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  • Alvarez v. Brannan

    7 Cal. 503 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1857

    The case of Burrows v. Lock, 10 Vesey, Jr., R., 475, is in point. … In support of this ground, the learned counsel have referred to several authorities, and among others to the cases of Brown v. Haff & Lyons, 5 Paige, 235 , and of Winne v. Reynolds, 6 Paige, 407 .

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • In Re Cox

    3 Cal. 3d 205 · California Supreme Court · Oct 1, 1970

    Code, § § 51, 52.)” 6 ( 37 Cal.2d at p. 716 ; see Tarbox v. Board of Supervisors (1958) 163 Cal. App.2d 373, 378 [ 329 P.2d 553 ].) … Brown v. Louisiana (1966) 383 U.S. 131,143,147-148 [ 15 L.Ed.2d 637, 646, 648-649 , 86 S.Ct. 719 ]. (Brennan, J., concurring in judgment); NAACP v. Button (1962) 371 U.S. 415, 432 [ 9 L.Ed.2d 405, 417 , 83 S.Ct. 328 ].)

    Cited 135 timesPublished
  • Lynch v. Spilman

    67 Cal. 2d 251 · California Supreme Court · Sep 12, 1967

    (Stewart v. California Medical etc. Assn. (1918) 178 Cal. 418, 421 [ 176 P. 46 ] ; see also Hallinan v. Prindle (1934) 220 Cal. 46, 49 [ 29 P.2d 202 ] ; Armstrong v. … In Walsh v.

    Cited 57 timesPublished
  • Estate of Filtzer

    33 Cal. 2d 776 · California Supreme Court · Apr 28, 1949

    (Graham v. Bennet, 2 Cal. 503, 506 .) … (See Kyne v. Kyne, 38 Cal.App.2d 122, 131-132 [ 100 P.2d 806 ], citing Paxton v. Paxton, 150 Cal. 667 [ 89 P. 1083 ]; also Kyne v. Kyne, 60 Cal.App.2d 326, 329 [ 140 P.2d 886 ].)

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Fernandez v. Tormey

    121 Cal. 515 · California Supreme Court · Jul 23, 1898

    Code, sec. 2778, subd. 2; Oaks v. Scheifferly, 74 Cal. 478 ; Elder v. Kutner, 97 Cal. 490 ; Ide v. Spencer, 50 Vt. 293 ; Shepard v. Shepard, 6 Conn. 37 .) … (V ogan v. Caminetti, 65 Cal. 438 .)

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • People v. Mancebo

    117 Cal. Rptr. 2d 550 · California Supreme Court · Mar 11, 2002

    (Dis. opn. of Brown, J., post, at p. 756.) … (Dis. opn. of Brown, J., post, at p. 760.) Section 1203.06 prescribes grounds for probation ineligibility. As such, it is inapposite here because probation is not punishment (see People v.

    Questioned by In Re Varnell, 135 Cal. Rptr. 2d 619 (2003)Cited 254 timesPublished
  • Dept. Finance v. Com. on State Mandates

    California Supreme Court · Nov 17, 2016

    CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE et al., ) ) Plaintiffs and Respondents, ) ) S214855 v. … August 29, 2016, and appearing in the California Official Reports at 1 Cal.5th 749, is modified as follows: On page 768 of the published opinion, a footnote is inserted at the end of the sentence that reads: “The board

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Seffert v. Los Angeles Transit Lines

    56 Cal. 2d 498 · California Supreme Court · Aug 17, 1961

    In Holder v. … In Wilson v.

    Cited 166 timesPublished
  • Willett v. Jordan

    1 Cal. 2d 461 · California Supreme Court · Sep 5, 1934

    The petitioner is the president of the state board of chiropractic examiners. … (Gibson v. Chouteau, 13 Wall. (80 U. S.) 92 [ 20 L. Ed. 534 ].) When it is invoked the doctrine must be based on some antecedent lawful right (United States v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Hogan v. Central Pacific Railroad

    71 Cal. 83 · California Supreme Court · Sep 24, 1886

    (Thompson on Highways, 256; Lansing v. Smith, 8 Cow. 146 ; Butler v. Kent, 19 Johns. 223 ; S. C., 10 Am. Dec. 219 ; Pierce v. Dart, 7 Cow. 609 ; *87 Mills v. Hall, 9 Wend. 315 ; S. C., 24 Am. Dec. 160 ; Tibbets v. … Blade, 60 Cal. 428 ; Crowley v. Davis, 63 Cal. 460 ; Aram v. Schallenberger, 41 Cal. 449 ; Bigley v. Nunan, 53 Cal. 403 ; Payne v. McKinley, 54 Cal. 532 .)

