| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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22-7466
|
Glossip v. Oklahoma
Where the prosecution violated its constitutional obligation to correct false testimony under *Napue v. Illinois*, death row defendant was entitled to a new trial. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
|
S. Sotomayor | Feb. 26, 2025 |
|
24A790
|
Bessent v. Dellinger
Order |
|
Feb. 26, 2025 | ||
|
23-1281
|
Carter v. U.S.
Order |
|
Feb. 26, 2025 | ||
|
24-23
|
Rimlawi v. U.S.
Order |
|
Feb. 26, 2025 | ||
|
24-57
|
Coalition Life v. Carbondale
Order |
|
Feb. 26, 2025 | ||
|
24-152
|
Pina v. Dominguez
Order |
|
Feb. 26, 2025 | ||
|
24-227
|
Woodward v. California
Order |
|
Feb. 26, 2025 | ||
|
24-5577
|
Gonzalez v. U.S.
Order |
|
Feb. 26, 2025 | ||
|
23-973
|
Amended Opinion: Meza Diaz v. Bondi
Failure to consider probative evidence establishing a nexus between harm and a petitioner's membership in a protected social group required a remand of an asylum petition. |
Immigration |
|
R. Paez | Feb. 26, 2025 |
|
23-3354
|
Key v. Qualcomm Inc.
Tying a company's sale of its chips to the licensing of patents was not a violation of the Cartwright Act. |
Antitrust |
|
R. Nelson | Feb. 26, 2025 |
|
24-3188; 24-3559; 24-4029
|
Mi Familia Vota v. Petersen
Though some provisions of Arizona laws requiring heightened proof of citizenship documentation to vote were legal, many violated voter suppression laws. |
Constitutional Law |
|
R. Gould | Feb. 26, 2025 |
|
23-15887
|
Six v. IQ Data International, Inc.
Single letter from debt collector to alleged debtor who was represented by counsel was sufficient for standing to sue under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. |
Consumer Law, Civil Procedure |
|
R. Desai | Feb. 25, 2025 |
|
22-10312; 23-1040; 23-1166; 23-1167
|
U.S. v. Holmes
Restitution for property lost as a result of company's fraud was the monetary value invested where there was no reasonable opportunity to sell shares after the fraud came to light. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
J. Nguyen | Feb. 25, 2025 |
|
23-2218
|
U.S. v. Powers
Defendant, who set destructive forest fires to signal for help while lost on a hike, could not assert necessity defense because his actions were objectively unreasonable. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
B. Bade | Feb. 18, 2025 |
|
23-55288
|
In re: Kirsten v. California Pizza Kitchen Data Breach Litigation
Despite brevity of district court's final class action approval order, because the record supported no procedural error or abuse of discretion, settlement's approval was affirmed. |
Civil Procedure |
|
K. Lee | Feb. 25, 2025 |
|
B310753
|
In re: Tuilaepa
Pending death penalty habeas petition based on intellectual disability was not procedurally barred by passage of Proposition 66 where petitioner made prima facie showing of intellectual disability. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
G. Martinez | Feb. 25, 2025 |
|
G064257
|
Modification: Ng v. Superior Court (Los Alamitos Medical Center Inc.)
Wrongful death and medical malpractice claims were sufficiently separate and distinct to warrant separate non-economic damage caps under the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act. |
Torts, Health Care |
|
T. Delaney | Feb. 24, 2025 |
|
23-15862
|
Schrader Cellar LLC v. Roach
Summary judgment was improper where triable issues of fact existed as to whether attorney had rebutted the presumption of undue influence in alleged oral business agreement with client. |
Contracts, Attorneys |
|
M. Bennett | Feb. 24, 2025 |
|
23-867
|
Hungary v. Simon
The commingling of funds alone could not sufficiently establish the commercial nexus required by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's expropriation exception. |
Immunity, International Law |
|
S. Sotomayor | Feb. 24, 2025 |
|
23-1127
|
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath
Even though U.S. Treasury money only paid a portion of schools' internet subsidies, internet provider's overcharges alleged by auditor's False Claims Act lawsuit were "claims" under the Act. |
Government, Utilities |
|
E. Kagan | Feb. 24, 2025 |
|
23-191
|
Williams v. Reed
Courts may not deny 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 claims on failure-to-exhaust grounds where application of the exhaustion requirement would effectively immunize state officials from claims challenging administrative process delays. |
Civil Rights, Civil Procedure |
|
B. Kavanaugh | Feb. 24, 2025 |
|
B336829
|
Arzate v. ACE American Insurance Company
Where agreement required employees to "submit" employment claims to arbitration, trial court erred in not requiring arbitration after Plaintiff employees resisted arbitration and neither party initiated arbitration. |
Arbitration, Employment Law |
|
G. Weingart | Feb. 21, 2025 |
|
C100422
|
R.D. v. Superior Court (People)
Although a criminal defendant may seek dismissal of charges under any other relevant legal authority, the Racial Justice Act does not specifically authorize dismissal as a remedy. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Juveniles |
|
E. Duarte | Feb. 21, 2025 |
|
A167817
|
People v. Sarmiento-Zuniga
Trial court did not err in imposing middle-term sentence on defendant because it stated on the record its underlying reasoning, and no additional records were required. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
T. Jackson | Feb. 21, 2025 |
|
B335039
|
People v. Richardson
Laws prohibiting possession of firearms by convicted felons are not facially unconstitutional. |
Constitutional Law |
|
V. Viramontes | Feb. 21, 2025 |
|
22-56206
|
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chicago Title Company
To ensure protection of receivership assets obtained from a Ponzi scheme, district court had authority and appropriately issued order barring further litigation against third-party. |
Securities, Civil Procedure |
|
D. Ebel | Feb. 21, 2025 |
|
23-3779
|
U.S. v. Kurns
For sentencing purposes, video and expert testimonial evidence proved defendant's possession of a semiautomatic firearm capable of accepting a large capacity magazine by a preponderance of the evidence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
D. Hamilton | Feb. 21, 2025 |
|
23-55566
|
Pitt v. Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Co.
Opinion |
|
Feb. 21, 2025 | ||
|
S282013
|
Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd.
"Compensation otherwise recoverable" under the workers' compensation law did not include industrial disability leave benefits, and therefore those could not be used to calculate a "serious and willful misconduct" award. |
Workers' Compensation |
|
L. Kruger | Feb. 21, 2025 |
|
B337452
|
Shehyn v. Ventura County Public Works Agency
Trial court erroneously dismissed Plaintiff's inverse condemnation claim, where he properly alleged that he bore a disproportionate share of the costs of a public improvement. |
Eminent Domain, Government |
|
T. Cody | Feb. 21, 2025 |
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