Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration
The hearing on Vallejos' case began on 22 August 2011, and stretched out until the 24th. David Pannick represented the respondent, the Commissioner of Registration. During the hearing, the courtroom was packed to overflowing with lawyers, journalists, and other members of the public, who took up not just the seats in the public gallery, but also those for defendants and jury members (the latter being unoccupied as the case at hand was not a jury trial but a judicial review). Another hundred people watched the proceedings on a large-screen television in the lobby, while protestors both supporting and opposing Vallejos' case faced off outside the building without incident.
Rancho San Antonio de Padua
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, claims for Rancho San Antonio were filed with the Public Land Commission. Six claims were filed - two of which were patented. A claim was filed by the Mesa heirs (Encarnación Mesa et al.) with the Land Commission in 1852, and the grant patented at in 1866. A claim was filed by William A. Dana, Henry F. Dana, and James W. Weeks et al. with the Land Commission in 1853, and the grant patented at in 1857. A claim for filed by Henry C. Curtis with the Land Commission in 1853 was rejected. A claim for filed by William A. Dana and Henry F. Dana with the Land Commission in 1853 was rejected. A claim for filed by James W. Weeks with the Land Commission in 1853 was rejected. A claim for filed by William W. White with the Land Commission in 1853 was rejected.