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Woodland Hills Residents Ass'n v. City Council of Los Angeles
23 Cal. 3d 917 · California Supreme Court · Apr 3, 1979
Bradley v. Richmond School Board (1974) 416 U.S. 696 [ 40 L.Ed.2d 476 , 94 S.Ct. 2006 ] is perhaps the leading case on point. … Interest v. Board of Supervisors (1977) 76 Cal.App.3d 241 [ 142 Cal.Rptr. 766 ].)
Cited 342 timesPublished127 Cal. 134 · California Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1899
The board of directors that resolved the bank into liquidation at the next regular meeting had the same power to resolve it out of liquidation. … It has been held in this state in Bonney v.
Cited 7 timesPublishedScott v. Industrial Accident Commission
46 Cal. 2d 76 · California Supreme Court · Feb 3, 1956
(Greene v. Superior Court (1951), 37 Cal.2d 307, 310-311 [ 231 P.2d 821 ]; Browne v. Superior Court (1940), 16 Cal.2d 593, 597, 602 [ 107 P.2d 1 , 131 A.L.R. 276 ]; Slinack v. … (See, e.g., Greene v. Superior Court (1951), supra, 37 Cal.2d 307, 312 [child custody, guardianship]; Brown v.
Cited 92 timesPublished11 Cal. 2d 147 · California Supreme Court · Apr 19, 1938
(People v. Hughes, supra; Thompson v. Commonwealth, 13 Ky. Law Rep. 916 [ 18 S. W. 1022 ]; Sikes v. Commonwealth, 17 Ky. Law Rep. 1353 [ 34 S. W. 902 ] ; Gant v. State, 115 Ga. 205 [ 41 S. E. 698 ]; State v. … (People v. Keefer, 65 Cal. 232 [ 3 Pac. 818 ]; State v. Brown, 104 Mo. 365 [ 16 S. W. 406 ].)
Cited 42 timesPublishedBituminous Lime Rock Paving & Improvement Co. v. Fulton
4 Cal. Unrep. 151 · California Supreme Court · Aug 25, 1893
It is a public highway of a city or village, over which all the citizens of the land have a right to pass and repass at pleasure: State v. Moriarty, 74 Ind. 104 ; Perrin v. Railroad Co., 36 N. Y. 126 ; Kelsey v. … duly given or made, etc.: Babcock v.
Cited 5 timesPublished38 Cal. 481 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1869
The west line was marked by a “skeleton” fence, consisting of three boards nailed to posts three by four. … Simpson (12 Id. 560), English v. Johnson (17 Id. 107), Attwood v. Fricot (Id. 37), Keane v. Cannovan (21 Id. 299), Kile v. Tubbs (23 Id. 431), Hicks v. Coleman (25 Id. 122), Hoag v. Pierce (28 Id. 187), Davis v.
Cited 53 timesPublished25 Cal. Rptr. 3d 265 · California Supreme Court · Mar 3, 2005
For a period in 1987 to 1988, Waidla lived in the Piirisilds’ guest house, performing remodeling work and other chores in exchange for his room and board. … (United States v. Kattar (1st Cir. 1988) 840 F.2d 118, 127 .) His or her goal must be “not simply to obtain a conviction, but to obtain a fair conviction.” (Brown v.
Cited 53 timesPublishedSunset Lumber Co. v. Bachelder
167 Cal. 512 · California Supreme Court · Mar 27, 1914
(Robison v. Mitchell, 159 Cal. 588 , [ 114 Pac. 984 ].) … (Vermont Marble Co. v. Black, 123 Cal. 23 , [ 55 Pac. 599 ]; Kenney v. Parke, 120 Cal. 24 , [ 52 Pac. 40 ] ; Warner Bros. Co. v. Freud, 131 Cal. 639 , [ 82 Am. St. Rep. 400 , 63 Pac. 1017 ].)
Cited 14 timesPublished156 Cal. 475 · California Supreme Court · Nov 19, 1909
The well was bored and the water used for sprinkling purposes, with the knowledge of the board of supervisors of Sonoma County solely under the bona fide claim that the county had the lawful right to so take and use the water … (Wright v. Austin, 143 Cal. 236 , [ 101 Am. St. Rep. 97 , 76 Pac. 1023 ].)
Cited 9 timesPublished9 Cal. 2d 586 · California Supreme Court · Sep 23, 1937
(Mabury v. Bryant, 8 Cal. (2d) 704 [ 68 Pac. (2d) 359 ].) … (Stockton Sav. & Loan Soc. v. Harrold, 127 Cal. 612 [ 60 Pac. (2d) 165 ]; Brown v. Luddy, 121 Cal. App. 494 [ 9 Pac. (2d) 326 ]; 9 Cal. Jur. Supp., pp. 698, 699; Hough v. Wright, 127 Cal. App. 689 [ 16 Pac. (2d) 301 ].)
