| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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15-8015
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Brooks v. U.S.
Order |
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Jun. 28, 2016 | ||
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14-1055
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Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corp.
Whether the phrase "to sue and be sued, and to complain and to defend, in any court of competent jurisdiction, State or Federal" in Fannie Mae's charter confers original jurisdiction over every case brought by or against Fannie Mae to the federal courts and whether the majority's decision in Am. Nat'l Red Cross v. S.G. should be reversed. |
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Jun. 28, 2016 | ||
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H042059
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People v. Dunn
Prop. 47 relief erroneously denied as to otherwise eligible defendant whose conviction was based on negotiated plea even though reclassification would reduce bargained-for punishment. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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H041050
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People v. Cordova
Proposition 47's narrowed definition of dangerousness applies to determinations of dangerousness under Three Strikes Reform Act. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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14-1440
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Triple Canopy Inc. v. U.S., ex rel, Badr
Order |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | ||
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15-5
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Nevada v. Torres
Order |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | ||
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15-404
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Weston Educational Inc. v. U.S., ex rel, Miller
Order |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | ||
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15-729
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U.S., ex rel., Nelson v. Sanford-Brown, Ltd.
Order |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | ||
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15-1014
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Click-to-Call Technologies LP v. Oracle Corp.
Order |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | ||
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S065573
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People v. Becerra
Failure to explain why defendant's behavior is dilatory in revocation of pro per status constitutes improper denial of self-representation right. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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14-1538
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Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp.
Whether the Federal Circuit erred in holding that supplying a single, commodity component of a multi-component invention from the United States is an infringing act under 35 U.S.C.§ 271(f)(1), exposing the manufacturer to liability for all worldwide sales. |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | ||
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15-8544
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Beckles v. U.S.
Whether Johnson v. U.S. applies retroactively to collateral cases challenging federal sentences enhanced under the residual clause in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)? 2. Whether Johnson's constitutional holding applies to the residual clause, thereby rendering challenges to sentences enhanced under it cognizable on collateral review? Whether mere possession of a sawed-off shotgun, an offense listed as a "crime of violence" only in the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, remains a "crime of violence" after Johnson? |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | ||
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15-474
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McDonnell v. United States
Virginia governor bribery case remanded to 4th Circuit as government's interpretation of 'official act' is too broad. |
Government |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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15-274
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Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
Texas abortion law requiring admission privileges for abortion providers and unnecessary, expensive surgical center upgrades struck down for placing undue burden on women's right to abortion access. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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14-10154
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Voisine v. United States
Statute's prohibition on gun possession by persons convicted of 'misdemeanor crime of violence' applies to reckless assaults, as it does to knowing or intentional ones. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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13-35474
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U.S. v. Washington
State of Washington's building and maintaining of culverts that prevented passage of salmon violates its obligation to Indian tribes under Stevens Treaties. |
Native American Affairs |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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14-35344
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Lingo v. City of Salem
Exclusionary rule does not apply in Section 1983 cases. |
Civil Rights |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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S066940
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People v. Clark
Reversal of defendant's murder convictions and death sentence not warranted despite vacatur of burglary-murder and robbery-murder special circumstances. |
Administrative Agencies |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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C074139
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People v. Buchanan
California Penal Code Section 654 bars separate punishments for defendant's possession of a single firearm on a single occasion. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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H041700
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People v. Hartley
Passenger who refused to pay cab driver after the latter missed a turn lacks requisite fraudulent intent to support petty theft by false pretenses conviction. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 27, 2016 | |
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B268786
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People v. Superior Court (Albert Sokolich)
Negligence does not constitute failure to act in good faith in petition to commit man as sexually violent predator. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 26, 2016 | |
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A145749
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Conservatorship of Jesse G.
Conservatorship over man who was strongly aware of his mental health issues overturned where friend's commitment could help him survive safely without involuntary detention. |
Conservatorship |
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Jun. 26, 2016 | |
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A143417
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Stewart Enterprises Inc. v. City of Oakland
Grant of claim petitioning for writ of administrative mandamus affirmed in favor of plaintiffs seeking to build crematorium in East Oakland. |
Municipal Law |
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Jun. 26, 2016 | |
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B259808
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Gopal v. Kaiser Foundation etc. Plan
Health plan and service provider are not liable for one another's acts and omissions under enterprise theory of liability. |
Torts |
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Jun. 26, 2016 | |
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D068384
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People v. Johnson
Petitioning defendant, not prosecution, has initial burden of establishing eligibility for resentencing under Proposition 47. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 26, 2016 | |
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B261860
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Rice v. Downs
Trial court errs in compelling parties to arbitrate certain tort claims that did not arise from the parties' operation agreement. |
Torts |
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Jun. 26, 2016 | |
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H041795
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Harris v. Stampolis
Restraining order properly issued against father for his aggressiveness toward middle school principal as witnessed by others and which caused her anxiety. |
Civil Procedure |
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Jun. 26, 2016 | |
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D068384
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People v. Johnson
Petitioning defendant, not prosecution, has initial burden of establishing eligibility for resentencing under Proposition 47. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Jun. 26, 2016 | |
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H041133
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City of Santa Maria v. Adam
Court appropriately quiets title of overlying right to groundwater without quantifying prescriptive loss because of lack of water shortage. |
Water Rights |
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Jun. 26, 2016 | |
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B263622
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People v. Progressive Horizon Inc.
Medical marijuana business unsuccessful in challenging denial of motion to dissolve injunction barring it from operating in Los Angeles. |
Municipal Law |
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Jun. 26, 2016 |