| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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00-0005
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Ruelas v. Staff Builders Personnel Services Inc.
Staffing agency that has no control over manner in which nurses perform work can't be held vicariously liable for nurses misconduct. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 5, 2001 | |
|
00-7034
|
West v. Ward
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Feb. 5, 2001 | |
|
98-56561
|
Mabe v. San Bernardino County
Social worker may be sued for removing reportedly abused child from home without warrant. |
Government |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
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99-70743
|
Sheviakov v. INS
Filing deadline is met where evidence proves document arrives at court P.O. Box address by requisite date. |
Immigration |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
99-71062
|
Khan v. INS
Board of Immigration Appeals exclusion of official records based solely on lack of consular certification is error. |
Immigration |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
00-50373
|
U.S. v. Suarez-Rosario
Proof of true identity isn't required for conviction of using passport obtained through false statements. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
99-16158
|
San Xavier Development Authority v. Charles
Non-profit corporation chartered by Indian tribe and leasing allotted Indian land does not have standing to bring claim terminating sublease. |
Government |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
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99-55812
|
Grosz-Salomon v. Paul Revere Life Insurance Co.
Amendment to ERISA plan does not give insurance company discretion to deny disability benefits. |
Insurance |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
99-35104
|
United States of America v. State of Washington
Fish taken by Chehalis Indian Tribe, which was not party to original fishing- rights treaty, must be attributed to State. |
Native American Affairs |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
99-2150
|
U.S. v. Reed
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
00-1115
|
Bisbee v. McCarty
Order |
Torts |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
99-4195
|
Galvez-Letona v. Kirkpatrick
Order |
Immigration |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
00-6180
|
Behrens v. Gibson
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
00-1126
|
Gass v. U.S.
Order |
Taxation |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
00-6031
|
U.S. v. Stutson
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Feb. 4, 2001 | |
|
B123069
|
Balasubramaniam v. County of Los Angeles
In employment discrimination lawsuit, court must give collateral estoppel effect to findings reached by county's civil service commission. |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Feb. 2, 2001 | |
|
97-71047
|
NLRB v. Advanced Stretchforming International Inc.
Successor employer must bargain collectively before imposing terms when it hires its initial workers entirely from represented unit. |
Labor Law |
|
Feb. 2, 2001 | |
|
99-10491
|
U.S. v. Sesma-Hernandez
Order |
|
Feb. 2, 2001 | ||
|
99-15625
|
Green v. City of Tucson
Order |
|
Feb. 2, 2001 | ||
|
98-50599
|
U. S. v. Ruiz-Lopez
Conviction based on illegal entry is improper when evidence does not establish that alien entered United States free from official restraint. |
Immigration |
|
Feb. 2, 2001 | |
|
E025064 E025163, and E025181
|
Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Superior Court (Carrillo)
Class certification requires sufficient community of interest among class members seeking 'medical monitoring' from defendants that allegedly contaminated city's groundwater. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 | |
|
s080194
|
Babcock v. ITT Residential Capital Corp.
Review granted |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 | ||
|
B129909
|
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London v. Superior Court (Powerine Oil Co.)
Insurer has no duty to indemnify insured for the expense of complying with formal administrative environmental cleanup orders. |
Environmental Law |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 | |
|
99-17551
|
Nordyke v. King
Order |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 | ||
|
B101382
|
Barner v. Leeds
Deputy public defender sued for malpractice doesn't have discretionary immunity under Government Code. |
Attorneys |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 | |
|
S065392
|
Van Dyke v. GTE California Inc.
Review granted |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 | ||
|
S090886
|
People v. Sousa
Review granted |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 | ||
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99-30362
|
U.S. v. M.C.E.
Juvenile charged with murder should be tried as adult based on previous conviction for residential burglary. |
Juveniles |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 | |
|
99-50627
|
U.S. v. Lopez-Osuna
Time spent on other proceedings was properly excluded from arrest to indictment deadline and does not violate Speedy Trial Act. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 | |
|
99-17124
|
Green v. White
Court errs in denying habeas petition when juror's pattern of lies and misbehavior creates 'destructive uncertainties' about his ability to serve impartially. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Feb. 1, 2001 |
