Case Name: Sandquist v. California; Kuhns et al. v. California; and Kuhns et al. v. California
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1974-12-16
Citations: 419 U.S. 1066
Docket Number: No. 73-1739; No. 74-158; No. 74-159
Parties: Sandquist v. California. Kuhns et al. v. California; and Kuhns et al. v. California.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 419
Pages: 1066–1066

Head Matter:
No. 73-1739.
No. 74-158.
No. 74-159.
Sandquist v. California. Kuhns et al. v. California; and Kuhns et al. v. California.

Opinion:
App. Dept., Super Ct. Cal., County of Los Angeles;
App. Dept., Super. Ct. Cal., County of Santa Cruz. Petitioners did not seek to have the Appellate Department certify their cases to the Court of Appeal pursuant to California Penal Code § 1471 and California Rules of Court 62 and 63. Accordingly, the decisions of the Appellate Department are not "[f]inal judgments . . . rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be had . . . ," 28 U. S. C. § 1257, and the petitions for writs of certiorari to their respective courts are dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Banks v. California, 395 U. S. 708 (1969).