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write to that jurisdiction.
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California's appellate courts (the Supreme Court of California and the Courts
of Appeal). Superior Court decisions are trial-court rulings — persuasive at
most, never binding precedent. Federal law applies within its own sphere.
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presenting it as binding; other states' decisions are persuasive only.
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California.
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Regents of Univ. of Cal.*, 60 Cal. 2d 92 (1963). Statutes: code name and
section (e.g. Business and Professions Code, Labor Code, Civil Code).
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