Cited 7 timesPublished34 Cal. 2d 552 · California Supreme Court · Dec 16, 1949
(United States Gypsum Co. v. Shaffer, 7 Cal.2d 454 [ 60 P.2d 998 ]; Saunders v. Simms, 183 Cal. 167 [ 190 P. 806 ]; Newman v. Burwell, supra, 216 Cal. 608 ; Palace Hotel Co. v. Crist, 6 Cal.App.2d 690 [ 45 P.2d 415 ].) … J., Edmonds, J., Carter, J., Traynor, J., Schauer, J., and Spence, J., concurred. *559 Dec. 1949] Brown v. Superior Court 134 C.2d 559; 212 P.2d 878 ]
Cited 47 timesPublishedParamount Convalescent Center, Inc. v. Department of Health Care Services
15 Cal. 3d 489 · California Supreme Court · Nov 12, 1975
In Board of Regents v. … In Board of Regents v.
Cited 14 timesPublished48 Cal. 2d 600 · California Supreme Court · May 24, 1957
It was stated in People v. … Cole, 141 Cal. 88, 91 [ 74 P. 547 ] ; People v. Bennett, 119 Cal.App.2d 224, 226 [ 259 P.2d 476 ] ; People v. Brown, 145 Cal.App.2d 778, 782 [ 303 P.2d 68 ].)
Cited 17 timesPublishedNorthwestern Portland Cement Co. v. Atlantic Portland Cement Co.
174 Cal. 308 · California Supreme Court · Jan 29, 1917
Code, sec. 2888; Haber v. Brown, 101 Cal. 445, 452 , [ 35 Pac. 1035 ].) But it does vest in the pledgee a “special property” in the chattels pledged (Williams v. … Sime, 42 Cal. 139 ; Thompson v. Toland, 48 Cal. 99 ; Arnold v. Johnson, 66 Cal. 402 , [ 5 Pac. 796 ] ; Fowles v.
Cited 34 timesPublished22 Cal. 240 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1863
(See, also, Dick v. Leverich, 11 Louis. 576; Talbot v. Bank of Rochester, 1 Hill, 295 ; Hartsman v. Henshaw, 11 How. 183 ; Harris v. Bradley, 7 Yerg. 310 ; Olivier v. Andy, 7 Louis. 496; Herrick v. … It seems to have been held that in actions like these against the indorser of a note or bill, the indorser is liable for such costs (Scott v. McLellan, 2 Green. 199; Hubbly v. Brown, 16 John. 70 ; Jones v.
Cited 6 timesPublished34 Cal. 2d 757 · California Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1950
He jumped off the running board at First and Broadway and ran into a bus depot and was lost in the crowd. He was apprehended almost a year later in Phoenix, Arizona. … In People v.
Cited 38 timesPublishedLaurel Heights Improvement Ass'n of San Francisco, Inc. v. Regents of University of California
47 Cal. 3d 376 · California Supreme Court · Dec 1, 1988
(Friends of Mammoth v. Board of Supervisors (1972) 8 Cal.3d 247, 259 [ 104 Cal.Rptr. 761 , 502 P.2d 1049 ].) … (Residents Ad Hoc Stadium Com. v. Board of Trustees, supra, 89 Cal.App.3d at pp. 287-288; Village Laguna of Laguna Beach, Inc. v. Board of Supervisors, supra, 134 Cal.App.3d at p. 1029 .)
Cited 527 timesPublished163 Cal. 256 · California Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1912
Fuel Co. v. Tuck, 53 Cal. 304 ; Rose v. Foord, 96 Cal. 154 , [ 30 Pac. 1114 ]; Hayes v. Los Angeles County, 99 Cal. 79 , [ 33 Pac. 766 ]; 1 Chitty on Pleading, 362, note z; Russ etc. Co. v. Muscupiabe etc. … H. 444.) ” In Phelps v. *262 Brown, 95 Cal. 576 , [ 30 Pac. 774 ], it was held that the voluntary abandonment of a contract by vendors left the money of the vendee in their hands subject to suit for its recovery.
Cited 33 timesPublished49 Cal. 2d 849 · California Supreme Court · Mar 26, 1958
Nicholson v. Henderson, 25 Cal.2d 375 [ 153 P.2d 945 ], and Krug v. … As stated in Bastajian v. Brown, 19 Cal.2d 209, 214 [ 120 P.2d 9 ], citing Stevens v.
Cited 18 timesPublished50 Cal. 4th 512 · California Supreme Court · Aug 5, 2010
I propose [Brown] . . . meets with [Reid] [on February 24] and lets him know there’s no role [for him] in her org .... … Reid then met with Brown, who stated no positions were available for him in her department. According to Reid, Brown commented that he was not a “cultural fit” at Google.
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