CITY OF VERNON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 22310.

39 Cal.2d 839 (1952)

250 P.2d 241

CITY OF VERNON et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 21, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carson B. Hubbard, City Attorney, Edward R. Young, John F. O'Hara and John W. Shenk III, for Petitioners.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Howard S. Goldin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

This is a proceeding to review an order of the Los Angeles superior court which denied a motion to remit previously ordered punishment for contempt of that court. We have concluded that the punishment should be remitted.

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