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  • People v. Cheek

    108 Cal. Rptr. 2d 181 · California Supreme Court · Jun 21, 2001

    (Lennane v. … J., Baxter, J., Werdegar, J., Chin, J., and Brown, J., concurred. 1 Unless otherwise noted, all statutory citations are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 “A person found to be a sexually violent predator and committed

    Cited 75 timesPublished
  • People v. Mooc

    114 Cal. Rptr. 2d 482 · California Supreme Court · Jan 29, 2002

    In Pitchess v. … J., Kennard, J., Baxter, J., Chin, J., Brown, J., and Lillie, J., * concurred.

    Cited 523 timesPublished
  • P. v. Nunez & Satele

    57 Cal. 4th 1 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 2013

    (See Brown v. Sanders (2006) 546 U.S. 212, 223-224; People v. … (People v. Brown (2004) 33 Cal.4th 382, 394.)

    Cited 120 timesPublished
  • People v. Joseph B.

    34 Cal. 3d 952 · California Supreme Court · Nov 14, 1983

    (In re Brown (1973) 9 Cal.3d 679, 683 [ 108 Cal.Rptr. 801 , 511 P.2d 1153 ].) … (a) [among the purposes of the Juvenile Court Law is the protection of the public “from criminal conduct by minors”]; see also Breed v.

    Cited 50 timesPublished
  • California Cured Fruit Assn. v. Stelling

    141 Cal. 713 · California Supreme Court · Jan 20, 1904

    (Rondell v. Fay, 32 Cal. 354 ; Spring Valley Water Works v. San Francisco, 22 Cal. 434 ; Pacific Bank v. De Ro, 37 Cal. 538 ; Bakersfield Town Hall Assn. v. Chester, 55 Cal. 98 .) … (Have-meyer v. Superior Court, 84 Cal. 378 ; 1 Continental Insurance Co. v. Board of Fire Underwriters, 67 Fed. 310 ; Steamship Co. v. McGregor, 21 Q. B.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Alameda County Social Services Agency v. Kimberly H.

    28 Cal. 4th 56 · California Supreme Court · Jun 6, 2002

    (Michelle W. v. Ronald W., supra, at p. 363 [alleged biological father’s abstract interest in establishing paternity not as weighty as the state’s interest in familial stability and the welfare of the child]; Comino v. … Brown, J., did not participate therein. All further statutory references are to the Family Code unless otherwise specified.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Dunbar v. Redfield

    7 Cal. 2d 515 · California Supreme Court · Oct 19, 1936

    “The appellants rely upon Burbank v. Dennis, 101 Cal. 90 [ 35 Pac. 444 ], and Victor Oil Co. v. … In Voorhees V. Mason, 245 111, 256 [ 91 N.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Leverone v. Weakley

    155 Cal. 395 · California Supreme Court · Mar 25, 1909

    (People v. McCue, 150 Cal. 195, 197 , [ 88 Pac. 899 ]. See, also, Bequette v. Patterson, 104 Cal. 282, 285 , [ 37 Pac. 917 ].) While it was inci *398 dentally said in Schwerdtle v. … The rule applicable was declared in Schwerdtle v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Floyd v. Blanding

    54 Cal. 41 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1879

    The defendants, composing the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, in pursuance of subsequent acts of the Legislature, are about to construct a sea-wall in front of plaintiffs’ lots, which will increase considerably the distance … The case of the State Bank of Ohio v. Knoop, 16 How. 369 , involved a similar principle. In McGee v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • People v. Thomas

    90 Cal. Rptr. 2d 642 · California Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1999

    Opinion BROWN, J. We consider in this case whether a defendant sentenced under the three strikes law (Pen. … (People v.

