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C. S. Smith Metropolitan Market Co. v. Superior Court

California Supreme Court

Decided September 21, 1940No. L. A. No. 17472PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEdmonds, J.

The petitioners are seeking a writ of prohibition to prevent the Superior Court from enforcing compliance with a subpoena duces tecum and requiring one of them to answer certain questions.

The Food and Grocery Bureau of Southern California has brought an action to enjoin certain acts of the petitioner C. S. Smith Metropolitan Market Co., Ltd., a corporation, which, it charges, violate the Unfair Practices Act. (Stats. 1913, p. 508, as amended; Deering’s Gen. Laws, Act 878.1.) The complaint alleges that upon various occasions in 1939, the Market company offered for sale and sold certain…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commercial Bank of Spanish America, Ltd. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Southern Pacific Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
  3. County of Sutter v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Drew v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
  5. Wessels v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
  2. People v. WarburtonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
  3. People v. SkeltonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
  4. McDonough v. GarrisonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945
  5. Michaels v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960

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