Legal Opinion
City of Long Beach v. Morse
California Supreme Court
Decided December 30, 1947No. L. A. 19873PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTraynor, J.
The city of Long Beach seeks a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel its treasurer to transfer certain revenue from the city’s ‘‘Harbor Revenue Fund” to its “Public Improvement Fund.” The revenue in question was derived from the production of oil and gas from the tidelands and submerged lands within the corporate limits of the city of Long Beach, claimed by the city under legislative grants from the State of California.
Before 1946, under the terms of the charter of the city of Long Beach, the revenue from the production of oil and gas from these lands was devoted to the improvement and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Boone v. KingsburyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
- City of Long Beach v. MarshallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
- Purdy v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Silver v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Trickey v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
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