    Cited 56 timesPublished
  • Turner v. Wilson

    171 Cal. 600 · California Supreme Court · Dec 21, 1915

    At the canvass of the votes by the board of supervisors the return made was that each candidate had received one hundred and sixty-eight (168) votes, and that neither of them was elected. … We so intimated in withholding our approval of a portion of the opinion of the district court of appeal in Gray v. O’Banion, 23 Cal. App. 468, 479 , [ 138 Pac. 977, 981 ], citing this very provision of our law.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Ott Hardware Co. v. Davis

    165 Cal. 795 · California Supreme Court · Aug 19, 1913

    (Ruperich v. Baehr, 142 Cal. 190 , [ 75 Pac. 782 ]; Payne v. … (Wood v. Mayor, 73 N. Y. 556 ; Board of Supervisors v. Ellis, 59 N. Y. 620 ; People v. Field, 58 N. Y. 491 ; Village etc. v. Fish, 156 N. Y. 363 , [ 50 N. E. 973 ]; Cumberland Co. v. Edwards, 76 Ill. 544 ; McLean v.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Higgins v. City of San Diego

    118 Cal. 524 · California Supreme Court · Oct 9, 1897

    The case of Weaver v. … Except as otherwise authorized by this charter, the city shall not, nor shall the common council, the board of education, or any board, department, or officer incur any indebtedness or liability in any manner, or for any

    Cited 54 timesPublished
  • People v. Frierson

    53 Cal. 3d 730 · California Supreme Court · May 2, 1991

    Brown (1985) 40 Cal.3d 512 [ 220 Cal.Rptr. 637 , 709 P.2d 440 ], and thus avoid the possibility of “some *750 confusion” that existed in the original standard jury instructions under the 1978 law. … (People v. Brown (1988) 46 Cal.3d 432, 448-449 [ 250 Cal.Rptr. 604 , 758 P.2d 1135 ].)

    Cited 159 timesPublished
  • Peterson v. Ball

    211 Cal. 461 · California Supreme Court · Jan 30, 1931

    (Winchester v. Howard, 136 Cal. 432 [ 89 Am. St. Rep. 153 , 64 Pac. 432 , 69 Pac. 77 ]; Brown v. Major, 164 Fed. 673 ; In re Post, (N. Y.) 12 Fed. (2d) 941.) … It is true that the state court in Winchester v. Howard, supra, and the federal court in Brown v. Major, supra, following the decision of Winchester v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Lee v. Murphy

    119 Cal. 364 · California Supreme Court · Dec 18, 1897

    In Mott v. … To like effect are Brown v. Moore, 38 Tex. 645 ; Groesbeck v. Seeley, 13 Mich. 329 ; Stevens v. Hampton, 46 Mo. 404 ; Wasson v. Connor, 54 Miss. 351 ; Davis v. Beazley, 75 Va. 491 ; Bowden v. Parrish, 86 Va. 67 ; 19 Am.

    Cited 55 timesPublished
  • Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Continental Development Corp.

    16 Cal. 4th 694 · California Supreme Court · Aug 25, 1997

    Bacich v. Board of Control (1943) 23 Cal.2d 343, 349 [ 144 P.2d 818 ] (Bacich).) … J., Mosk, J., Chin, J., and Brown, J., concurred. Unless otherwise noted, further statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure.

    Cited 60 timesPublished
  • J. M. Howell Co. v. Corning Irrigation Co.

    177 Cal. 513 · California Supreme Court · Feb 16, 1918

    (Rowe v. Blake, 99 Cal. 167 , [ 37 Am. St. Rep. 45 , 33 Pac. 864 ]; Ames v. Hoy, 12 Cal. 11 ; Stuart v. Lander, 16 Cal. 373 , [ 76 Am. Dec. 538 ].) . … (McFadden v. Board of Supervisors, 74 Cal. 571 , [ 16 Pac. 397 ]; Hildreth v. Montecito Creek Water Co., 139 Cal. 22, 29 , [ 72 Pac. 395 ]; Barton v. Riverside Water Co., 155 Cal. 509, 518 , [23 L. R. A. (N.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Clark v. Lesher

    46 Cal. 2d 874 · California Supreme Court · Aug 10, 1956

    (See Garrison v. Brown & Sons, 25 Cal.2d 473, 476 [ 154 P.2d 377 ]; 3 Witkin, California Procedure, p. 1593.) … (See Schrader v.

    Cited 69 timesPublished
  • O.G. v. Super. Ct.

    California Supreme Court · Feb 25, 2021

    (Coleman v. Schwarzenegger (E.D.Cal. 2009) 922 F.Supp.2d 882, 962; see also Brown v. Plata (2011) 563 U.S. 493, 501–503.) … (Coleman v. Brown (E.D.Cal.2013) 922 F.Supp.2d 1004, 1043 (Coleman II).)

    Cited 0 timesPublished

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