Legal Opinion
Municipal Court v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided September 9, 1993No. S022821PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BAXTER, J. J.—
We granted review in this matter to determine whether a municipal court has standing to initiate an action in mandamus (Code Civ. Proc., § 1085) against a superior court to set aside a ruling of the superior court, and, if so, whether a municipal court’s practice of using court commissioners to make the probable cause determination required by County of Riverside v. McLaughlin (1991) 500 U.S. 44 [114 L.Ed.2d 49, 111 S.Ct. 1661] is constitutionally and statutorily permissible.
The latter question arose when petitioner, the Municipal Court for the East Los Angeles Judicial…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- County of Riverside v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Dix v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- Solberg v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
- Bozung v. Local Agency Formation CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Curle v. Superior Court of Shasta CountyCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
- Shamsian v. Department of ConservationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
- Blumhorst v. JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF LACalifornia Court of Appeal · 2005
- Steen v. Appellate Division, Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2014
- Ng v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1997
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