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  • People v. Lumbley

    8 Cal. 2d 752 · California Supreme Court · May 25, 1937

    The pardon was granted upon the recommendation of the board of pardons and paroles five years after his discharge from prison. … Code, see. 1018; People v. Bacciocco, 81 Cal. App. 19 [ 251 Pac. 817 ]; People v. Manriquez, 188 Cal. 602 [ 206 Pac. 63 , 20 A. L. R. 1441]; People v. Cosgrove, 48 Cal. App. 710 [ 192 Pac. 165 ]; People v.

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • Southern California Acoustics Co. v. C. V. Holder, Inc.

    71 Cal. 2d 719 · California Supreme Court · Aug 5, 1969

    (Klose v. Sequoia Union High *723 School Dist. (1953) 118 Cal.App.2d 636, 641 [ 258 P.2d 515 ] ; Norcross v. Winters (1962) 209 Cal.App.2d 207, 217 [ 25 Cal.Rptr. 821 ], See Williams v. … (See Bermite Powder Co. v. Franchise Tax Board (1952) 38 Cal.2d 700, 703 [ 242 P.2d 9 ]; Paxton v. Paxton (1907) 150 Cal. 667, 670 [ 89 P. 1083 ]; Civ. Code, §3523.)

    Cited 71 timesPublished
  • County of Yolo v. Knight

    70 Cal. 431 · California Supreme Court · Aug 25, 1886

    And in Forbes v. … The rule is stated in RicJcetson v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Green v. Barney

    4 Cal. Unrep. 665 · California Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1894

    contract had not been rescinded, or that the rescission thereof was owing to a default of the plaintiff, whereby defendant suffered damages in a sum equal to, and sufficient to cancel, the payments made by Bray: Phelps v. … Brown, 95 Cal. 572 , 30 Pac. 774 , and cases there cited.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • County of Butte v. Dept. of Water Resources

    California Supreme Court · Aug 25, 2022

    (Citizens of Goleta Valley v. Board of Supervisors (1990) 52 Cal.3d 553, 564.) … Significantly, the Ninth Circuit addressed and rejected the very approach to preemption adopted in the majority opinion: “The [Water] Board urges that we read California v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Bashore v. Superior Court of Tulare Cty.

    152 Cal. 1 · California Supreme Court · Sep 13, 1907

    (Board of Education v. Com *4 mon Council, 128 Cal. 369, [60 Pac. 976 ].) “A mandamus is only granted in the sound discretion of the court. … (People v. Jeroloman, 139 N. Y. 14 , [ 34 N. E. 726 ].)

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Abbott v. Cooper

    218 Cal. 425 · California Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1933

    In Boaz v. … (Gomez v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • People v. Smith

    106 Cal. 73 · California Supreme Court · Feb 6, 1895

    (People v. Gray, 66 Cal. 271 ; People v. Barnes, 48 Cal. 551 ; People v. Hartman, 62 Cal. 562 ; People v. McNutt, 64 Cal. 116 .) … (Brown v. Commonwealth, 76 Pa. St. 319; Commonwealth v. Ferrigan, 44 Pa. St. 386; Fernandez v. State, 4 Tex. App. 419; Heath v. Commonwealth, 1 Rob. (Va.) 735; People v. Foley, 64 Mich. 148 ; People v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Riedman v. Brison

    217 Cal. 383 · California Supreme Court · Feb 6, 1933

    (Wright v. Jordan, supra; Reclamation Dist. v. Superior Court, 171 Cal. 672 [ 154 Pac. 845 ].) … For like holdings in similar cases, see People v. City of Los Angeles, 154 Cal. *387 220, 228, 229 [ 97 Pac. 311 ], Allen v. Board of Trustees, 157 Cal. 720, 723 [ 109 Pac. 486 ], and Henshaw v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • City of Barstow v. Mojave Water Agency

    99 Cal. Rptr. 2d 294 · California Supreme Court · Aug 21, 2000

    {Jordan v. … (See State of California v.

