27 Cal. 3d 424 - Van Atta v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 141 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 158 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably 9 Cal. 4th 1069 - Tobe v. City of Santa Ana (1995), 33 Cal. 3d 158 - Pacific Legal Foundation v. California Coastal Commission (1982)
4 federal appellate · 141 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 5 Cal. 3d 258 - Blair v. Pitchess · 25 Cal. 3d 260 - People v. Ramirez · 66 Cal. 2d 606 - In Re Smiley · 12 Cal. 3d 834 - Reynolds v. Superior Court
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 158 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A person may be released on bail by sufficient sureties, except for capital crimes when the facts are evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail may not be required. In setting, reducing or denying bail, the judge or magistrate shall take into consideration the protection of the public, the seriousness of the offense charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of his or her appearing at the trial or hearing of the case. Public safety shall be the primary consideration. “A person may be released on his or her own recognizance in the court’s discretion, subject to the same factors considered in setting bail. However, no person charged with the commission of any serious felony shall be released on his or her own recognizance, [ 4 ] “Before any person arrested for a serious felony may be released on bail, a hearing may be held before the magistrate or judge, and the prosecuting attorney shall be given notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard on the matter. When a judge or magistrate grants or denies bail or release on a person’s own recognizance, the reasons for that decision shall be stated in the record and included in the court’s minutes.” (Italics added.) 5”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“More specifically, `identification of the dictates of due process generally requires consideration of (1) the private interest that will be affected by the official action, (2) the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the procedures used, and the probable value, if any, of additional or substitute procedural safeguards, (3) the dignitary interest in informing individuals of the nature, grounds and consequences of the action and in enabling them to present their side of the story before a responsible governmental official, and (4) the governmental interest, including the function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“An action to obtain a judgment, restraining and preventing any illegal expenditure of ... funds ... of a county, town, city or city and county of the state, may be maintained against any officer thereof, or any agent, or other person acting in its behalf ... by a citizen resident therein ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.