THOR v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S026393.

5 Cal.4th 725 (1993)

855 P.2d 375

21 Cal. Rptr.2d 357

DANIEL THOR, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SOLANO COUNTY, Respondent; HOWARD ANDREWS, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

July 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth C. Young, Assistant Attorney General, Bruce M. Slavin, Morris Lenk, George D. Prince and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Steven Fama, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Real Party in Interest.

Catherine I. Hanson and Alice P. Mead as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

More than a century ago, the United States Supreme Court declared, "No right is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded, by the common law, than the right of every individual to possession and control of his own person, free from all restraint or interference of others, unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law.... `The right to one's person may be said to be a right of complete immunity: to be...

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