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  • Fontana v. Pacific Can Co.

    129 Cal. 51 · California Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1900

    Plaintiffs cite in support of the ruling Pixley v. Western etc. R. R. Co., 33 Cal. 183 1 ; and Crowley v. Genesee etc. Co., 55 Cal. 273 . … (Barney v. Pforr, 117 Cal. 56 ; Pauly v. Pauly, 107 Cal. 8 2 ; Blood v. La Serena Land etc. Co., 113 Cal. 221 .)

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Patterson v. Doe

    130 Cal. 333 · California Supreme Court · Oct 27, 1900

    This language was quoted with approval in Thomas v. … (See, also, Todd v. Board of Education, 122 Cal. 106 ; Lattin v. Gillette, 95 Cal. 317 1 ; Chipman v. Morrill, 20 Cal. 130 .)

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Judson v. L.A. Suburban Gas Co.

    157 Cal. 168 · California Supreme Court · Jan 4, 1910

    (Meigs v. Lister, 23 N. J. Eq. 201; Coker v. Birge, 9 Ga. 428 , [ 54 Am. Dec. 347 ]; Cleveland v. Citizens Gas Light Co., 20 N. J. Eq. 206; Bohan v. Port Jervis Gas Light Co., 122 N. Y. 23 , [ 25 N. E. 246 ]; Hayden v. … This court held in the Smith case that an ordinance passed by the board of supervisors of the county of Dos Angeles prohibiting the erection of gas plants in that locality was invalid as being unreasonable.

    Cited 54 timesPublished
  • Story v. Richardson

    186 Cal. 162 · California Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1921

    (San Francisco v. Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co., 166 Cal. 244, 247 , [ 135 Pac. 971 ]; Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. … Co. v. Eshleman, 167 Cal. 666, 680 , [ 140 Pac. 591, 596 ].)

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • Ex parte Haskell

    112 Cal. 412 · California Supreme Court · Apr 14, 1896

    In Warren Borough v. Geer, 117 Pa. … Louis v. Wehrung, 46 Ill. 394 ; St. Louis v. Sternberg, 69 Mo. 301 ; Machine Co. v. Gage, 100 U. S. 679 .) There is nothing in Ex parte Frank, 52 Cal. 606 , 28 Am. Rep. 642 , necessarily opposed to this view.

    Cited 66 timesPublished
  • Burum v. State Compensation Insurance Fund

    30 Cal. 2d 575 · California Supreme Court · Sep 17, 1947

    Van & Storage Co. v. … (Anderson v. Eaton, 211 Cal. 113, 117 [ 293 P. 788 ]. Cf. Lessing v. Gibbons, 6 Cal.App.2d 598 at 604 [ 45 P.2d 258 ].) In Anderson v.

    Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Marshall v. Taylor

    98 Cal. 55 · California Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1893

    (Furman v. Applegate, 23 N. J. L. 28; Kennedy v. Shea, 110 Mass. 147 ; White v. Murtland, 71 Ill. 250 .) … (State v, Bierce, 27 Conn. 319 ; Croghan v. State, 22 Wis. 444 ; Brown v. Kingsley, 38 Iowa, 222 .) Modern lexicographers define seduction as the act of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Mondine v. Sarlin

    11 Cal. 2d 593 · California Supreme Court · Jul 27, 1938

    Mondine then stepped on the running board of his truck in a position where he could see the amount of gasoline flowing into it. … (Hoff v. Los Angeles Pac.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Ephraim v. Pacific Bank

    129 Cal. 589 · California Supreme Court · Sep 1, 1900

    In Tome v. … (Hutchinson v. Hampton, 1 Mont. 39 .) In Cutter v. Pollock, 7 N.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • People v. Neal

    1 Cal. Rptr. 3d 650 · California Supreme Court · Jul 14, 2003

    (See, e.g., Brown v. Mississippi (1936) 297 U.S. 278, 285-286 [ 80 L.Ed. 682 , 56 S.Ct. 461 ].) In Miranda v. … Kennard, J., Baxter, J., Werdegar, J., Chin, J., Brown, J., Moreno, J., concurred. In Chavez v.

    Cited 223 timesPublished
  • Grant v. McAuliffe

    41 Cal. 2d 859 · California Supreme Court · Dec 23, 1953

    (Loranger v. … Greenberg, 110 N.J.L. 462, 464-466 [ 166 A. 119 ], and Rathgeber v. Sommerhalder, 112 N.J.L. 546, 548-549 [ 171 A. 835 ] ; Sumner v. Brown, 312 Pa. 124, 127 [ 167 A. 315 ].)

