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Cal. Lab. Code § 5952

Judicial Review

Applied in 74 court decisions — leading case 1 Cal. 3d 627 - LeVesque v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board (1970)

Most recently applied in Allied Signal Aerospace v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (May 2019)

Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.

How often courts cite this section

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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.

The review by the court shall not be extended further than to determine, based upon the entire record which shall be certified by the appeals board, whether:

(a) The appeals board acted without or in excess of its powers.

(b) The order, decision, or award was procured by fraud.

(c) The order, decision, or award was unreasonable.

(d) The order, decision, or award was not supported by substantial evidence.

(e) If findings of fact are made, such findings of fact support the order, decision, or award under review.

Nothing in this section shall permit the court to hold a trial de novo, to take evidence, or to exercise its independent judgment on the evidence.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.