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  • In Re Walker

    11 Cal. 2d 464 · California Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1938

    other forms of wagering or betting on the result of a horse race shall be and remain illegal and any and all wagering or betting on horse races outside the enclosure where such horse races shall have been licensed by the board … (See People v. Torrey, 16 Cal. App. (2d) 470 [ 60 Pac. (2d) 900 ]; In re McKelvey, 19 Cal. App. (2d) 94 [ 64 Pac. (2d) 1002 ].)

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • People v. Robinson

    47 Cal. 4th 1104 · California Supreme Court · Jan 25, 2010

    (People v. Zamora (1976) 18 Cal.3d 538, 547 [ 134 Cal.Rptr. 784 , 557 P.2d 75 ].) … (People v. Frazer, supra, 21 Cal.4th at p. 784 (dis. opn. of Brown, J.).) *1151 The DNA arrest warrant in this case was not a true warrant, because it did not authorize the arrest of anyone.

    Cited 108 timesPublished
  • People v. Stanistreet

    127 Cal. Rptr. 2d 633 · California Supreme Court · Dec 5, 2002

    J., Kennard, J., Baxter, J., and Brown, J., concurred. All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. … (Brown v. Kelly Broadcasting Co. (1989) 48 Cal.3d 711, 745-746 [ 257 Cal.Rptr. 708 , 771 P.2d 406 ]; see also Los Angeles Alliance for Survival v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Jackson v. Porter Land and Water Co.

    151 Cal. 32 · California Supreme Court · Apr 4, 1907

    As generally sustaining these views, we cite Reed v. Randall, 29 N. Y. 358 , [ 86 Am. Dec. 305 ] ; Boughton v. Standish, 48 Vt. 595 ; McBride v. McClure, 49 Ill. App. 612 ; Boothby v. Scales, 27 Wis. 262 ; Tufts v. … App. 129 , [ 53 Pac. 766 ] ; Brown v. Foster, 108 N. Y. 387 , [ 15 N. E. 608 ] ; Palmer v. Banfield, 86 Wis. 441 , [ 56 N. W. 1090 ] ; Carleton v. Jennings, 80 Fed. 937 , [ 26 C. C. A. 265 ] ; 24 Am. & Eng.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • McCallion v. Hibernia Savings & Loan Society

    70 Cal. 163 · California Supreme Court · Jul 19, 1886

    under the laws of the state, and exercise such powers under the said corporate name, having its principal place of business in the city of San Francisco; and that there was then chosen by ballot seven persons to act as a board … Co. v. Woodbury, 14 Cal. 425 ; S. C., 73 Am. Dec. 658 ; Harris v. McGregor, 29 Cal. 127 ; People v. Selfridge, 52 Cal. 331 .)

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • People v. Hernandez

    134 Cal. Rptr. 2d 602 · California Supreme Court · Aug 13, 2003

    (People v. Brown (1993) 6 Cal.4th 322, 335-336 [ 24 Cal.Rptr.2d 710 , 862 P.2d 710 ]; see also People v. Barrera (1999) 70 Cal.App.4th 541, 547-552 [ 82 Cal.Rptr.2d 755 ].) … Board of Supervisors (1992) 2 Cal.4th 571, 581 [ 7 Cal.Rptr.2d 245 , 828 P.2d 147 ].)

    Disapproved on other grounds by People v. Riccardi, 54 Cal. 4th 758 (2012)Cited 76 timesPublished
  • Coffey v. City of Berkeley

    170 Cal. 258 · California Supreme Court · May 27, 1915

    In Barnett v. Contra Costa County, 67 Cal. 78 , [ 7 Pac. 177 ], it was held that a county is not responsible in damages even for its failure to keep in repair an existing bridge, and in Winbigler v. … (Blain v. Town of Montezuma, 150 Iowa 142 , [Ann. Cas. 1912D, 430, 32 L. R. A. (N. S.) 543, 129 N. W. 808 ].)

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • People v. Shelton

    60 Cal. 2d 740 · California Supreme Court · Jan 30, 1964

    (People v. King, ante, pp. 308, 311 [ 32 Cal.Rptr. 825 , 384 P.2d 153 ]; People v. Haven, 59 Cal.2d 713, 719 [ 31 Cal.Rptr. 47 , 381 P.2d 927]; Castaneda v. … (People v. Haven, 59 Cal.2d 713, 718 [ 31 Cal.Rptr. 47 , 381 P.2d 927 ]; Tompkins v. Superior Court, 59 Cal.2d 65, 68 [ 27 Cal.Rptr. 889 , 378 P.2d 113]; People v. Brown, 45 Cal.2d 640, 643-645 [ 290 P.2d 528 ].)

    Cited 98 timesPublished
  • Escondido Oil & Development Co. v. Glaser

    144 Cal. 494 · California Supreme Court · Aug 22, 1904

    (See Joyce v. Shafer, 97 Cal. 335 .) … This subject was fully discussed in Southern Pacific Co. v. Von Schmidt Dredge Co., 118 Cal. 368 .

