| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
98-50316
|
U.S. v. Pino-Noriega
Defendant waives right to testify when he waits until after jury verdict to inform court of his desire to testify. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-16333
|
Stubbs v. Gomez
Prosecutor doesn't use peremptory challenges discriminatorily, where they were used to excuse 3 black jurors after excusing the 5 others for cause. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
97-15385
|
Calabretta v. Floyd
Social worker and police officer aren't entitled to qualified immunity for warrantless, nonexigent, nonconsensual entry into home while investing suspected child abuse. |
Government |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-70581
|
Reyes-Guerrero v. INS
Alien threatened with death for his political opinion is a well-founded fear of persecution for asylum purposes. |
Immigration |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-15757
|
Wong v. Regents of the University of California
Americans with Disabilities Act requires medical school to fully consider effects of proposed accommodation on its curriculum. |
Civil Rights |
|
Jun. 12, 2000 | |
|
98-15298
|
Rutledge v. Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson
Court abuses discretion in awarding attorney fees when ERISA case should have been removed to federal court. |
Employment Law |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-15589
|
U.S. Postal Service v. Amada
Service which pools lottery tickets isn't lottery when there is no offer of prize by chance in exchange for consideration. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-30158
|
U.S. v. Griefen
First Amendment does not protect protesters refusing to leave restricted area because equivalent alternative methods of expression are available. |
Constitutional Law |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
97-56580
|
Price v. Kramer
Evidence supported jury's finding that police officers' misconduct resulted from racial bias. |
Civil Rights |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-15704
|
Resnick v. Hayes
Prisoner's constitutional rights are not violated by continued confinement in administrative segregation pending hearing on disciplinary charge that is not sustained. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-16025 , 98-16546 , 98-16560, and 98-16616
|
Cline v. The Industrial Maintenance Engineering and Contracting Co.
Employee benefit plan is an individual retirement annuity governed by the Internal Revenue Code, not ERISA. |
Labor Law |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-55301
|
Comedy III Productions Inc. v. ABC New Line Cinema
Clip from 'The Three Stooges' film, later used in feature film, is not an enforceable trademark. |
Intellectual Property |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
99-50200
|
U.S. v. Whitehead
Although court erred in admitting evidence of defendant's post-arrest and pre-Miranda silence, other evidence of overwhelming guilt is sufficient to convict. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
97-56437
|
Wetzel v. Lou Ehlers Cadillac Group Long Term Disability Insurance Program
Order |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | ||
|
96-56750
|
Park v. People of the State of California
Order |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | ||
|
96-17315
|
State v. Hicks
Tribal court has subject matter jurisdiction over claims against state officials for misconduct in enforcing tribal court-approved warrant on Indian land. |
Native American Affairs |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-56660
|
O'Rourke v. Kipperman (In re: Superior Crane & Rigging Inc.)
Dismissal is warranted where defendant can prove not set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief. |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-16462
|
Gutierrez v. Apfel
Plausible mental-impairment claim for disability benefits requires administrative law judge to complete psychiatric evaluation form and append it to decision. |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-55557
|
Virgin v. County of San Luis Obispo
Congressional act granting federal land grant patents is not basis for federal question jurisdiction. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-56526 and 98-56591
|
Page v. Torrey
Detainee subject to civil commitment under Sexually Violent Predators Act isn't subject to financial reporting and exhaustion requirements of Prison Litigation Reform Act. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
99-16809
|
Baby Tam & Co. Inc. v. City of Las Vegas
Municipal business and zoning license's failure to set time limit for satisfaction of requirements is unconstitutional. |
Government |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-50601
|
U.S. v. Dixon
Jury instruction that illegal alien smuggler's flight could be interpreted as consciousness of guilt is valid. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-30130
|
U.S. v. Sandoval
Camper has reasonable expectation of privacy in tent on public land even though camper didn't have permission to camp on land. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
99-99007
|
Ashmus v. Woodford
Expedited habeas corpus procedure under Antiterrorism and Death Penalty Act requires state system for appointment, compensation and qualification of death penalty counsel. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
94-01666
|
Bankruptcy of Zapanta
Attorney's act of cashing checks for prepetition services is violation of automatic stay. |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
96-53628
|
Bankruptcy of Hakim
Automatic stay relief is warranted to pursue asset ownership litigation in federal and foreign courts. |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-1232
|
United States v. Microsoft Corp.
Software company found to have engaged in exclusionary, anticompetitive and predatory acts must split into two entities. |
Corporations |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
A085271
|
Juarez v. Boy Scouts of America
Order |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | ||
|
98-16088
|
Chiarello v. Samson (In re Samson)
Nonjudicial arbitration proceeding should not be given collateral estoppel effect under California law. |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 | |
|
98-55279
|
Luo v. Li (In re Luo)
State court sanctions must be reconsidered in light of new case law which modified the elements of nondischargeability under section 523(a)(6). |
Bankruptcy |
|
Jun. 9, 2000 |