Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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B264002
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Wolf Metals Inc. v. Rand Pacific Sales Inc.
In case involving default judgment, debtor-company's president improperly named as additional judgment debtor based on 'alter ego' theory. |
Civil Procedure |
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Oct. 26, 2016 | |
C081373
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Agricultural Labor etc. Board v. Superior Court
Attorney-client relationship exists between Cal. Agricultural Labor Relations Board and Board's general counsel; communications between parties in advance of injunction action protected from PRA request. |
Administrative Agencies |
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Oct. 26, 2016 | |
A144021
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People v. Sotelo-Urena
Exclusion of expert testimony regarding homeless man's heightened perception of deadly threat resulted in prejudice, warrants reversal of murder conviction. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 26, 2016 | |
14-55971
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Rollins v. SEIU-UHW
Union's failure to consider member's unique seniority agreement could constitute a breach of representative duty, meriting reversal of summary judgment in union's favor. |
Labor Law |
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Oct. 26, 2016 | |
14-55633
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Schwartz v. Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Putative federal securities class action may proceed, where plaintiff properly pled scienter regarding pharmaceutical company's failure to disclose results of adverse animal studies. |
Securities |
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Oct. 26, 2016 | |
13-15554
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Shepard v. Quillen
Plaintiff-inmate wins reversal of summary judgment where genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether corrections lieutenant retaliated against inmate for reporting officer misconduct. |
Prisoners Rights |
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Oct. 26, 2016 | |
A145428
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Millview Co. Water Dist. v. State Water Resources Control Board
Litigation securing appellate opinion on water rights does not merit private attorney general attorney fees as claimants' million dollar stakes do not 'transcend personal interest.' |
Attorneys |
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Oct. 26, 2016 | |
B268937
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Khosh v. Staples Construction Co. Inc.
General contractor not liable for injuries suffered by independent contractor's employee on either retained control or nondelegable duty theories. |
Torts |
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Oct. 26, 2016 | |
A145981
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Humboldt County Adult Protective Services v. Superior Court (Magney)
Attorney fees request under Health Care Decisions Law erroneously denied where county had no reasonable cause to invoke the Law. |
Health Care |
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Oct. 25, 2016 | |
B269095
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D’Egidio v. City of Santa Clarita
Exclusivity provision of Outdoor Advertising Act does not preclude application of county or city billboard ordinances with respect to billboard erected when area was unincorporated. |
Municipal Law |
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Oct. 25, 2016 | |
B269705
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People v. Wright
Speculative hebephilia diagnosis by expert psychologist who had no knowledge of victims' sexual development not enough to commit defendant to state hospital under Sexually Violent Predator Act. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 25, 2016 | |
G050577
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Mealing v. Diane Harkey for Board of Equalization 2014
Creditor seeking to collect judgment may not obtain restraining order barring payments to judgment debtor's wife where wife is not 'judgment debtor' under statute. |
Civil Procedure |
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Oct. 25, 2016 | |
F070379
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Pierson v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
Employer not liable for traffic collision caused by employee while driving co-workers to employer-paid hotel under the 'going and coming rule.' |
Torts |
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Oct. 25, 2016 | |
D069561
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San Diegans for Open Government v. City of Oceanside
City council agenda note for consideration of proposed hotel project meets requirements of Brown Act by referencing development of city property and subsidy possibilities. |
Government |
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Oct. 25, 2016 | |
D068442
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Goglin v. BMW of North America LLC
Consumer properly awarded attorney fees under Song-Beverly Act in connection with the purchase of a used BMW vehicle. |
Consumer Law |
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Oct. 24, 2016 | |
A146040
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In re Alexander P.
Family court divested of jurisdiction regarding parentage once dependency petition filed, and therefore juvenile court erroneous in concluding it is bound by family court's findings on such issue. |
Juveniles |
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Oct. 24, 2016 | |
14-35806
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Alaska Oil and Gas Ass’n v. Pritzker
NMFS listing of polar seal population as endangered species based on predictive 100-year model of climate change not an 'arbitrary and capricious' decision. |
Environmental Law |
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Oct. 24, 2016 | |
13-17622
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SunEarth Inc. v. Sun Earth Solar Power Co.
Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions altering how courts should analyze requests for attorney fees under Lanham Act require use of 'totality of the circumstances' test. |
Attorneys |
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Oct. 24, 2016 | |
12-73424
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Tellez v. Lynch
For purpose of reinstating removal order, alien 'reentered' U.S. when she was previously removed at border-crossing checkpoint. |
Immigration |
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Oct. 24, 2016 | |
B264219
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Minnegren v. Nozar
Plaintiff in two-car collision unsuccessful in overturning judgment for defendant where substantial evidence supports jury verdict that defendant was not negligent. |
Torts |
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Oct. 24, 2016 | |
D068063
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Alki Partners v. DB Fund Services
Failure to calculate net asset values for hedge fund not breach of contract, as portfolio manager witheld information of confidential settlement necessary to calculate values. |
Contracts |
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Oct. 24, 2016 | |
13-56157
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NewGen LLC v. Safe Cig LLC
Challenge to default judgment as void for lack of subject matter jurisdiction unsuccessful where court properly allows amendment of complaint to cure inadequately pled jurisdiction. |
Civil Procedure |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
07-56127
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Williams v. Johnson
Under AEDPA, convicted murderer's habeas petition for Sixth Amendment violation, based on anti-prosecution-biased juror being dismissed for unwillingness to follow law, fails. |
Constitutional Law |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
D068582
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People v. Cady
Driver obtains reversal of one of his drunk driving convictions where one was a lesser included offense of the other. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
14-10147
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United States v. Doe
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
E061292
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People v. Superior Court (Rangel)
Offender not entitled to apply excess postsentence custody credits to reduce or eliminate his mandatory period of community supervision following resentencing under Prop. 36. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
E063172
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People v. Johnson
Trial court errs by not instructing jury on prior convictions for manslaughter and hit and run in retrial for second degree murder charge in same case. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
C073064
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Moore v. Mercer
Trial court has discretion to exclude evidence of amount medical finance company pays for lien where evidence is minimally probative and requires litigation of collateral issues. |
Evidence |
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Oct. 23, 2016 | |
S237106
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People v. Abarca
Was defendant entitled to resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.18 on his conviction for second degree burglary either on the ground that it met the definition of misdemeanor shoplifting (Pen. Code, section 459.5) or on the ground that section 1170.18 impliedly includes any second degree burglary involving property valued at $950 or less? |
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Oct. 21, 2016 | ||
S237188
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People v. Burris
Does the definition of "unreasonable risk of danger to public safety" (Pen. Code, section 1170.18, subd. (c)) under Proposition 47 ("the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act") apply retroactively to resentencing under the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (Pen. Code, section 1170.126)? |
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Oct. 21, 2016 |