Address delivered by Jesse W. Carter before the Lawyers' Club of San Francisco on February the 10th, 1954, in the Comstock Room of the Palace hotel, San Francisco, California, entitled "Recent trend in court decisions of California." typescript.

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Address delivered by Jesse W. Carter before the Lawyers' Club of San Francisco on February the 10th, 1954, in the Comstock Room of the Palace hotel, San Francisco, California, entitled "Recent trend in court decisions of California." typescript.

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Justice Carter puts forth an argument that the California Supreme Court has effectively undermined the Workmen's Compensation Act by conservatively interpreting provisions which serve to deprive a litigant of damages. This, he states, has been assisted by "curtailing" the ability of trial judges to order a retrial on specific issues. Generally, Carter focuses on the dangers of nullifying jury verdicts solely by the majority opinion invalidating evidence.

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Golden Gate University, School of Law Library

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Carter, Jesse W., 1888-1959

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Jesse Washington Carter was born in Carrville, California in 1888. In 1913, he graduated from Golden Gate Law College, and in 1913, Carter opened a law office in Redding, California. In 1918 he became the district attorney for Redding; he also served as city attorney for Mt. Shasta and Redding. In 1939 he became a California state senator and was appointed to the state supreme court. He served until his death in 1959. From the description of Letters of Jesse Washington Carter, 1941-1...