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Power Standards Lab Inc. v. Federal Express Corp.
Air carrier that paid contractual limit for damaged cargo cannot be liable for additional damages.
Contracts Jun. 20, 2005
Milicevic v. Fletcher Jones Imports Ltd.
Court need not exclude from courtroom plaintiff's attorney who is also defense witness.
Civil Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
People v. Martinez
Court that accepts defendant's plea bargain need not be same court that holds probation violation hearing.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
Estate of Davies
Trust beneficiary's proposed objections do not constitute contest within meaning of no-contest clause.
Probate and Trusts Jun. 20, 2005
Arc of Washington State Inc. v. Braddock
Restriction on number of people who can participate in special Medicaid waiver program does not violate ADA.
Civil Rights Jun. 20, 2005
In re Sean W.
Confinement of minor for period equal to maximum sentence cannot stand where court failed to exercise its discretion.
Juveniles Jun. 20, 2005
Cummings v. Connell
All members of civil rights class action lawsuit are entitled to award of nominal damages.
Civil Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
McNeil v. Middleton
Habeas relief cannot be granted when jury instructional errors regarding reasonableness were non-prejudicial.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
Taylor v. Westly
State controller is not immune from suit by owner of unclaimed property that state took by escheat.
Constitutional Law Jun. 20, 2005
People v. Benitez
Determination that defendant is not qualified for probation need not be made by jury.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
Lauermann v. Superior Court (Muongpruan)
Photocopy of will not personally executed by testator and witnesses is not duplicate of original.
Probate and Trusts Jun. 20, 2005
Kalal v. Gonzales
Alien was not prejudiced when rescission of status and removal proceedings were combined.
Immigration Jun. 20, 2005
Watec Co. Ltd. v. Liu
Court cannot award attorney fees based on jury finding that trademark infringement was intentional.
Intellectual Property Jun. 20, 2005
Oloth Insyxiengmay v. Morgan
District court will reconsider habeas claims that were deemed procedurally barred.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. v. Grunwald
Federal law preempts state ethics standards for neutral arbitrators.
Civil Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
U.S. v. Orr Water Ditch Co.
Nevada law providing automatic stay of state engineer's decisions applies to federal water proceedings.
Civil Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
Shewry v. Begil
Health services department's claim for reimbursement of Medi-Cal benefits is not barred by applicable statute of limitations.
Civil Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
Yeboah v. Progeny Ventures Inc.
Court 'order' that approves special master's resolution of accounting dispute is not appealable.
Civil Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board (Quintanar)
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control violated due process in conducting administrative proceedings.
Administrative Agencies Jun. 20, 2005
Diaz-Ramos v. Gonzales
Order
Jun. 20, 2005
U.S. v. Combs
'Knock and announce' rule does not require an actual knock as long as police acted reasonably under totality of circumstances.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 20, 2005
Parrish v. Cingular Wireless LLC
Contractual ban on class-wide arbitration is not unconscionable.
Contracts Jun. 20, 2005
Moreno v. Baca
Because parolee is not stripped of all Fourth Amendment protection, denial of officers' qualified immunity claims was proper.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 19, 2005
U.S. v. Lopez-Armenta
Defendant waived right to appeal pretrial constitutional defects when he entered unconditional guilty plea.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 19, 2005
Thomas v. Fry's Electronics Inc.
Motion under California's anti-SLAPP law is available to federal litigants.
Civil Procedure Jun. 19, 2005
Whisnant v. U.S.
Discretionary function exception cannot shield government from Federal Tort Claims Act liability for negligence.
Torts Jun. 19, 2005
De Leon v. Gonzales
Where immigration judge's opinion is incoherent, appellate court may not substantively review it without violating principles of judicial review.
Immigration Jun. 19, 2005
Jones v. Union Bank of California
Antideficiency legislation does not preclude award of attorney fees to bank in action to set aside nonjudicial foreclosure.
Real Property Jun. 19, 2005
In re Elijah V.
Biological father who was denied chance to prove paternity failed to establish constitutional claim.
Family Law Jun. 19, 2005
Bouley v. Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Statutory amendment permitting domestic partners to sue for wrongful death applies retroactively.
Family Law Jun. 19, 2005