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Minasyan v. Mukasey
Application for asylum filed on 365th day after alien's arrival is deemed timely.
Immigration Jan. 20, 2009
U.S. v. Esparza
Court must make requisite findings with respect to conditions of supervised release that implicate particularly significant liberty interests.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 20, 2009
Philip Morris USA Inc. v. King Mountain Tobacco Co. Inc.
Tribal court has no colorable claim to jurisdiction over trademark infringement case brought by Philip Morris.
Civil Procedure Jan. 20, 2009
Donchev v. Mukasey
Court denies asylum to alien whose friendship with Roma in Bulgaria did not placed him within ‘particular social group.’
Immigration Jan. 19, 2009
People v. Kenefick
Multiple forged signatures on single document constitute only one count of forgery.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 19, 2009
State of California v. Continental Insurance Co.
In case involving cleanup of hazardous waste site, state may recover beyond limits of any one liability insurance policy period.
Insurance Jan. 19, 2009
Veyna v. Orange County Nursery Inc.
In dissolution proceeding, filing notice of appeal does not automatically stay judgment requiring party to buy-out shares before certain date.
Civil Procedure Jan. 19, 2009
The Board of Parole Hearings v. Superior Court (Portee)
Court exceeds jurisdiction where order directed Board of Parole Hearings to isolate parts of commitment offense qualifying for invocation of unsuitability for parole.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 19, 2009
Bledsoe v. Biggs Unified School District
Layoff of tenured teacher is proper where he lacks special training and experience that junior teachers possess.
Education Jan. 19, 2009
Ramkissoon v. AOL
California residents are exempt from forum selection clause denoting Virginia state courts as only fora for dispute resolution.
Business Law Jan. 19, 2009
Ameriloan v. Superior Court (People)
Court errs in concluding tribal sovereign immunity did not extend to payday loan companies that funded Indian tribe.
Native American Affairs Jan. 15, 2009
Brinkley v. Public Storage Inc.
Order
Jan. 15, 2009
New v. Kroeger
Order
Jan. 15, 2009
People v. Feyrer
Order
Jan. 15, 2009
Voices of the Wetlands v. State Water Resources Control Board
Order
Jan. 15, 2009
Musaelian v. Adams
Attorney who represented himself in responding to filing abuse may not recover sanction of attorney fees.
Civil Procedure Jan. 15, 2009
Humphries v. County of Los Angeles
Continued inclusion of parents in California's Child Abuse Central Index database after charges are dropped violates due process rights.
Constitutional Law Jan. 15, 2009
U.S. v. Selby
BPA official who actively participates in internal agency deliberations resulting in sales commissions to husband is guilty of felony conflict of interest.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 15, 2009
Shulkin Hutton Inc. v. Treiger (In re Owens)
Bankruptcy court properly dismisses case intended to delay sale of property rather than converting it to Chapter 7.
Bankruptcy Jan. 15, 2009
Guzman v. Shewry
Court properly denies injunction to halt temporary suspension of physician who claims suspension from Medi-Cal program violates federal law.
Administrative Agencies Jan. 15, 2009
Walter P., a Minor
Probation conditions are valid even though juvenile is subjected to restrictions beyond $100 statutory fine.
Juveniles Jan. 15, 2009
Jimenez v. Quarterman
In case involving Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, court of appeal's denial of certificate of appealability is reversed.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2009
In re Gaul
Board's denial of parole is unsupported by evidence that parolee poses unreasonable risk to society.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2009
Herring v. U.S.
Exclusionary rule does not apply when police mistakes leading to unlawful search are result of isolated negligence attenuated from search.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2009
Oregon v. Ice
State statute allowing judge to impose consecutive, rather than concurrent, sentences does not violate Sixth Amendment.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2009
Espinoza v. Calva
Lease constitutes illegal contract absent certificate of occupancy for property.
Real Property Jan. 14, 2009
Eng v. Cooley
Qualified immunity does not apply to First Amendment retaliation case involving lawyer who spoke to press on client's behalf.
Government Jan. 14, 2009
People v. Harbert
Conviction for violating Vehicle Code Section 20001 is proper where there was abundant evidence that driver hit human being.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2009
People v. Stanphill
Victim's hearsay statement identifying defendant's photograph as being his assailant is admissible as spontaneous statement.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 14, 2009
Mossman v. City of Oakdale
Arbitration judgment that does not determine appropriate nature of 'make-whole' remedy is unenforceable.
Civil Procedure Jan. 14, 2009