Legal Opinion
People v. Superior Court of Orange County
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 25, 2016No. G052932PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’LEARY, P. J.
Nearly 40 years ago, our Supreme Court reaffirmed “that Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6, which provides for the disqualification of trial judges on motion supported by an affidavit of prejudice, does not violate the doctrine of the separation of powers or impair the independence of the judiciary.”1 (Solberg v. Superior Court (1977) 19 Cal.3d 182, 186-187 [137 Cal.Rptr. 460, 561 P.2d 1148] (Solberg).) It did so after considering “experience with the statute [in the preceding] decades and as applied ... in a criminal context.” (Id. at p. 187.) The Solberg court…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- Trope v. KatzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1995
- People v. HullCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- McCartney v. Commission on Judicial QualificationsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- Spruance v. Commission on Judicial QualificationsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
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