The process of superior courts shall extend throughout the state.
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Section § 71
Superior courts in California have the authority to enforce their orders anywhere in the state.
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Section § 73
This section allows judges of the superior court in the county where a savings and loan association's main office is located to hold hearings about selling or handling the association's property. Even if the bank commissioner has taken over the association's assets, the hearings can be held at the county seat or other court locations in the county. This applies regardless of where the property is actually located.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law of this state, the judges of the superior court of the county in which is located the principal office in this state of any savings and loan association of whose business, property and assets possession shall have been taken by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, may, in their discretion, whenever those judges deem it necessary or advisable, hold hearings relating to the sale, exchange or other disposition of any parcel of real property or any item of personal property of the association,
regardless of the location of the property, at the county seat of any county in this state or at the places in the county in which the principal office in this state of the association is located at which sessions of the superior court are held.
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Section § 73
This law says that if court officials like judges or clerks need to travel to another county for cases involving the assets of a savings and loan association (which is being managed by the state), their travel expenses will be covered by the association's funds. These funds are managed by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and the court must authorize the expenses.
Whenever, under Section 73c, it becomes necessary for a judge, clerk, deputy clerk, court reporter or bailiff of or sitting in the superior court of the county in this state in which is located the principal office of any savings and loan association whose business, property and assets are in the possession of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, to travel to another county, there temporarily to attend hearings relating to the sale, exchange or other disposition of real or personal property of the association, each judge, clerk, deputy clerk, court
reporter or bailiff shall be allowed the necessary expenses in going to, returning from and attending upon the business of the court. The expenses shall, upon order of the court, be a charge against the funds of the association and paid out of those funds by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions.
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Section § 73
This section allows superior court judges in a county to hold certain court sessions at the juvenile hall if it's not located at the county seat. Such sessions pertain to specific chapters of the Welfare and Institutions Code. A majority of judges, or the presiding judge if there are only two judges, can make this decision and file an order with the court clerk to designate the new location for these sessions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in each county wherein the juvenile hall is not located at the county seat of the county, a majority of the judges of the superior court in and for such county may by an order filed with the clerk of the court direct that a session or sessions of the superior court, while sitting for the purpose of hearing and determining cases and proceedings arising under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 or Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 6 or Chapter 4 of Part 4 of Division 6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may be held or
continued in any place in the county in which the juvenile hall is located and thereafter such session or sessions of the court may be held or continued in the location designated in such order. In a county having two superior court judges the presiding judge may make the order.
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Section § 74
This law says that when a court sets breaks or pauses, called adjournments, from day to day or for a specific time, these are like short recesses. These breaks don't stop the court from being able to meet anytime it needs to.
Adjournments from day to day, or from time to time, are to be construed as recesses in the sessions, and shall not prevent the Court from sitting at any time.
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Section § 75
If all the judges in a county are away, a superior court can have a rule that allows noncontested cases, where no evidence is needed or where the decision is based on written statements (affidavits), to be considered submitted once the involved party or their lawyer files a statement with the court clerk or on the scheduled hearing date.
The superior court in any county may by rule provide that, whenever all judges are absent from the county, any noncontested matter in which no evidence is required, or which may be submitted upon affidavits, shall be deemed submitted upon the filing with the clerk of a statement of submission by the party or the party’s attorney or upon the date set for the hearing.
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Section § 77
In every California county, there's an appellate division of the superior court that includes three or four judges, depending on what the Chief Justice sees as necessary. The Chief Justice assigns these judges, and any of them can come from the same or different counties and can include retired judges. In each division, only three judges will hear or decide a case, chosen by the presiding judge. Judges from outside their home county get travel expenses, and retired judges get financial compensation similar to active ones. To make a decision on a case, at least two judges need to agree, and they must provide a brief explanation for their judgment, not just say 'affirmed' or 'reversed.' The appellate division handles appeals except for retrials and has powers defined by law. Traffic infraction appeals can be decided by one judge. The Judicial Council sets rules to keep the division independent and efficient.
(a)CA Civil Procedure Code § 77(a) In every county there is an appellate division of the superior court consisting of three judges or, when the Chief Justice finds it necessary, four judges.
The Chief Justice shall assign judges to the appellate division for specified terms pursuant to rules, not inconsistent with statute, adopted by the Judicial Council to promote the independence and quality of each
appellate division. Each judge assigned to the appellate division of a superior court shall be a judge of that court, a judge of the superior court of another county, or a judge retired from the superior court or a court of higher jurisdiction in this state.
The Chief Justice shall designate one of the judges of each appellate division as the presiding judge of the division.
(b)CA Civil Procedure Code § 77(b) In each appellate division, no more than three judges shall participate in a hearing or decision. The presiding judge of the division shall designate the three judges who shall participate.
(c)CA Civil Procedure Code § 77(c) In addition to their other duties, the judges designated as members of the appellate division of the superior court shall serve for the period specified in the order of designation. Whenever a judge is designated to serve in the appellate division of the superior court of a
county other than the county in which that judge was elected or appointed as a superior court judge, or if the judge is retired, in a county other than the county in which the judge resides, the judge shall receive expenses for travel, board, and lodging. If the judge is out of the judge’s county overnight or longer, by reason of the designation, that judge shall be paid a per diem allowance in lieu of expenses for board and lodging in the same amounts as are payable for those purposes to justices of the Supreme Court under the rules of the Department of General Services. In addition, a retired judge shall receive for the time so served, amounts equal to that which the judge would have received if the judge had been assigned to the superior court of the county.
(d)CA Civil Procedure Code § 77(d) The concurrence of two judges of the appellate division of the superior court shall be necessary to render the decision in every case in, and to transact any other business except
business that may be done at chambers by the presiding judge of, the division. A judgment of the appellate division in an appeal shall contain a brief statement of the reasons for the judgment. A judgment stating only “affirmed” or “reversed” is insufficient. The presiding judge shall convene the appellate division when necessary. The presiding judge shall also supervise its business and transact any business that may be done at chambers.
(e)CA Civil Procedure Code § 77(e) The appellate division of the superior court has jurisdiction on appeal in all cases in which an appeal may be taken to the superior court or the appellate division of the superior court as provided by law, except where the appeal is a retrial in the superior court.
(f)CA Civil Procedure Code § 77(f) The powers of each appellate division shall be the same as are now or may hereafter be provided by law or rule of the Judicial Council relating to appeals to the appellate
division of the superior courts.
(g)CA Civil Procedure Code § 77(g) The Judicial Council shall promulgate rules, not inconsistent with law, to promote the independence of, and govern the practice and procedure and the disposition of the business of, the appellate division.
(h)CA Civil Procedure Code § 77(h) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (d), appeals from convictions of traffic infractions may be heard and decided by one judge of the appellate division of the superior court.
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