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Bowman v. Bowman

    29 Cal. 2d 808 · California Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1947

    (Keck v. Keck, 219 Cal. 316, 322 [ 18 P.2d 338 ] ; Stevens v. Stevens, 215 Cal. 702, 704 [ 12 P.2d 432 ] ; Samter v. Klopstock Realty Co., 31 Cal.App.2d 532, 535 [ 88 P.2d 250 ] ; Overell v. … (Bastajian v. Brown, 19 Cal.2d 209, 214 [ 120 P.2d 9 ].)

    Abrogated on other grounds by In Re Marriage of Lippel, 51 Cal. 3d 1160 (1990)Cited 112 timesPublished
  • Porter v. Bakersfield & Kern Electric Railway Co.

    36 Cal. 2d 582 · California Supreme Court · Dec 27, 1950

    (Doyle v. Loyd (1941), 45 Cal.App.2d 493 [ 114 P.2d 398 ]; Fietz v. … “The cases of Artukovich v. Astendorf (1942), 21 Cal.2d 329 [ 131 P.2d 831 ] and Redlands etc. Sch. Dist. v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • People v. Grubb

    63 Cal. 2d 614 · California Supreme Court · Dec 2, 1965

    But we recognized a limitation of the application of the statute, saying “Manifestly one who goes to a bus station or railroad depot and waits for the purpose of buying a ticket, boarding the conveyance, meeting a relative … Co. v. State Board of Equalization (1965) ante, pp. 222, 227 [ 45 Cal.Rptr. 869 , 404 P.2d 477 ]; People v. Buese (1963) 220 Cal.App.2d 802, 805 [ 34 Cal.Rptr. 102]; People v. Ferguson, supra, 129 Cal.App. 300, 304 .)

    Superseded by statute, as recognized in People v. RubalcavaCited 114 timesPublished
  • Easterbrook v. City & County of San Francisco

    5 Cal. Unrep. 341 · California Supreme Court · May 1, 1896

    The ease is, we think, brought within the spirit of the rule enunciated by the United States circuit court in Liebman v. City and County of San Francisco, 11 Saw. 147 , 24 Fed. 705 , and in Elberg v. San Luis Obispo Co. … Co. v. San Diego Co. (decided August 21, 1895), 112 Cal. 314 , 41 Pac. 423 , 44 Pac. 571 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Cavert v. Alderman

    1 Cal. Unrep. 73 · California Supreme Court · Jun 11, 1859

    Deck v. Gherke is supported by Wren v. Span, 1 How. (Miss.) 119; Campbell v. Young, 3 How. (Miss.) 303; Wilson v. Walker, 3 Stew. (Ala.) 216; Brown v. Hill, 27 Miss. 51 ; Rawlins v. Poindexter, 27 Miss. 64 . … In Knight v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Business Title Corp. v. Division of Labor Law Enforcement

    17 Cal. 3d 878 · California Supreme Court · Sep 2, 1976

    Moreover, the court in Gough v. … The court in Doyle v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Scovill Manufacturing Co. v. Skaggs Pay Less Drug Stores

    45 Cal. 2d 881 · California Supreme Court · Dec 29, 1955

    It is claimed by the defendant that this court receded from its holding in the Max Factor ease in State Board of Dry Cleaners v. Thrift-D-Lux Cleaners (1953), 40 Cal.2d 436 [ 254 P.2d 29 ]. … Code, §§ 9560-9567) invalid: first, as an improper exercise of the police power, and secondly, as unlawfully delegating legislative power to fix prices to a board composed of interested members of the industry.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • People v. City of San Buenaventura

    213 Cal. 637 · California Supreme Court · Sep 1, 1931

    (See, also, Fragley v. Phelan, 126 Cal. 383, 403 [ 58 Pac. 923 ].) … (Stevenson v. Colgan, 91 Cal. 649 [ 25 Am. St. Rep. 230 , 14 L. R. A. 459, 27 Pac. 1089 ]; People v. Sacramento Drainage Dist., 155 Cal. 373 [ 103 Pac. 207 ]; Taylor v. Cole, supra; Allen v. State, 114 Ariz. 458 [44 L.

    Overruled on other grounds by Costa v. Superior Court, 39 Cal. Rptr. 3d 470 (2006)Cited 18 timesPublished
  • First Nat'l Bank of Bridgeport v. Perris Irrigation Dist.

    107 Cal. 55 · California Supreme Court · Apr 5, 1895

    On May 2, 1893, the defendant by its board of directors allowed and approved the account of the . … (Board of Education v. Blake (Cal., Dec. 3, 1894), 38 Pac. Rep. 536 .)

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • Bensley v. Mountain Lake Water Co.

    13 Cal. 306 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1859

    (See Stone v. Commercial R. R. Co. 18 Eng. Chan. 122; Agas v. Regents’ Canal Co. Cooper, 77; Bonaparte v. The Camden and Amboy R. R. Co. 1 Bald. C. C. 232.) … Even in respect to executory agreements, we held in Green v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished

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