| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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E054307
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People v. Cook
Court may not impose increase in driver's sentence with respect to two of three victims killed in horrific motor vehicle accident. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 12, 2013 | |
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H037910
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People v. Bates
Deputy violates Fourth Amendment when he signaled vehicle to stop by gesturing with his hand without reasonable suspicions. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 12, 2013 | |
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B244961
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Gaines v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Co.
Homeowners miss five-year deadline to bring fraud case to trial even though they unsuccessfully tried to mediate for 120 days. |
Civil Procedure |
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Dec. 12, 2013 | |
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12-609
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Kansas v. Cheever
Prosecution may refute expert testimony, which defense presented to show defendant did not intend to kill sheriff while intoxicated, without violating Fifth Amendment. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 11, 2013 | |
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E054329
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Villacorta v. Cemex Cement Inc.
Employer may not refuse to pay former employee’s lost wages for time after he found a new job because it forced him to live away from his family. |
Employment Law |
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Dec. 11, 2013 | |
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10-56877
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Omnipoint Communications Inc. v. City of Huntington Beach
T-Mobile must obtain voter approval under city measure before building new wireless antennae on parks owned by City of Huntington Beach. |
Government |
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Dec. 11, 2013 | |
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11-16404
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Dzakula v. McHugh
Employee’s failure to list discrimination lawsuit against Secretary of Army when filing for bankruptcy causes district court to toss lawsuit. |
Employment Law |
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Dec. 11, 2013 | |
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F064501
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San Pablo Bay Pipeline Co. LLC v. California PUC (Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co.)
California PUC may regulate pipeline used by refineries to transport oil, including Shell Petroleum Co.’s privately owned truck ranks and storage tanks. |
Government |
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Dec. 11, 2013 | |
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E051856
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Marriage of La Moure
During divorce, husband may not tamper with retirement accounts after wife showed he used them to hide money, despite potential ERISA protection. |
Family Law |
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Dec. 11, 2013 | |
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B246197
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Jovanni B., a Minor
Juvenile court may not exclude man from dependency proceedings solely due to DNA test that revealed another man is child's father. |
Juveniles |
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Dec. 11, 2013 | |
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12-815
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Sprint Communications Inc. v. Jacobs
Federal court must decide whether federal law applies to dispute between telecommunications companies concerning long distance, Internet-based phone calls. |
Constitutional Law |
|
Dec. 10, 2013 | |
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12-99
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Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall
Order |
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Dec. 10, 2013 | ||
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10-36063
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U.S. v. Olsen
Order |
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Dec. 10, 2013 | ||
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12-30350
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U.S. v. Roybal
Sex offender is guilty of ‘distributing’ child pornography to a minor by having her make copies of pornographic images on his computer. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 10, 2013 | |
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B250802
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Pulido v. Superior Court (People)
Trial court properly refuses to appoint a commission in Mexico to examine witness, who already identified perpetrator of crime at trial. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 10, 2013 | |
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C071256
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People v. Fandinola
Burglar does not have to pay monthly probation supervision fee because he was placed on mandatory supervision, not probation. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 10, 2013 | |
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12-1475
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Broadcom Corporation v. USDC ED TX, et al.
Order |
|
Dec. 9, 2013 | ||
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13-298
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Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al.
Order |
Intellectual Property |
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Dec. 9, 2013 | |
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13-7066
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Williams v. Florida
Order |
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Dec. 9, 2013 | ||
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12-56159
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Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation
Jewish family may sue Spanish museum to recover lost Pissarro painting, which they were forced to surrender when fleeing Germany in 1939. |
International Law |
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Dec. 9, 2013 | |
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11-17530
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Richards v. Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young may arbitrate former employee’s state wage and hour claims despite its initial delay in moving to compel arbitration. |
Employment Law |
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Dec. 9, 2013 | |
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11-15458
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Sachs v. Republic of Austria
Traveler who lost her legs while boarding train in Austria may sue Austrian government based on her online purchase of Eurail pass. |
International Law |
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Dec. 8, 2013 | |
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F064886
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Cuevas v. Superior Court (People)
Police department may have to return seized cash after improperly initiating forfeiture proceedings, instead of district attorney. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 8, 2013 | |
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H038703
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People v. Rocha
Prosecution may use evidence of prior burglary of garage to show that man intended to steal when he entered stranger’s garage without permission. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 8, 2013 | |
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B244043
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Williams v. Superior Court (Allstate Insurance Co.)
Auto adjusters may again pursue class action against Allstate because trial court incorrectly decertified class based on U.S. Supreme Court's 'Dukes' decision. |
Employment Law |
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Dec. 8, 2013 | |
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G046936
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Rabuck v. Superior Court (People)
Sexually violent predator fails to evade commitment by arguing that his evaluators' reports were based on a prior, invalid assessment protocol. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 8, 2013 | |
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C072611
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Parthemore v. Col
Prisoner who broke his knee after prison optometrist refused to give him new glasses prescription may not sue without first bringing claim to prison administrators. |
Torts |
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Dec. 8, 2013 | |
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13-35003
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Evans v. Shoshone-Bannock Land Use Policy Commission
Non-Indian owner of land on Indian reservation may sue tribe, without first exhausting tribal court remedies, for interfering with efforts to build home. |
Native American Affairs |
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Dec. 5, 2013 | |
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11-17282
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Muniz v. United Parcel Service Inc.
Employee gets more in attorney fees than damages after winning FEHA gender discrimination suit, but must go back over paralegal fees within award. |
Employment Law |
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Dec. 5, 2013 | |
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09-10471
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U.S. v. Kahre
Conspirators cannot disqualify prosecutor from case by filing special civil action against him for allegedly conducting illegal raid and arrests. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Dec. 5, 2013 |