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Simms v. Bear Valley Community Heathcare Dist.
Hospital patient's letter, which failed to comply with presentation requirements under the Government Claims Act, constituted a claim for injuries, adequate to trigger healthcare provider's duty to give notice of the insufficiencies. 		Government 4DCA/2 Jun. 29, 2022
Barber v. Southern California Edison Company
Homeowners who alleged electrical shocks from nearby substation were unable to contradict electricity company's expert testimony that the stray voltage was insufficient to cause perceptible shocks. 		Torts 2DCA/1 Jun. 28, 2022
Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.
The Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protected high school football coach engaging in postgame prayers from government reprisal. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jun. 28, 2022
People v. Pineda
At the penalty phase of a capital case, defendant's persistent chanting that another inmate was a "rat" was admissible because it conveyed a serious expression of intent to commit an act of unlawful violence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Jun. 28, 2022
People v. Poore
Death row inmates' constitutional rights were not violated by imposing a stun belt and restraint chair during trial because there was a manifest need based on inmates' extensive violent history. 		Prisoners' Rights CASC Jun. 28, 2022
Doe v. The Regents of the University of California
Because trial courts have the power to render decisions, failing to join indispensable parties was not a jurisdictional defect. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/3 Jun. 28, 2022
Reposted to Provide Correct Version: People Spitzer v. AWI Builders, Inc.
A motion seeking to disqualify a district attorney from pursuing a civil claim under the unfair competition law must be decided under Penal Code Section 1424(a) because it is an authorized duty of the district attorney. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Jun. 28, 2022
Concepcion v. U.S.
The text of the First Step Act did not indicate that the district court could not consider reduced sentencing guidelines or rehabilitation for defendant's crack cocaine distribution charges. 		Criminal Law and Procedure USSC Jun. 28, 2022
Xiulu Ruan v. U.S.
To convict a doctor for prescribing controlled substances without authorization, the Government must prove that the doctor knowingly or intentionally acted without authorization. 		Criminal Law and Procedure USSC Jun. 28, 2022
Coral Ridge Ministries Media, Inc. v. Southern Poverty Law Center
Order 		USSC Jun. 28, 2022
David v. Kaulukukui
Parent and child's constitutional right to familial association is violated when a state official interferes with a parent's lawful custody through judicial deception. 		Civil Rights 9th Jun. 28, 2022
Hernandez v. Garland
Petitioners granted special rule cancellation of removal under Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act Section 203 are barred from pursuing cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. Section 1229b(a). 		Immigration 9th Jun. 28, 2022
County of Sonoma v. Public Employment Relations Bd.
Public Employment Relations Board's failure to consider whether bargaining was required prior to placing measure on ballot that amended law enforcement authority was clear error. 		Employment Law 1DCA/3 Jun. 27, 2022
In re Emanuel O. Cuenca
Petitioner's equal protection claim, based on the state offering state prison inmates, but not county inmates, rehabilitation program credits, failed because the law satisfied rational basis review. 		Prisoners' Rights 1DCA/4 Jun. 27, 2022
People v. Romero
Defendant was ineligible for resentencing as a matter of law because he admitted that he acted intentionally, deliberately, and with premeditation in the commission of the murder. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Jun. 27, 2022
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey were overruled because the Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jun. 27, 2022
Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation, For Valley Hospital Medical Center
In calculating the Medicare fraction used to adjust rates paid to hospitals with higher percentages of low-income patients, "entitled to benefits" means those qualifying for the program. 		Health Care USSC Jun. 27, 2022
Apache Stronghold v. U.S.
Governmental transfer of land sacred to Apaches, to a mining company, did not violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. 		Civil Rights 9th Jun. 27, 2022
Velasquez-Samayoa v. Garland
Board of Immigration Appeals erred by failing to assess petitioner's aggregate risk of being tortured where petitioner posited two alternative theories of why he would be tortured if removed. 		Immigration 9th Jun. 27, 2022
Richards v. County of San Bernardino
Plaintiff must only show a reasonable probability that alleged evidence fabrication in his murder case would lead to a different result since it implicated his right to a fair trial. 		Civil Rights 9th Jun. 27, 2022
New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen
New York's proper-cause requirement violated the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public. 		Constitutional Law USSC Jun. 24, 2022
Vega v. Tekoh
A violation of Miranda rules does not provide a basis for a 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 claim. 		Civil Rights USSC Jun. 24, 2022
Nance v. Ward
42 U.S.C. Section 1983 is the procedural vehicle for prisoners' method-of-execution claims even if an order granting the relief requested would necessitate a change in state law to carry out the sentence. 		Civil Rights USSC Jun. 24, 2022
Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
State legislative leaders were allowed to intervene in a case challenging the state's voter-ID law since their interests were not adequately represented by an Elections Board that had opposed the law. 		Civil Procedure USSC Jun. 24, 2022
K.R. v. Superior Court (The Public Conservator of Napa County)
Petitioner retained the right to demand a jury trial as to whether she was gravely disabled since the hearing to establish a conservatorship was a "hearing," not a "bench trial." 		Conservatorship 1DCA/3 Jun. 24, 2022
Modification: Casey v. Hill
Trial court erred in ruling that Missouri court's exercise of personal jurisdiction violated due process because trial court ignored the material jurisdictional facts that were sufficient to satisfy the jurisdictional inquiry. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/1 Jun. 24, 2022
People v. Montano
Gang enhancement trial bifurcation does not apply to first-degree murder gang special circumstance allegations under Section 190.2(a)(22). 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Jun. 24, 2022
People v. Whitmore
The trial court's error in forcing a criminal defendant to appear via video at a hearing was harmless because there was no indication that appearing remotely affected the hearing's outcome. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Jun. 24, 2022
People v. AWi Builders, Inc.
A motion seeking to disqualify a district attorney from pursuing a civil claim under the unfair competition law must be decided under Penal Code Section 1424(a) because it is an authorized duty of the district attorney. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Jun. 24, 2022
Bowen v. Lin
The trial court erred when it concluded that attorney's breach of contract cause of action against his clients did not arise from protected activity. 		Anti-SLAPP 2DCA/6 Jun. 24, 2022
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