Smith v. Brovan’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 15 Cal. 3d 791 - Slater v. Blackwood · 32 Cal. 2d 23 - Greenfield v. Mather · San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad v. City of Los Angeles · 50 Cal. App. 3d 904 - Day v. Sharp · 253 Cal. App. 2d 1026 - Jackson v. Jackson
Most-quoted passages
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“We consider the Greenfield doctrine of doubtful validity and it has been severely criticized. (See 4 Witkin, [Cal.Proc. (2d ed. 1971)], Judgment, § 150, p. 3295, et seq.) While we find it is unnecessary for our present purposes to reach the question of whether Greenfield itself should be directly overruled, we expressly hold that the rule of that case is inapplicable where, as here, the only possible basis for its implementation is founded on a change in law following the original judgment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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