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  • Watterson v. Owens River Canal Co.

    190 Cal. 88 · California Supreme Court · Nov 10, 1922

    (Stein v. Leeman, 161 Cal. 505 [ 119 Pac. 663 ]; Davis v. Le Mesnager, 155 Cal. 520 [101 Pac. 910]; Glassell v. Hansen, 149 Cal. 511 [ 87 Pac. 200 ]; Falkner v. … J. 26, 27; Klamath Lumber Co. v. Bamber, 74 Or. 287 [ 142 Pac. 359 , 145 Pac. 650 ]; Brown v. Fletcher’s Estate, 146 Mich. 401 [ 123 Am. St. Rep. 233 , 15 L. R. A. (N. S.) 632, 109 N. W. 686 ]; Crane v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Southern Pacific Co. v. Pillsbury

    170 Cal. 782 · California Supreme Court · Aug 7, 1915

    In Zikos v. Oregon etc. … In Eng v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • County of Sonoma v. City of Santa Rosa

    102 Cal. 426 · California Supreme Court · May 14, 1894

    This is an action brought by the county of Sonoma against the city of Santa Rosa to recover three hundred and seventy-one dollars and seventy cents, alleged to have been paid by the county to the sheriff for boarding prisoners … Tweed v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Ryan v. Commission on Judicial Performance

    45 Cal. 3d 518 · California Supreme Court · May 31, 1988

    (Wenger v. Commission on Judicial Performance (1981) 29 Cal.3d 615, 622 [ 175 Cal.Rptr. 420 , 630 P.2d 954 ]; Spruance v. … As we stated in Gonzalez v.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Gardner v. Jonathan Club

    35 Cal. 2d 343 · California Supreme Court · May 5, 1950

    (Mateer v. Brown, 1 Cal. 221, 227 .) Under the statutes as amended, however, his liability is that of a depositary for hire. … (Hoffman v. Eastman Kodak Co., 99 Cal.App. 436, 438 [ 278 P. 891 ]; Providence Washington Ins. Co. v. Hotel Marysville, Inc., 60 Cal.App.2d 338, 344 [ 140 P.2d 698 ]; Homan v.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • Lake v. Reed

    16 Cal. 4th 448 · California Supreme Court · Aug 7, 1997

    (Bixby v. … J., Mosk, J., Kennard, J., Baxter, J., Chin, J., and Brown, J., concurred. Appellant’s petition for a rehearing was denied October 22, 1997.

    Cited 152 timesPublished
  • Thomason v. Ruggles

    69 Cal. 465 · California Supreme Court · May 1, 1886

    In Staude v. … It was so held by a majority of this court in the recent case entitled People v. Strother, 67 Cal. 624 . For the reasons here given, I concur in the judgment.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • In Re Critchlow

    11 Cal. 2d 751 · California Supreme Court · Aug 9, 1938

    (Counselman v. Hitchcock, 142 U. S. 547 [12 Sup. Ct. 195, 35 L. Ed. 1110 ]; Brown v. Walker, 161 U. S. 591 [16 Sup. Ct. 644, 40 L. Ed. 819 ]; Ex parte Cohen, 104 Cal. 524 [ 38 Pac. 364 , 43 Am. St. Rep. 127 , 26 L. R. … (People v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • People v. Turner

    272 Cal. Rptr. 3d 50 · California Supreme Court · Nov 30, 2020

    (People v. Jones (2012) 54 Cal.4th 1, 41; see Uttecht v. Brown (2007) 551 U.S. 1, 7.) … (See Brown v. 53 PEOPLE v. TURNER Opinion of the Court by Corrigan, J. Sanders (2006) 546 U.S. 212, 220.)

    Cited 120 timesPublished
  • People v. Hill

    70 Cal. 2d 678 · California Supreme Court · Apr 9, 1969

    (People v. Downer, 57 Cal.2d 800, 813 [16] [ 22 Cal.Rptr. 347 , 372 P.2d 107 ]; People v. Watson, 244 Cal.App.2d 89, 96 [5] [ 52 Cal.Rptr. 821 ]; People v. Lugo, 220 Cal.App.2d 54, 58-59 [2] [ 33 Cal.Rptr. 572 ].) … She was 5'5" tall, had light brown hair and freckles, which “you couldn’t notice from far away.” He grabbed her from behind around the neck with his right forearm. Mrs.

