IN RE PETERSEN

Docket No. Crim. 6215.

51 Cal.2d 177 (1958)

331 P.2d 24

In re MAGNUS J. PETERSEN, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 31, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis, Field, DeGoff & Stein and Marvin E. Lewis for Petitioner.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, Thomas C. Lynch, District Attorney (San Francisco), Dion R. Holm, City Attorney (San Francisco), and George E. Baglin, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondent.

Ackerman, Johnston, Johnston & Mathews and Philip S. Mathews as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

This proceeding in habeas corpus involves sections 1119 and 1156 of the Police Code of the City and County of San Francisco. Under section 1119 the chief of police may designate stands on public streets to be used by taxicabs, if the written consent of the person who occupies the ground floor of the building fronting the proposed stand is first obtained; a permit shall specify the name of the permittee and the number of vehicles authorized to use the...

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