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Chaudhry v. Aragon
Plaintiff doctor, who alleged that an inaccurate State report harmed his employment interests, failed to establish the requisite causation element of his "stigma-plus" Section 1983 due process claim. 		Civil Rights 9th May 24, 2023
Melville v. Shinn
One-year statute of limitations for petitioner's federal habeas relief began to run after his extension to file a state motion for reconsideration expired because the state avenue for relief had closed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th May 24, 2023
Amended Opinion: Umana-Escobar v. Garland
Application of incorrect standard of review to Immigration Judge's determination--that there was insufficient nexus between immigrant's membership in protected group and harm faced in his home country--required remand. 		Immigration 9th May 24, 2023
Hodges v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Hospital employee's evidence of a potential adverse reaction to a mandated flu shot was not sufficient to show she suffered from a physical disability. 		Disability Discrimination 2DCA/8 May 23, 2023
Diaz v. Zuniga
Purported amendment to trust was not valid where settlor failed to send it to the trustee via certified mail as required by the modification procedure provided in the trust instrument. 		probate_and_trusts 2DCA/4 May 23, 2023
Save Berkeley's Neighborhoods v. Regents of the University of California
Trial court's orders suspending UC Berkeley student enrollment increases were unenforceable in light of Senate Bill 118's amendments to CEQA. 		Environmental Law 1DCA/1 May 23, 2023
North American Title Company v. Superior Court (Cortina)
Insurance companies' judge disqualification claim, based on judge's bias because of comments regarding companies' chicanery, was unwaivable. 		Judges 5DCA May 23, 2023
Calcutt v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Sixth Circuit erred by proceeding to conduct its own review of the record even after it had identified errors in FDIC decision. 		Administrative Agencies USSC May 23, 2023
Amended Opinion: Porter v. Martinez
Although restriction on using vehicle's horn was a restriction on speech, it was narrowly tailored to further government's interest in traffic safety. 		Constitutional Law 9th May 23, 2023
Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation
Order 		9th May 23, 2023
People ex rel. Garcia-Brower v. Kolla's, Inc.
Under Labor Code Section 1102.5(b), protected disclosures include complaints or reports of violations already known to employers or entities. 		Employment Law CASC May 23, 2023
People v. Govan
Penal Code Section 667.61 did not negate the court's newly acquired discretion to stay a sentence for a one-strike offender because it only prohibited placing an one-strike offender on probation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 May 23, 2023
Shetty v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Pursuant to Civil Code Section 2924c, grant deed holder, who was not the original borrower, was a successor-in-interest to foreclosed condo and therefore was entitled to reinstatement rights. 		Real Property 4DCA/3 May 22, 2023
Kinder v. Capistrano Beach Care Center
Forms signed by adult children putting mother in care facility did not establish agency relationship that would bind nonsignatory mother to arbitrate her elder abuse claims. 		Arbitration 2DCA/7 May 22, 2023
Randy's Trucking v. Superior Court (Buttram)
Trial court's order to transmit data of the plaintiffs' mental examination to her attorney was proper because transfer was subject to a protective order and did not violate examiner's professional standards. 		Civil Procedure 5DCA May 22, 2023
Modification: Crescent Trust v. City of Oakland
For purposes of the Subdivision Map Act, determining whether property lot was separate from or had been legally merged with other lots required an analysis of controlling laws at the time of lots' origin. 		Real Property 1DCA/1 May 22, 2023
Arizona v. Mayorkas
Order 		USSC May 22, 2023
Friedenberg v. Lane County
Defendants met the qualifications for immunity as "deemed" public health service employees. 		Health Care 9th May 22, 2023
People v. Jaime
Failure to apply new statutory framework for analyzing the constitutional validity of preemptory challenges to prospective jurors where a prospective juror was challenged for presumptively invalid reasons was prejudicial error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 3DCA May 22, 2023
Feliz v. County of Orange
Plaintiff's Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) motion to vacate judgment did not toll the statutes of limitations because it did not affect the finality of her claims' dismissal. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 May 22, 2023
Travis v. Brand
Despite outcome at trial or plaintiffs' motives for suing, awarding attorney fees to defendants in Political Reform Act suit was inappropriate where plaintiffs had a legal and factual foundation. 		Government 2DCA/8 May 22, 2023
In re I.E.
Mother could not show that parental benefit exception applied because there was no evidence of the type of attachment that would cause her daughter to suffer if parental rights were terminated. 		Dependency 4DCA/2 May 19, 2023
In re Ja.O.
Because children were placed into protective custody pursuant to a warrant, further inquiry as to children's possible Native American ancestry was not required. 		Dependency 4DCA/2 May 19, 2023
Futterman v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
In class action suit against Kaiser for its deficient mental health services, Kaiser members provided sufficient triable issues of fact to survive summary judgment. 		Health Care 1DCA/4 May 19, 2023
Modification: Glassman v. Safeco Insurance Company of America
Prejudgment interest was denied where the arbitration award did not make clear whether defendant could have readily ascertained the amount owed. 		Civil Procedure 6DCA May 19, 2023
Polselli v. IRS
Lower courts correctly determined that petitioners could not move to quash IRS's summonses seeking their financial records because no notice was needed, pursuant to a statutory exception to the notice requirement. 		Tax USSC May 19, 2023
Ohio Adjutant General's Dept. v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Labor Relations Authority had jurisdiction over labor dispute because a State National Guard acts as a federal agency for purposes of the FSLMRS. 		Labor Law USSC May 19, 2023
Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh
Plaintiffs' allegations that social-media companies aided and abetted ISIS terrorist attack failed to state a claim under the Antiterrorism Act. 		Torts USSC May 19, 2023
Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
Publication of artwork derived from copyrighted photograph in a magazine was a commercial use similar enough to that of the original photograph that weighed against a finding of fair use. 		Copyright USSC May 19, 2023
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi
Drug company's antibody cholesterol treatment patent did not meet Patent Act's enablement requirement because its claims would potentially include millions of undiscovered antibodies. 		Patent Law USSC May 19, 2023
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