    Cited 90 timesPublished
  • Chase v. Superior Court

    154 Cal. 789 · California Supreme Court · Dec 24, 1908

    “In Hatch v. … “In Brown v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • People v. Prettyman

    14 Cal. 4th 248 · California Supreme Court · Dec 9, 1996

    She then saw two Hispanic men and one White male with long scraggly light-brown hair run down the alley next to the church. The defense also presented expert testimony. … Justice Brown’s concurrence and dissent asserts that our “new instructional requirements” will “vex trial judges and perplex juries.” (Cone, and dis. opn. of Brown, J., post, at p. 292.)

    Cited 494 timesPublished
  • In re Wright

    65 Cal. 2d 650 · California Supreme Court · Jan 31, 1967

    Brown (1958) 49 Cal.2d 577, 593 [ 320 P.2d 5 ]; In re Ponce, supra, ante, pp. 341, 342-343; In re Henry (1966) ante, pp. 330, 331-332 [ 54 Cal.Rptr. 633 , 420 P.2d 97 ] ; People v. … (Neal v.

    Cited 151 timesPublished
  • Goldin v. Public Utilities Commission

    23 Cal. 3d 638 · California Supreme Court · Mar 15, 1979

    State Board of Education (1969) 1 Cal.3d 214, 220-233 [ 82 Cal.Rptr. 175 , 461 P.2d 375 ]; Hall v. Bureau of Employment Agencies (1976) 64 Cal.App.3d 482, 490-495 [ 138 Cal.Rptr. 725 ]; Goldberg v. … (Patty v. Board of Medical Examiners (1973) 9 Cal.3d 356, 364 [ 107 Cal.Rptr. 473 , 508 P.2d 1121 , 61 A.L.R.3d 342 ]; see also Redner v. Workmen’s Comp.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Neary v. Regents of University of California

    3 Cal. 4th 273 · California Supreme Court · Aug 13, 1992

    Inc. v. Chester’s Market Inc., supra, 756 F.2d at p. 282 , citing New Left Ed. Proj. v. Board of Reg. of the U. of Tex. Sys. (5th Cir. 1973) 472 F.2d 218 , vacated 414 U.S. 807 [ 38 L.Ed.2d 43 , 94 S.Ct. 118 ].) … (Fenske v. Board of Administration (1980) 103 Cal.App.3d 590, 596 [ 163 Cal.Rptr. 182 ]; 9 Witkin, Cal. Procedure (3d ed. 1985) Appeal, § 763, p. 730.)

    Superseded by statute, as recognized in City of Palmdale v. Board of EqualizationCited 74 timesPublished
  • Nulty v. Price

    202 Cal. 279 · California Supreme Court · Oct 17, 1927

    (See Womack v. Walling, 1 Baxt. (60 Tenn.) 425; 8 C. J. 132.) We think the obligation was one to pay $2,000 in money. … now deceased, wherein it was alleged that since the submission of the cause the defendant had discovered that three checks, two in the sum of $4.70 and the third in the sum of $267.70, had been made in his favor by the board

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Newton v. Johnston Organ & Piano Manufacturing Co.

    180 Cal. 185 · California Supreme Court · Apr 4, 1919

    (Dore v. Southern Pacific Co., 163 Cal. 182 , [ 124 Pac. 817 ]; Stevens v. Selma Fruit Co., Inc., 18 Cal. App. 242 , [ 123 Pac. 212 ]; Aigeltinger v. … (Seymour v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • McShane v. Carter

    80 Cal. 310 · California Supreme Court · Sep 3, 1889

    These deeds were authorized by the boards of directors of said respective companies, and were executed by the proper officers, but were not ratified by the stockholders of said corporations. … (Perrin v. Garfield, 37 Vt. 312 ; Morgan v. Mason, 20 Ohio, 401; 55 Am. Dec. 464 ; New Ipswich Factory v. Batchelder, 3 N. H. 190; 14 Am. Dec. 346 ; Neaderhouser v. State, 28 Ind. 257 ; Whitney v.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • California State Automobile Ass'n. Inter-Insurance Bureau v. Superior Court

    50 Cal. 3d 658 · California Supreme Court · Apr 19, 1990

    (McCreery v. Fuller (1883) 63 Cal. 30, 31-32 ; see also Moore v. Schneider (1925) 196 Cal. 380, 389 [ 238 P. 81 ]; Partridge v. Shepard (1886) 71 Cal. 470, 475 [ 12 P. 480 ]; Wittman v. … Co. v. Johansen (1969) 270 Cal.App.2d 824, 833 [ 76 Cal.Rptr. 174 ]; Guaranty L. Corp. v. Board of Supers. (1937) 22 Cal.App.2d 684, 686 [ 71 P.2d 931 ]; 7 Witkin, Cal.

    Cited 90 timesPublished

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