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ADAY v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 20619.

55 Cal.2d 789 (1961)

362 P.2d 47

13 Cal. Rptr. 415

SANFORD E. ADAY et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Brock and Stanley Fleishman for Petitioners.

J.F. Coakley, District Attorney, Richard J. Moore, William H. Ahern, John A. Lewis, John J. Fox and Thomas J. Buckley, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Petitioners, book publishers and distributors whose principal place of business is Fresno, applied to the District Court of Appeal for a writ of mandamus to compel the Superior Court of Alameda County to return to them property taken under an assertedly invalid search warrant. Relief was denied without opinion, and following a petition to this court for hearing we issued an alternative writ.

On September 16, 1960, Charles Ryken, a police officer...

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