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Dicta from the California Supreme Court is entitled to great weight, and the Court of Appeal rarely exercises its power to disregard the high court's gratuitous statements about California law. [10] Cases from other states are often cited in California appellate opinions, particularly when the out-of-state decisions disagree with one another. [11]
Stephen Roger Barnett (December 25, 1935 – October 13, 2009) was an American law professor and legal scholar who campaigned against the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 and the effects its antitrust exemptions had on newspaper consolidation. He also criticized the California Supreme Court for practices that hid information from the public.
The Court currently chooses to publish all opinions as a matter of public policy, as disclosed in rule 8.1105(a) of the California Rules of Court. [2] The original California Constitution of 1849 authorized the Court to publish all opinions that it "may deem expedient," and the current California Constitution of 1879 authorizes the Court to ...
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review whether California can set its own vehicle emissions rules to transition away from gasoline powered cars. What California does shapes ...
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by fuel producers to challenge California's standards for vehicle emissions and electric cars under a federal air pollution law in ...
The California waiver has a long history in environmental law. Since the late 1960s, Congress has said states must follow the federal standards for auto emissions, but it also said California may ...
For instance, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, the average time between the filing of a felony case and its resolution is 33 months.
On April 24, 1972, the Supreme Court of California ruled in People v. Anderson that the state's current death penalty laws were unconstitutional. Justice Marshall F. McComb was the lone dissenter, arguing that the death penalty deterred crime, noting numerous Supreme Court precedents upholding the death penalty's constitutionality, and stating that the legislative and initiative processes were ...