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • People v. Sing Yow

    145 Cal. 1 · California Supreme Court · Sep 27, 1904

    (Williams v. Johnson, 18 Johns. 488 ; Parker v. Hardy, 24 Pick. 246 ; Pomeroy v. Columbia Ins. Co., 2 Caines, 260; Erskine v. Duffy, 76 Ga. 603 ; Greenleaf v. Grounder, 84 Me. 50 ; Moore v. … In the cross-examination of witnesses Brown and Fitzgerald we find nothing of such gravity or importance as to warrant a new trial.

    Cited 46 timesPublished
  • Pottage v. Luckenbach S.S. Co., Inc.

    206 Cal. 622 · California Supreme Court · Mar 7, 1929

    On January 21, 1924, plaintiff, a hatch-tender employed by the above-named respondent Stevedore Company, but not *624 in the employ of the above-named respondent Steamship Company, while working on board the steamship “Edgar … The contention that the two defendants, having different rules of law applicable to them, could not be properly joined as defendants (Schotis v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Horwich v. Superior Court

    87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 222 · California Supreme Court · Aug 9, 1999

    Opinion BROWN, J. … Law, supra, § 1197, pp. 632-633; see also Blackwell v. American Film Co. (1922) 189 Cal. 689, 693-694 [ 209 P. 999 ]; Brown v. Rahman (1991) 231 Cal.App.3d 1458, 1460-1461, fn. 3 [ 282 Cal.Rptr. 815 ].)

    Cited 200 timesPublished
  • People v. Clark

    201 Cal. 474 · California Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1927

    (Lunsford v. State, 10 Tex. App. 118; Ex parte Wood, 19 Tex. App. 46; Loyd v. State, 19 Tex. App. 137.) … (People v. Craig, 152 Cal. 42 [ 91 Pac. 997 ] ; People v. Hatch, 163 Cal. 368 [ 125 Pac. 907 ].)

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • People v. Statum

    122 Cal. Rptr. 2d 572 · California Supreme Court · Jul 25, 2002

    (Brown v. Kelly Broadcasting Co. (1989) 48 Cal.3d 711, 724 [ 257 Cal.Rptr. 708 , 771 P.2d 406 ].) ‘ “The court turns first to the words themselves for the answer.” [Citations.]’ (Ibid.) … J., Chin, J., Brown, J., and Moreno, J., concurred. All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified. A guilty plea is the “legal equivalent” of a “verdict” (e.g., People v.

    Cited 89 timesPublished
  • People v. Kynette

    15 Cal. 2d 731 · California Supreme Court · Jul 30, 1940

    Browne was acquitted on all charges. Motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and denied. … Relying on People v.

    Overruled on other grounds by People v. Sharer, 61 Cal. 2d 869 (1964)Cited 158 timesPublished
  • People v. Cahill

    5 Cal. 4th 478 · California Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1993

    United States (1956) 350 U.S. 422, 428 [ 100 L.Ed. 511, 519 , 76 S.Ct. 497 , 53 A.L.R.2d 1008 ]; accord, Board of Education v. … Brown (1988) 46 Cal.3d 432, 466-467 [ 250 Cal.Rptr. 604 , 758 P.2d 1135 ] [hereafter sometimes Brown] (conc. opn. of Mosk, J.)).

    Cited 263 timesPublished
  • Cox v. City of Oakland

    California Supreme Court · Jan 23, 2025

    (Prang v. Los Angeles County Assessment Appeals Board (2024) 15 Cal.5th 1152, 1170 (Prang).) … People ex rel Brown v. Tehama County Bd. of Supervisors (2007) 149 Cal.App.4th 422 (Tehama), which plaintiff relies on heavily, does not support its position.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Fernandes v. Sacramento City Ry.

    52 Cal. 45 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1877

    R. v. State, 29 Md. 553 ; B. & O. R. R. v. Trainer, 33 Md. 342 ; Isbell v. The N. Y. & New Haven R. R. Co. 27 Wend. 404 ; Sills v. Brown, 9 Car. & P. 613.) McHinee & Welby, for the Respondent. … Co. 52 Mo. 253 ; Rudolphy v. Fuchs, 44 How. Pr. 155 ; Sexton v. Zell, 44 N. Y. 430 ; Perkins v.

    Cited 50 timesPublished
  • Thomason v. Ashworth

    73 Cal. 73 · California Supreme Court · Jul 2, 1887

    Green v. … (Board of Commissioners of the Funded Debt v. Board of Trustees, 71 Cal. 310 .) *82 2. Sections 6 and 8, article 11, of the constitution read as follows:— “Sec. 6.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club v. Ohio Casualty Insurance

    58 Cal. 2d 142 · California Supreme Court · Jul 19, 1962

    (DiGenova v. State Board of Education, 57 Cal.2d 167, 174 [ 18 Cal.Rptr. 369 , 367 P.2d 865 ]; Corning Hospital Dist. v. Superior Court, supra, 57 Cal.2d 488, 494 ; Willcox v. Edwards, supra, 162 Cal. 455, 460 .) … State Board of Education, 35 Cal.App.2d 591, 594 [ 96 P.2d 809 ]; People v. Camp, 42 Cal.App. 411, 420 [ 183 P. 845 ].) In Continental Cas. Co. v. Phoenix Constr.

    Cited 122 timesPublished

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