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· 7/14/1975

Stevens v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Fresno

Citations

  • 49 Cal. App. 3d 877
  • 123 Cal. Rptr. 171
  • 1975 Cal. App. LEXIS 1260

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that Bishop of Fresno had the power to control priest incardinated in France, but temporarily assigned to Fresno, when priest was working with that diocese's parishioners
  • noting that Bishop of Fresno had the power to control priest incardinated in France, but temporarily assigned to Fresno, when priest was working with that diocese’s parishioners
  • canon law experts testified on issue of whether a priest was the bishop’s agent and acting within the scope of that agency when he was involved in an auto accident
  • canon law experts testified on issue of whether a priest was the bishop's agent and acting within the scope of that agency when he was involved in an auto accident
  • canon law received into evidence by way of expert testimony
  • canon law received into evidence by way of expert testimony

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Judges: Franson

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