Patterson v. Beauvell’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1958
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lifton v. Harshman
Most-quoted passages
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“‘ ‘ While the question of the sufficiency of the evidence, as a matter of law, to support a verdict or finding may be presented to the appellate court for review, its duty stops when it has determined that there is some substantial supporting evidence.” (Patterson v. Beauvell, 155 Cal.App.2d 411, 414 [ 318 P.2d 71 ] ; 4 Cal.Jur.2d p. 482, § 602.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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