17 Cited authorities

Coleman v. Department of Personnel Admininistration
52 Cal.3d 1102 (Cal. 1991) Cited 122 times
Explaining that there must be "some meaningful mechanism of procedural protections before the state, as an employer, may treat a permanent or tenured employee's unauthorized absence as a resignation under the AWOL statute"
O'Connell v. City of Stockton
41 Cal.4th 1061 (Cal. 2007) Cited 70 times
Concluding a statute could not "be characterized as special legislation. (See Cal. Const., art. IV, § 16 [authorizing the enactment of statutes applicable to particular cities or counties]; White v. State of California (2001) 88 Cal.App.4th 298, 305, 105 Cal.Rptr.2d 714 [Legislature must have rational basis for singling out a city or county to be ‘ "affected by [a special] statute" ’]; Baldwin [v. County of Tehama (1994) 31 Cal.App.4th 166, 166], 177, 36 Cal.Rptr.2d 886 [uncodified enactments granting limited powers over groundwaters to ‘specifically identified special districts’ described as ‘ "special acts" ’])"
In re Jenkins
50 Cal.4th 1167 (Cal. 2010) Cited 53 times
Recognizing Legislature's delegation of authority to CDCR in Penal Code section 5068 to make rules and regulations governing prisoner classification and discipline
Fuentes v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.
16 Cal.3d 1 (Cal. 1976) Cited 149 times
In Fuentes v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1976) 16 Cal.3d 1 [ 128 Cal.Rptr. 673, 547 P.2d 449] (Fuentes), the court had previously held that "formula A" was the correct method for calculating an award when permanent disability could be partially attributed to nonindustrial causes.
American Coatings Association, Inc. v. South Coast Air Quality District
54 Cal.4th 446 (Cal. 2012) Cited 44 times
Contrasting standard applied in ordinary mandamus proceedings under Code Civ. Proc., § 1085, and observing that traditional substantial evidence standard applies to judicial review of agency findings in an administrative mandamus proceeding under Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5
Rossi v. Brown
9 Cal.4th 688 (Cal. 1995) Cited 73 times
Holding that initiative provisions do not except measures imposing a tax from the initiative power
Webster v. Superior Court
46 Cal.3d 338 (Cal. 1988) Cited 76 times
Holding that claimant injured in shooting rampage in offices of insolvent insurer should have been permitted to pursue personal injury claim outside of liquidation process where insurer had liability insurance that would cover any claim plus the expenses of defending it and where claimants stipulated that they would not seek any recovery from the insolvent insurer's assets
McMackin v. Ehrheart
194 Cal.App.4th 128 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011) Cited 26 times
Applying section 366.3 to a lawsuit premised on a decedent's promise to leave a life estate in a shared home to a cohabitant
City and County of San Francisco v. Cooper
13 Cal.3d 898 (Cal. 1975) Cited 86 times
Noting that a "legislative body retains a considerable degree of discretion in establishing compensation pursuant to . . . a 'prevailing wage' mandate"
Board of Supervisors v. McMahon
219 Cal.App.3d 286 (Cal. Ct. App. 1990) Cited 47 times 1 Legal Analyses
In McMahon, Butte County challenged on various grounds the application of a state statute requiring counties to contribute to the funding of a welfare program.

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17 Cited authorities

Explaining that there must be "some meaningful mechanism of procedural protections before the state, as an employer, may treat a permanent or tenured employee's unauthorized absence as a resignation under the AWOL statute"

Recognizing Legislature's delegation of authority to CDCR in Penal Code section 5068 to make rules and regulations governing prisoner classification and discipline

In Fuentes v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1976) 16 Cal.3d 1 [ 128 Cal.Rptr. 673, 547 P.2d 449] (Fuentes), the court had previously held that "formula A" was the correct method for calculating an award when permanent disability could be partially attributed to nonindustrial causes.

Contrasting standard applied in ordinary mandamus proceedings under Code Civ. Proc., § 1085, and observing that traditional substantial evidence standard applies to judicial review of agency findings in an administrative mandamus proceeding under Code Civ. Proc., § 1094.5

Holding that initiative provisions do not except measures imposing a tax from the initiative power

Applying section 366.3 to a lawsuit premised on a decedent's promise to leave a life estate in a shared home to a cohabitant

Noting that a "legislative body retains a considerable degree of discretion in establishing compensation pursuant to . . . a 'prevailing wage' mandate"

In McMahon, Butte County challenged on various grounds the application of a state statute requiring counties to contribute to the funding of a welfare program.