Pickett v. Wallace
Citations
- 57 Cal. 555
Syllabus
<p>Complaint — Judicial Act—Contempt. — A complaint claiming damages, and stating in substance that the defendants sitting as the Supreme Court, and knowing that the plaintiff had not committed a contempt, and not having acquired jurisdiction over his person, falsely, willfully, and maliciously adjudged him guilty of contempt, and ordered and caused his imprisonment, does not state a cause of action.</p>
Cited by
5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Moore v. ConliffeCalifornia Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 119×
- Connelly v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1970-01-21· cited 52×
- Soliz v. WilliamsCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1999-08-24· cited 31×
- Oppenheimer v. AshburnCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1959-09-14· cited 29×
- Vergara v. OuseCalifornia Court of Appeal· 2025-12-15
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