Laskowitz v. Shellenberger’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently October 1987
1 district · 5 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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“"Said defendant consents to the withdrawal by a document bearing its seal filed with the Court. The Court does not consent to the withdrawal of attorneys. Approval would leave a corporate defendant without representation. Even if a defendant assumes to represent himself, he must either enter his first appearance in the case in propria persona or be substituted for whoever appeared as his attorney. Defendant appropriately does not offer to do this because, being a corporation, it is without capacity to either represent others or itself. "For authorities discussing the principles involved, see cases cited to support the following quotation from Cal.Jur. Ten Year Supplement, 1949, Revision, Vol. 9, Sec. 15, p. 448, where the applicable rules are stated as follows: "`Since a corporation cannot practice law, and can only act through the agency of natural persons, it follows that it can appear in court on its own behalf only through a licensed attorney. It cannot appear by an officer of the corporation who is not an attorney, and may not even file a complaint except by an attorney, whose authority to appear is presumed; in other words, a corporation cannot appear in propria persona. A judgment rendered in such a proceeding is void.'" (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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