    Cited 76 timesPublished
  • Farber v. Olkon

    40 Cal. 2d 503 · California Supreme Court · Mar 17, 1953

    In Ybarra v. … (Ales v. Ryan, 8 Cal.2d 82 [ 64 P.2d 409 ] ; Brown v. Shortlidge, 98 Cal.App. 352 [ 277 P. 134 ] ; Moore v. Steen, 102 Cal.App. 723 [ 283 P. 833 ] ; Armstrong v. Wallace, 8 Cal.App.2d 429 [ 47 P.2d 740 ] ; Meyer v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • City & County of San Francisco v. Spring Valley Water Works

    39 Cal. 473 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1870

    The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, under the direction of the Board of Supervisors of said City and County of San Francisco, shall have the right to tap any pipes so laid down, and connect hydrants there *479 with … It is objected to this averment that having alleged the facts the plaintiff cannot rely upon the estoppel—and the case of Megerle v. Ashe ( 33 Cal. 84 ) is relied upon as an authority upon this point.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Acosta v. Southern California Rapid Transit District

    2 Cal. 3d 19 · California Supreme Court · Feb 18, 1970

    Plaintiff waited for about eight or nine other passengers to board the bus and then she did so and paid the fare. … Plaintiff, the last passenger to board the bus, had just reached the first set of seats which face the front of the bus when the driver applied the brakes.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • People v. . Scott

    15 Cal. 4th 1188 · California Supreme Court · Jul 14, 1997

    Corbin (1990) 495 U.S. 508, 516, fn. 7 [ 110 S.Ct. 2084, 2091 , 109 L.Ed.2d 548 ], overruled on other grounds in United States v. Dixon, supra, 509 U.S. at p. 712 [ 113 S.Ct. at p. 2864 ], quoting Brown v. … (People v. Brown (1988) 46 Cal.3d 432, 445 [ 250 Cal.Rptr. 604 , 758 P.2d 1135 ].) The prosecutor expressly did not claim defendant had actually killed before.

    Cited 295 timesPublished
  • Engebretson v. Gay

    158 Cal. 30 · California Supreme Court · Jun 13, 1910

    In State v. Kerr, 8 Mo. … The question was determined by the supreme court of Indiana in favor of such a provision for attorneys’ fees in Brown v. Central Bermuidez Co., 162 Ind. 452 , [ 89 N.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • In re Ward

    64 Cal. 2d 672 · California Supreme Court · May 25, 1966

    (Neal v. … (People v. Brown, 29 Cal.2d 555, 558 [1] [ 176 P.2d 929 ].) (4) Although section 654 of the Penal Code prohibits double punishment, it does not prohibit double conviction.

    Cited 74 timesPublished
  • Murray v. Industrial Accident Commission

    216 Cal. 340 · California Supreme Court · Sep 16, 1932

    Co. v. Industrial Acc. Com., 180 Cal. 497, 499 [ 181 Pac. 788 ].) … (Hendrickson v. Industrial Acc. Com., 215 Cal. 82 [ 8 Pac. (2d) 833 ].)

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Cunha v. Superior Court

    217 Cal. 249 · California Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1933

    The petitioner was chief counsel for the defendant in the ease of People v. James R. Kelly, commenced and tried in the respondent court. … As the court may not be called upon to determine questions which have become purely academic and moot (Wright v. Board of Public Works, 163 Cal. 328 [ 125 Pac. 353 ]; 2 Cal.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Adams v. Superior Court

    12 Cal. 3d 55 · California Supreme Court · Jul 19, 1974

    Board of Election (1969) 394 U.S. 802, 809 [ 22 L.Ed.2d 739, 745-746 , 89 S.Ct. 1404 ]; McGowan v. … The prescribed qualifications must, however, reasonably relate to the efficiency and competence of the jurors, and must be equally administered. ( Brown v.

    Cited 44 timesPublished
  • Agnew v. City of Culver City

    51 Cal. 2d 474 · California Supreme Court · Feb 2, 1959

    Plaintiff is an electrical contractor licensed by the Contractors’ State License Board under section 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code. … In the recent case of Agnew v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished

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