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· 12/30/1889

People ex rel. Swift v. Bingham

Citations

  • 82 Cal. 238
  • 22 P. 1039
  • 1889 Cal. LEXIS 840

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  • notingthe “universally accepted principle... that in hierarchical judicial systems, lower courts have no jurisdiction to issue orders to higher courts or to their members in their official capacities, whether by mandamus or otherwise”
  • noting the “universally accepted principle . . . that in hierarchical judicial systems, lower courts have no jurisdiction to issue orders to higher courts or to their members in their official capacities, whether by mandamus or otherwise”

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Judges: Paterson, Sharpstein, Works

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