Telefilm, Inc. v. Superior Court
Telefilm, Inc. v. Superior Court of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles
Telefilm, Inc. v. Superior Court, 338 U.S. 801 (1949)
Opinion of the Court
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On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California.
Dismissed in vacation pursuant to Rule 35 of the Rules of this Court.
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(“... the jurisdiction of a court to decide a case does not disappear if its decision on the merits is wrong.”)
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(“[T]he mistakes must be those of reasonable men, acting on facts leading sensibly to their conclusions of probability.”)
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