Legal Opinion
Martin v. Smith
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 14, 1960No. Civ. 19061PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBray, P. J.
Appellant appeals from a judgment denying his petition for writ of mandate to compel respondent officials of the city of Sausalito to examine, certify and consider a referendum petition protesting the adoption of Resolutions No. 1474 and No. 1475.
Questions Presented
1. Are said resolutions legislative in nature and therefore subject to referendum?
2. Are findings necessary?
Record *
The controversy grows out of a lease made by the State Lands Commission in 1951 to Madden and Lewis Company of 9.2 acres (in 1953 increased to 11.22 acres) of filled breakwater or sandspit on submerged land in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hopping v. Council of City of RichmondCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
- McKevitt v. City of SacramentoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
- Martin v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
- San Pedro, L.A. & Salt Lake R.R. v. HamiltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
- Seaton, Mayor v. LackeyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Redevelopment Agency v. City of BerkeleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- O'Loane v. O'RourkeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
- Duran v. CassidyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
- Reagan v. City of SausalitoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- Gayle v. HammCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
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