| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
98-7190
|
Choate v. Champion Home Builders Co.
Claim for defective smoke detector is neither expressly nor impliedly pre-empted by National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act. |
Torts |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
98-4169
|
US v. Gama-Bastidas
Indictment is not fatally defective when caption of document recites offenses charged and accused fails to bring timely challenge. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-2267
|
Smith v. Gonzales
Claims challenging convictions under Section 1983 accrue when conviction is invalidated, and is subject to state statute of limitations for personal injury claims. |
Civil Rights |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-2001
|
US v. Ramone
Court does not abuse its discretion in excluding evidence regarding victim's prior sexual relationship with accused. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
98-2314
|
US v. Zamora
Trial court properly admits evidence of previous uncharged act of robbery at trial for separate but similar robbery. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-4087
|
Pharmanex v. Shalala
FDA drug approval process is designed to include examination of drug's active ingredients and finished drug product. |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-2363
|
U.S. v. King
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-3182
|
Mohankumar v. Kansas State University
Order |
Employment Law |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-2368
|
Ford v. Bank of America
Order |
Constitutional Law |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-7106
|
Scull v. Apfel
Order |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
98-6219
|
Worrell v. Henry
Offer of government job cannot be withdrawn solely because prospective employee testifies truthfully at trial. |
Civil Rights |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
98-7166
|
Rose v. The Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co.
No contest pleas are admissible evidence in civil trials so long as they are not being used to prove guilt. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-6382
|
Stewart v. Pulis
Order |
Government |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-2293
|
Garicia v. Shanks
Order |
Civil Rights |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-1411
|
Bowman v. Apfel
Order |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-7145 & 00-7005
|
US v. Hurd
Order |
Civil Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
00-5054
|
Einstein v. Tulsa County Election Board
Order |
Civil Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
99-5175
|
US v. Grubb
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
00-7024
|
Gonzales v. TWYLA Snider
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
00-1047
|
US v. Rodriguez
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | |
|
96-55707
|
Salmon v. Carillo
Order |
|
Aug. 1, 2000 | ||
|
99-0451
|
Western Agricultural Insurance Co. v. Chrysler Corp.
Court-appointed arbitrator's denial of motion to compel binding arbitration may be appealed to superior court. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Jul. 31, 2000 | |
|
99-0417
|
Martin v. Martin
Payment of past due child support is first applied to interest and then to principal owed. |
Family Law |
|
Jul. 31, 2000 | |
|
99-0227
|
State v. McCann
Prior rebuttable presumption of regularity attaches to prior conviction used to enhance sentence or as element of crime. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jul. 31, 2000 | |
|
99-0152
|
State v. Gomez
Traceable 911 call from private telephone is more reliable than untraceable, anonymous report of crime. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jul. 31, 2000 | |
|
99-0466
|
State v. Heath
Admitting prior convictions to enhance sentences does not relieve State of duty to prove convictions are felonies under Arizona law. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jul. 31, 2000 | |
|
99-1351
|
Roussos v. Michaelides (In re Roussos)
Bankruptcy court properly applies collateral estoppel to determine that debt arising from judgment in trial court is nondischargeable. |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jul. 31, 2000 | |
|
98-0599
|
State v. Rodriguez
Collateral estoppel doesn't arise from implied acquittal when record doesn't establish that jury actually and necessarily decided issue in accused's favor. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jul. 31, 2000 | |
|
00-1041
|
Boggan v. Hoff Ford Inc. (In re Boggan)
Car dealership does not violate automatic stay when court allows it to assert lien rights in bankruptcy proceeding as if in possession of car. |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jul. 31, 2000 | |
|
99-10597
|
U.S. v. Pinjuv
Sentence is proper remedy for failing to complete mental health treatment program as required by supervised release terms. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jul. 31, 2000 |