    Cited 76 timesPublished
  • Stockton School District v. Wright

    134 Cal. 64 · California Supreme Court · Aug 26, 1901

    If, in any district, there has been an average daily attendance of only five, or less, during the whole school year, the superintendent shall suspend the district and report such fact to the board of supervisors. (Pol. … (People v. Craycroft, 111 Cal. 544 .) We advise that the judgment be reversed and the court be- . low directed to dismiss the proceedings. Haynes, C., and Gray, C., concurred.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Vater v. County of Glenn

    49 Cal. 2d 815 · California Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1958

    (Palmquist v. Mercer, 43 Cal.2d 92, 101 [ 272 P.2d 26 ]; Ward v. Oakley Co., 125 Cal.App.2d 840, 850-851 [ 271 P.2d 536 ]; Brooks v. City of Monterey, 106 Cal.App. 649, 654 [ 290 P. 540 ]; cf. People v. … (Taylor v. Knox County Board of Education, 292 Ky. 767 [ 167 S.W.2d 700 ]; Rogers v. Butler, 170 Tenn. 125 [ 92 S.W.2d 414 ].)

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court

    62 Cal. 2d 839 · California Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1965

    Code, § 22.3; Corning Hospital Dist. v. … (Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, 348 U.S. 483, 489 [ 75 S.Ct. 461 , 99 L.Ed. 563 ] ; Blumenthal v. Board of Medical Examiners, 57 Cal.2d 228, 233 [ 18 Cal.Rptr. 501 , 368 P.2d 101 ].)

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Ex Parte King

    157 Cal. 161 · California Supreme Court · Jan 3, 1910

    As was said in Grumbach v. … The case of Van Harlingen v.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Gallik v. Superior Court

    5 Cal. 3d 855 · California Supreme Court · Oct 20, 1971

    The officer nevertheless searched under the seat and brought out a brown leather bag. He opened it, and found inside a plastic “baggie" containing a small amount of marijuana. … Ohio (1968) 392 U.S. 1 [ 20 L.Ed.2d 889 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 ], Camara v. Municipal Court (1967) 387 U.S. 523 [ 18 L.Ed.2d 930 , 87 S.Ct. 1727 ], People v.

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • Spotts v. Hanley

    85 Cal. 155 · California Supreme Court · Aug 1, 1890

    (Sheldon v. Mull, 67 Cal. 300 ; Howell v. Rodgers, 47 Cal. 291 .) … (Read v. Allen, 56 Tex. 176 -180.) It was also held in the case of Read v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • Taylor v. Johnston

    15 Cal. 3d 130 · California Supreme Court · Sep 2, 1975

    Co. v. Westview Dev. Co. (1969) 273 Cal.App.2d 594, 602-603 [ 78 Cal.Rptr. 302 ]; Atkinson v. … (Guerrieri v. Severini, supra, 51 Cal.2d 12, 18 ; Atkinson v. District Bond Co., supra, 5 Cal.App.2d 738, 743-744 .)

    Cited 64 timesPublished
  • People v. Pokovich

    48 Cal. Rptr. 3d 158 · California Supreme Court · Aug 31, 2006

    (See United States v. Ortega (9th Cir. 2000) 203 F.3d 675 [statements may be used to impeach]; United States v. Brown (2d Cir. 1983) 699 F.2d 585 [statements may not be used to impeach]; People v. … Brown (1996) 42 Cal.App.4th 461 [ 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 652 ] [statements may be used to impeach]; People v. Harper (1991) 228 Cal.App.3d 843 [ 279 Cal.Rptr. 204 ] [statements may not be used to impeach].)

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Matter of Dodge

    135 Cal. 512 · California Supreme Court · Feb 18, 1902

    Pay, then district attorney of the county of Kern, brought a number of suits of this character and recovered judgments therein, and thereupon he presented a claim to the state board of examiners for the costs and expenses … (County of Kern v. Fay, 131 Cal. 547 .)

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • People v. Soeder

    150 Cal. 12 · California Supreme Court · Oct 8, 1906

    (See People v. Cook, 148 Cal. 334 , [83 Pac. 43, 46, 50]; People v. Suesser, 142 Cal. 354, 363 , [ 75 Pac. 1093 ].) In People v. … Brown, 130 Cal. 591, 594 , [ 62 Pac. 1072 ], this court, quoting approvingly from People v. Stout, 4 Park. C. C. (N.

    Cited 40 timesPublished

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