It is proper to add that the denial (of review) in any case... is not to be taken as an expression of any opinion by this court, or as the equivalent thereof, in regard to any matter of law involved in the case and not stated in the opinion of that court, nor, indeed, as an affirmative approval by this court of the propositions of law laid down in such opinion

This power of the Supreme Court to transfer causes is "absolute" and may be exercised "without the assignment of any reason, or the existence of any reason other than its own discretion

—o supervise and control the opinions of the several district courts of appeal, each of which is acting concurrently and independently of the others, and by such supervision to endeavor to secure harmony and uniformity in the decisions, their conformity to the settled rules and principles of law, a uniform rule of decision throughout the state, a correct and uniform …

The supreme court will only remove a case pending in a district court of appeal after decision when it is necessary to secure uniformity of decision or to settle important questions of law

—must necessarily have disapproved of the statement that a foreign corporation could not obtain a California residence without compliance with section 405. 19A comparable problem arises in jurisdictions having statutes providing for attachment in suits against non-residents.

`The significance of such refusal is no greater than this—that this court does not consider that the interests of justice, or the purposes for which the power [to grant a hearing] was given, require its exercise in the particular case

Supreme Court, nor anything which is in legal effect equivalent thereto.... The District Courts of Appeal are established for the purpose of ascertaining and enforcing, according to the rules of law, the particular right of each case committed to their arbitrament. The state has done its full duty in providing appellate relief for its citizens when it has provided one court to which …

Under California law, the California Supreme Court has the "absolute" power to "transfer any case of any character from one [of the Courts of Appeal] to another."

As when the United States Supreme Court denies a petition for certiorari, the California high court's decision to deny a petition for review is not a decision on the merits, but rather means no more than that the court has decided not to consider the case on the merits.