Legal Opinion
In Re Martinez
California Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 1943No. Crim. 4482PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, C. J.
Petitioner was convicted in the Police Court of the City of Sacramento of violating a municipal ordinance regulating and fixing the rates of taxicabs. On appeal, the judgment of conviction was affirmed by the superior court. Petitioner now seeks his discharge on habeas corpus contending that the ordinance is unconstitutional upon the ground exclusive power to fix such rates is vested in the Railroad Commission.- Petitioner does not claim that the ordinance is unreasonable or discriminatory but contends that the city is without power to enact any ordinance fixing taxicab rates.
Petitioner…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re CardinalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- Yellow Taxicab Co. v. GaynorNew York Supreme Court · 1913
- Clem v. City of LaGrangeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Bezera v. Associated Oil Co.California Court of Appeal · 1931
- State v. GamelinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1940
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3Cited by12 opinions
- People v. Western Air Lines, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1954
- Golden State Transit Corporation v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Buck v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- People Ex Rel. Freitas v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
- People v. One 1941 Buick 8-Four-Door Sedan, Engine No. 54135130California Court of Appeal · 1944
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