Legal Opinion
Housing Authority v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 1950No. Sac. 6097PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdmonds, J.
By writ of prohibition, the petitioner is seeking to restrain the superior court from taking any further action in connection with two cases pending before it. The litigation under attack stems from the Authority’s application to the federal government for a loan of money to be used in the construction of low-rent public housing, and the principal question here presented for decision is whether the city council of Eureka, in approving the transaction, was acting in an administrative or in a legislative capacity.
The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1401-1430) established a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Abelleira v. District Court of AppealCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- Hopping v. Council of City of RichmondCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- The Housing Authority v. DockweilerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Associated Home Builders of Greater Eastbay, Inc. v. City of LivermoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Birkenfeld v. City of BerkeleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- James v. ValtierraSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- DeVita v. County of NapaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
- Yost v. ThomasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
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