160 Cal. 131 [ 116 Pac. 392 ]; Chicago Quartz M. Co. v. Oliver, 75 Cal. 194 [ 16 Pac. 780 , 7 Am. St. Rep. 143 ]; Brown v. Luddy, 121 Cal. … (Van Ness v. Rooney, supra; Brown v. Luddy, supra.)

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Gillum v. Johnson

    7 Cal. 2d 744 · California Supreme Court · Nov 25, 1936

    Whether the benefit paying feature of the pooled fund plan of our state law will meet the tests laid down in the Railroad Retirement Act case (Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton R. Co., 295 U. S. 330 [55 Sup. … Ed. 713 ]; McCray v. United States, 195 U. S. 27 [24 Sup. Ct. 769, 49 L. Ed. 78 , 1 Ann. Cas. 561]; Bromley v. McCaughn, 280 U. S. 124 [50 Sup. Ct. 46, 74 L. Ed. 226 ] ; Nicol v. Ames, 173 U. S. 509 [19 Sup.

    Cited 60 timesPublished
  • Fraser v. California Street Cable Railroad

    146 Cal. 714 · California Supreme Court · May 9, 1905

    Without substantial conflict, the evidence shows that the plaintiff as a passenger boarded defendant’s car going west on California Street at the northwest corner of .California and Sansome streets. … The cases of Lee v. Market-Street Ry. Co., 135 Cal. 295 , Esrey v. Southern Pacific Co., 103 Cal. 541 , and other eases cited by appellant bear very little analogy to the case in hand.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Anglo London Paris Co. v. Johnson

    194 Cal. 712 · California Supreme Court · Nov 1, 1924

    Such in effect was the conclusion of the supreme court of Washington in the ease of Richards v. … As was pointed out in a recent decision of this court involving a somewhat analogous situation (Anglo London Paris Co. v.

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  • Halleck v. Mixer

    16 Cal. 574 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1860

    (Brown v. Sax, 7 Cow. 95 ; Baker v. Wheeler, 8 Wend. 505 ; Wingate v. Smith, 20 Maine, 287; Davis v. Easley, 13 Ill. 192 .) *579 2. … They are all commented upon and explained by that Court in Harlan v. Harlan (15 Penn. State R. 513).

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Eschwig v. State Bar

    24 Cal. 2d 70 · California Supreme Court · Apr 3, 1944

    The Board of Governors adopted the committee's findings, but recommended that petitioner be suspended from practice for a period of six months. … (Stephens v. State Bar, 19 Cal.2d 580 [ 122 P.2d 549 ]; Trusty v. State Bar, 16 Cal.2d 550 [ 107 P.2d 10 ]; Waterman v. State Bar, 8 Cal.2d 17 [ 63 P.2d 1133 ]; Marsh v. State Bar, 2 Cal.2d 75 [ 39 P.2d 403 ]; Marsh v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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