The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, or the Constitution or laws of this State, is the rule of decision in all the courts of this State.
Cal. Civ. Code § 22.2
EFFECT OF THE 1872 CODES
Known as the The Civil Code
The act spans §§ 1–23 (29 sections).
Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case 45 Cal. 2d 345 - Cole v. Rush (1955)
Most recently applied in Eldee-K Rental Properties, LLC v. DIRECTV, Inc. (April 2014)
Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.