How have courts interpreted constitutional limitations upon legislative powers?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Amwest Surety Ins. Co. v. Wilson, 20 Cal.App.4th 1275, 25 Cal.Rptr.2d 611 (Cal. App. 1993):
The interpretation of constitutional limitations upon legislative powers is a judicial function. (Bishop v. City of San Jose (1969) 1 Cal.3d 56, 63, 81 Cal.Rptr. 465, 460 P.2d 137; City of Sacramento v. State of California (1984) 156 Cal.App.3d 182, 196-197, 203 Cal.Rptr. 258.)
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