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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
G049204	Hyundai Amco America Inc. v. S3H Inc. Subcontractor may compel arbitration of dispute with general contractor without first making demand because general contractor’s lawsuit clearly showed refusal to arbitrate.	Contracts			Dec. 18, 2014
11-707	Opinion of Harris Cities and fire districts that historically provided EMS services do not have to enter into agreement with agency to participate in ‘EMS system.’	Government			Dec. 18, 2014
B249057	U.S. Bank National Association v. Yashouafar Guarantor may not have to pay more than $14 million in prepayment fee where dispute remain regarding date guarantor’s obligation accrued.	Contracts			Dec. 18, 2014
B253861	Wells Fargo Bank N.A. v. The Best Service Co. Inc. Trial court’s denial of stay motion is not appealable where it is unaccompanied by any motion or petition to compel arbitration.	Civil Procedure			Dec. 18, 2014
A138872	Daugherty v. Daugherty Father’s derivative disability benefits do not count as income for purposes of calculating father's child support obligations.	Family Law			Dec. 17, 2014
B247593	Hudson v. County of Los Angeles Trial court improperly finds that order restoring discharged sheriff’s employment is superseded by later settlement, when settlement is susceptible to contrary interpretation.	Employment Law			Dec. 17, 2014
B248607	Feresi v. The Livery LLC Managing member’s perfected security interest in LLC does not take priority over prior, unperfected interest due to manager’s breach of fiduciary duty.	Securities			Dec. 17, 2014
D066101	Baby Boy W., a Minor Biological father who expressed unequivocal desire to raise child successfully blocks third party adoption arranged by child’s mother.	Juveniles			Dec. 17, 2014
B254120	Ventura Foothill Neighbors v. County of Ventura Ventura County must issue supplemental environmental impact report on relocated building project where building height increased from 75 feet to 90 feet.	Environmental Law			Dec. 17, 2014
A136679	City and County of San Francisco v. Cobra Solutions Inc. Party waives exclusion of allegedly tainted evidence because delay in filing motion to exclude was unreasonably lengthy.	Contracts			Dec. 17, 2014
10-36059	United States v. Kollman Government action seeking to reduce 1996 income tax assessments to judgment is not barred by 10-year limitations period because of tolling.	Taxation			Dec. 17, 2014
12-16624	Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund v. Apollo Group Inc. Investors may not maintain class action against company for allegedly making false and misleading statements where statements constituted mere puffery.	Securities			Dec. 17, 2014
12-16916	Conservation Congress v. Finley Environmental advocate fails to challenge Beaverslide Project in California by alleging violations of various environmental laws concerning threatened owl species.	Environmental Law			Dec. 17, 2014
12-35458	Gabriel v. Alaska Electrical Pension Fund Retiree may recover surcharge from pension fund if he suffered loss resulting from breach of fiduciary duty by incorrectly paying him unearned benefits.	Employment Law			Dec. 17, 2014
D063288	Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Association of Governments Environmental impact report that failed to analyze inconsistency between state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and proposed plan’s emissions impacts violates CEQA.	Environmental Law			Dec. 17, 2014
B249616	Southern California Gas Co. v. Flannery Trial court properly denies anti-SLAPP motion in interpleader action because interpleader faced threat of liability on competing claims to settlement funds.	Civil Procedure			Dec. 17, 2014
B251379	Marina Pacifica Homeowners Association v. Southern California Financial Corp. Assignee may collect assignment fee from condominium owners, which is not invalid, because fee fell under exemption from statutory definition of transfer fee.	Real Property			Dec. 17, 2014
13-720	Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc. Order				Dec. 16, 2014
14-116	Bullard v. Hyde Park Savings Bank, et al. Order				Dec. 16, 2014
14-400	Harris v. Viegelahn Order				Dec. 16, 2014
14-6381	Toca v. Louisiana Order				Dec. 16, 2014
D062912	J.P. v. Carlsbad Unified School District School District is barred from enforcing six-month government claim presentation requirement where it prevented parents from filing claim within limitations period.	Torts			Dec. 16, 2014
13-719	Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. LLC v. Owens Class Action Fairness Act does not require notice of removal to include detailed proof that amount in controversy exceeds $5 million.	Civil Procedure			Dec. 16, 2014
5 Orig	United States v. California Order				Dec. 16, 2014
13-604	Heien v. North Carolina Traffic stop does not violate Fourth Amendment although officer erroneously thought driver broke law for having only one working brake light.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 16, 2014
14-6923	Hickmon v. Holder Order				Dec. 16, 2014
14-6797	Stampone v. Fopma Order				Dec. 16, 2014
S214430	Rashidi v. Moser Doctor may not offset noneconomic damages awarded against him based on pre-trial settlement injured party received from another healthcare provider.	Torts			Dec. 16, 2014
10-73215	Abdisalan v. Holder Board of Immigration Appeals’ mixed decision is not a final order of removal that triggers 30-day window in which petitioner must appeal.	Immigration			Dec. 16, 2014
12-10471	U.S. v. Garcia-Santana Using contemporary sources methodology, conspiracy to commit burglary does not constitute aggravated felony that would render petitioner ineligible for removal relief.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 16, 2014