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CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp.
Personal jurisdiction exists under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act when an immunity exception applies and service is proper--no minimum contacts analysis is required. 		Civil Procedure USSC Jun. 6, 2025
BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman
Relief under FRCP 60(b)(6) requires extraordinary circumstances, and this standard does not become less demanding when the movant seeks to reopen a case to amend a complaint. 		Civil Procedure USSC Jun. 6, 2025
Kelly v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Tax court properly required taxpayer to prove rather than presume the worthlessness of his alleged $87 million discharged debts. 		Tax 9th Jun. 6, 2025
Watanabe v. Derr
Order 		9th Jun. 6, 2025
Schuman v. Microchip Technology, Inc.
ERISA requires courts to thoroughly analyze, under the totality of the circumstances, whether employees' release of potential claims was knowing and voluntary, taking into account any fiduciary misconduct. 		ERISA 9th Jun. 6, 2025
People v. Grajeda
Resentencing court's decision denying defendant's request to postpone Penal Code section 1172.75 hearing (invalid prison priors) to allow him to speak with his attorney violated his right to counsel. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Jun. 5, 2025
People v. Porter
Viewing a map on a cellphone by holding the cellphone while driving violates distracted driving laws. 		Administrative Agencies 6DCA Jun. 5, 2025
Animal Protection and Rescue v. County of Riverside
Threat of arrest, without more, was not a threat of violence that could support an action under the Bane Civil Rights Act. 		Civil Rights 4DCA/1 Jun. 5, 2025
Hubbard v. City of San Diego
Because teaching yoga is protected by the First Amendment, plaintiffs' request to preliminary enjoin San Diego's restrictions on free yoga lessons at the beach should have been granted. 		Constitutional Law 9th Jun. 5, 2025
Moving Oxnard Forward, Inc. v. Lopez
Order 		9th Jun. 5, 2025
In re: Joshua Davis
Mandatory Victims Restitution Act permitted victims to seek amended restitution order where they discovered the original order did not include losses that were unclaimed due to government error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Jun. 4, 2025
State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game v. Federal Subsistence Board
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act authorized Federal Subsistence Board to allow hunting on federal lands for tribe whose food supply were affected by pandemic. 		Administrative Agencies 9th Jun. 4, 2025
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump
Order 		9th Jun. 4, 2025
People of the State of California v. Express Scripts, Inc.
Order 		9th Jun. 4, 2025
Estate of Hernandez v. City of Los Angeles
District court erroneously granted summary judgment for officer who shot wounded victim while in the fetal position on the ground. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jun. 4, 2025
Snope v. Brown
Order 		USSC Jun. 4, 2025
Nicholson v. W. L. York, Inc.
Order 		USSC Jun. 4, 2025
Johnson v. U.S.
A conviction of Hobbs Act robbery under a Pinkerton theory of liability functions as a valid predicate "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. section 942(c) (firearm enhancement). 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Jun. 4, 2025
Amundson v. Catello
Decedent's surviving siblings lacked standing to prosecute partition claim where the estate was still subject to litigation because the siblings lacked clear title to the property. 		Real Property, Trust and Estates 4DCA/1 Jun. 4, 2025
Old Golden Oaks v. County of Amador
County's catch-all provision in permit submission checklist did not comply with Permit Streamlining Act's requirement to specifically list all information required from a permit applicant. 		Municipal Law, Environmental Law 3DCA Jun. 3, 2025
Cash v. County of Los Angeles
Trial court's 30-percent "across the board" reduction in attorneys' fees award was justified due to padding and excessive, duplicative billing. 		Attorneys 2DCA/5 Jun. 3, 2025
Stop C-19 v. Tooling Express
Order vacating bench trial judgment without simultaneously ordering entry of new judgment was void. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/1 Jun. 3, 2025
Agnone v. Agnone
Imposition of sanctions under Code of Civil Procedure sections 2023.10 and 2023.030 for gamesmanship tactic was valid as an "unusual form of discovery abuse." 		Attorneys 2DCA/3 Jun. 3, 2025
Gluck v. City and County of San Francisco
City may not impose property-related charges for its combined wastewater/stormwater system without determining the proportional costs attributed to wastewater versus stormwater. 		Utilities 1DCA/3 Jun. 3, 2025
People v. Cabrera
Because a 50-year-to-life sentence is the functional equivalent of a life without parole sentence, defendant was eligible for youthful offender relief. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Juveniles 2DCA/5 Jun. 3, 2025
Bartel v. Chicago Title Insurance Co.
Insurance company acted in bad faith when it repeatedly denied insured's tender request based on a limited scope of facts rather than investigating if there was a possibility of coverage. 		Insurance 6DCA Jun. 3, 2025
People v. Emanuel
Trial court improperly dismissed petition for resentencing because the evidence was insufficient to support a finding that unarmed defendant acted with reckless indifference to human life. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Jun. 3, 2025
Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. County of Placer
Taxing utility-owned properties at a different rate than other properties in the county was not unconstitutional. 		Utilities, Tax 3DCA Jun. 2, 2025
Schneider v. Superior Court (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.)
Although Brady motions seeking discovery of exculpatory information in confidential personnel files must use procedures in the Pitchess statutes, the Pitchess limitations on disclosures do not apply to Brady motions. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Jun. 2, 2025
Noem v. Doe
Order 		USSC Jun. 2, 2025
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