Legal Opinion
Rice v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 23, 1982No. Civ. 65949PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KINGSLEY, J.
By petition for writ of mandate the plaintiff in the underlying personal injury action seeks to compel respondent to allow her trial preference pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 36, subdivision (a). Respondent denied such preference on the ground plaintiff had obtained a preferential trial date in her prior, identical action but had relinquished it when her counsel dismissed that action, filed the present action and sought trial preference Solely to circumvent the refusal of the master calendar judge in the prior action to grant a one-week continuance until…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- J. R. Norton Co. v. Agricultural Labor Relations BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
- Hogya v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
- Hays v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by36 opinions
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