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Opinion of Bill Lockyer
California's Building Standards Law does not permit model building codes to be deemed 'approved alternates' by local jurisdictions. 		Government Dec. 14, 2001
Wright v. City of Los Angeles
City of Los Angeles is immune for Hantavirus contamination, which occurred on its abandoned property. 		Government Dec. 10, 2001
Medina v. State
State waives governmental immunity when it breaches duty to maintain road as initially constructed. 		Government Dec. 4, 2001
Hohokam Irrigation and Drainage District v. Arizona Public Service Co.
Court errs by declaring that irrigation district and intervenor districts can furnish electricity to customers outside their district boundaries. 		Government Dec. 4, 2001
Haynie v. Superior Court (County of Los Angeles)
Court errs in directing disclosure of records under Public Records Act and in ordering county to create list of potentially responsive records. 		Government Dec. 3, 2001
Sanko Steamship Co. v. United States
District court must reconsider whether federal government is immune from steamship company's lawsuit. 		Government Nov. 29, 2001
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. v. Keegan
Only 'non-anchor" questions of the AIMS test will be available for public inspection. 		Government Nov. 28, 2001
Traders Sports Inc. v. City of San Leandro
Charter city's municipal code, allowing tax measure to be placed on ballot by majority vote, supersedes state statute's two-thirds vote requirement. 		Government Nov. 28, 2001
Oates v. City of Lincoln
Property owners are barred from asserting claims of constructive fraud because they lack legal interest in reserve funds. 		Government Nov. 28, 2001
Arenas v. San Diego Board of Supervisors
County ordinance that bars all persons convicted of drug-related felonies from obtaining general relief benefits conflicts with state law. 		Government Nov. 28, 2001
Nishihama v. City and County of San Francisco
Civil case against city for pothole properly included testimony of employees. 		Government Nov. 28, 2001
Opinion of Lockyer
Disabled city council member is not entitled to teleconference from home for meeting where public could not be present. 		Government Nov. 23, 2001
Board of County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe v. City of Greenwood Village
Annexation by city complied with requirements of Municipal Annexation Act. 		Government Nov. 20, 2001
Pueblo School District No. 60 v. Colorado High School Activities Association
No violation of Open Meetings Law where school district had actual knowledge of meeting regarding classification. 		Government Nov. 19, 2001
U.S. v. Rockwell International Corp.
False Claim Act qui tam relator was 'original source' with standing, and the Act's qui tam provisions are constitutional. 		Government Nov. 19, 2001
Delta Savings Bank v. United States
Among other things, plaintiff fails to state violation of Federal Tort Claims Act by not showing that government's conduct violates state law. 		Government Nov. 13, 2001
Goebel v. City of Santa Barbara
Court correctly finds that city has no liability for inverse condemnation and correctly includes expert witness fees in awarding costs to city. 		Government Nov. 13, 2001
CBS Broadcasting Inc. v. Superior Court (California Dept. of Social Services)
Television station entitled to learn names of people granted criminal exemptions to work in child day care facilities. 		Government Nov. 12, 2001
City of Auburn v. Qwest Corp.
Cities not required to pay costs when utility company must relocate in order to make street improvements. 		Government Oct. 29, 2001
Opinion of Bill Lockyear, Attorney General
Community college's Board of Trustees may not reclassify employee's position, which would effectuate salary increase, if employee's spouse is Board member. 		Government Oct. 29, 2001
U.S. v. Mackby
Although defendant violated False Claims Act, statutory penalty and treble damages award is subject to excessive fines analysis under Eighth Amendment. 		Government Oct. 19, 2001
Kimberly Assoc. v. United States
Because United States was acting as private contracting party and not in sovereign capacity, quiet title action isn't barred by unmistakability doctrine. 		Government Oct. 19, 2001
Lewis v. New Mexico Department of Health
Court correctly denies state officials' motion to dismiss based on 11th Amendment immunity when plaintiffs claims meet requirements of 'Ex parte Young.' 		Government Oct. 19, 2001
Abbate v. County of Santa Clara
Contractual agreement between county and sheriff's department to assign correctional officers certain prison duties did not give officers deputy-sheriff status. 		Government Oct. 15, 2001
Bonta v. Friedman
State agency that paid for indigent person's medical case is entitled to recover money spent on that care from lawsuit settlement proceeds. 		Government Oct. 10, 2001
Clark v. City of Lakewood
City ordinance regulating adult cabarets violates open meetings law and state constitution. 		Government Oct. 7, 2001
U.S. v. Northrop Corp.
Air Force Agreement is 'alternate remedy' under False Claims Act in private individual suit against corporation. 		Government Oct. 4, 2001
Haynie v. Superior Court (County of Los Angeles)
Failure to compel release of documents and tape recordings made in connection with automobile stop by law enforcement is judicial error. 		Government Oct. 3, 2001
Haynie v. Superior Court (County of Los Angeles)
Failure to compel release of documents and tape recordings made in connection with automobile stop by law enforcement is judicial error. 		Government Oct. 2, 2001
Recall of Kast
Fire board member who unlawfully sought to avoid competitive bidding process is subject to recall. 		Government Oct. 2, 2001
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