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Sep. 2, 2011
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| Klein v. U.S. (50 Cal. 4th 68 (2010)) As certified by the 9th Circuit (537 F.3d 1027): Does California Civil Code section 846, granting landowners immunity from liability to recreational users, extend to negligent operation of vehicles by a landowner's agent? | Yes | No |
| People v. Letner (50 Cal. 4th 99 (2010)) Does the fact that an automobile is traveling slower than the posted speed limit provide reasonable suspicion that its occupants are engaged in criminal activity? | Yes | No Kennard Moreno Werdegar |
| Murray v. Alaska Airlines (50 Cal. 4th 860 (2010)) As certified by the 9th Circuit (522 F.3d 920): Does an unappealed adverse administrative finding of the U.S. Secretary of Labor under a federal whistleblower protection provision have collateral estoppel effect? | Yes | No |
| Barnett v. Superior Court (50 Cal. 4th 890 (2010)) Does a postconviction discovery provision (Cal. Pen. Code § 1054.9) permit discovery of materials in the possession of out-of-state law enforcement agencies? | Yes | No Baxter Chin Corrigan George |
| People v. Soto (51 Cal. 4th 229 (2011)) Is the victim's consent a defense to the crime of an aggravated lewd act on a child, which requires the use of "force, violence, duress, menace or fear"? (Cal. Pen. Code § 288(b)(1).) | Yes | No |
| Sonic-Calabasas A Inc. v. Moreno (51 Cal. 4th 659 (2011)) Is an arbitration agreement that requires employees to waive rights to a Berman administrative wage hearing unconscionable? | Yes | No |
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