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Nabors Corporate Services, Inc. v. City of Long Beach
Arbitration awards against City of Long Beach for failing to identify project as "public work," fell within Labor Code Section 1781's scope allowing for subcontractor to seek indemnity against City. 		Government, Employment Law 2DCA/5 Feb. 4, 2025
Election Integrity Project California, Inc. v. Lunn
Under Election Code Section 15104(d), an observer's "sufficiently close" access to view election procedures did not mean "breathing down the necks of the election workers." 		Government 2DCA/6 Feb. 3, 2025
Nwauzor v. The GEO Group, Inc.
The application of Washington's Minimum Wage Act to civil detainees held in GEO's privately operated federal detention center did not violate the doctrine of intergovernmental immunity. 		Government, Immunity 9th Jan. 17, 2025
Alliance Marce & Eva Stern Math & Science High School v. Public Employment Relations Board
Gov. Code Section 3350, which prohibits public employers from discouraging union membership, is not facially unconstitutional because it regulates only government speech unprotected by the First Amendment. 		Government, Education 2DCA/2 Dec. 30, 2024
Kabat v. Department of Transportation
Summary judgment for dangerous condition of public property liability under Government Code Section 835 was proper when Caltrans provided evidence that it had no notice of allegedly dangerous condition. 		Government, Torts 4DCA/3 Dec. 23, 2024
Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
State secrets privilege does not mandate dismissal of action unless it deprives the United States of information establishing a valid defense or makes litigation impossible due to risks of disclosure. 		Government 9th Dec. 23, 2024
California Resources Production Corp. v. Antioch City Council
Trial court properly dismissed suit alleging equal protection violations against city after it declined to extend plaintiff's agreement to operate gas pipeline. 		Government, Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Dec. 20, 2024
Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs v. County of Los Angeles
Despite new legislation's mandates disallowing law enforcement gang participation, targeted interviews of certain officers triggered Meyers-Milias Brown Act meet-and-confer requirements. 		Government, Municipal Law 2DCA/5 Nov. 22, 2024
McCurdy v. County of Riverside
After a successful habeas petition, petitioner's claim against County was subject to 6-month presentation window for tort claims. 		Government, Torts 4DCA/1 Nov. 22, 2024
Burton v. Campbell
Failure to make demand to cure and correct as required by statute meant interested person could not bring suit seeking determination that city council legislative action was null and void. 		Government 4DCA/1 Nov. 21, 2024
Petree v. Public Employees' Retirement System
After City contracted with County for policing services, former officers were not entitled to County pension increase for years as City officers. 		Government 4DCA/1 Nov. 8, 2024
Bedard v. City of Los Angeles
Trial court's affirmance of city employee's termination due to refusal to be vaccinated was supported by substantial evidence. 		Employment Law, Government 2DCA/3 Nov. 4, 2024
Bath v. State of California
State employees' contract claim against the State survived demurrer because right to receive compensation for completed work ripened into Constitutionally-protected contractual rights. 		Government, Employment Law 1DCA/2 Oct. 25, 2024
Ramirez v. City of Indio
City Manager was not bound by an arbitrator's findings with respect to the evidence supporting termination of a police officer under the City of Indio's Memorandum of Understanding. 		Government, Employment Law 4DCA/1 Oct. 14, 2024
Stein v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
The False Claim Act's first-to-file rule is not jurisdictional. 		Government, Civil Procedure 9th Sep. 25, 2024
Riversiders Against Increased Taxes v. City of Riverside
The State's definition of "special election" preempted the City of Riverside's charter for the purposes of adopting a new taxation measure. 		Government 4DCA/2 Aug. 21, 2024
Bonta v. Superior Court (Coupal)
Attorney General must be granted discretion when drafting measure's ballot information--in this case, to omit in the ballot label, language that was already part of the title and summary. 		Government 3DCA Aug. 15, 2024
Pomares v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs's method of manually searching for emails in response to Freedom of Information Act request was reasonable. 		Government 9th Aug. 14, 2024
West Contra Costa Unified School Dist. v. Superior Court (A.M.M.)
Waiving the Government Code's timely claim presentation requirement for childhood sexual assault claims did not violate the California Constitution's Gifts Clause. 		Government, Constitutional Law 1DCA/5 Aug. 2, 2024
Modification: Morell v. Board of Retirement of the Orange County Employees' Retirement System
Retirement system's definition of compensation which was later repealed by the legislature was still valid due to the repeal's savings clause. 		Government 2DCA/1 Jul. 30, 2024
Morell v. Board of Retirement of the Orange County Employees' Retirement System
Retirement system's definition of compensation which was later repealed by the legislature was still valid due to the repeal's savings clause. 		Government 2DCA/1 Jul. 12, 2024
Danielson v. County of Humboldt
Plaintiff-appellant's government tort claim for injuries cause by dog attack failed because the County had no mandatory statutory duty that it failed to discharge. 		Government 1DCA/1 Jun. 28, 2024
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Assn. v. County of Los Angeles
The fiduciary board of a county public employee retirement system has authority to create employment classifications and set salaries for employees of the retirement system. 		Government 2DCA/7 Jun. 25, 2024
Legislature of the State of California v. Weber (Hiltachk)
Ballot measure that would require voter approval for any tax increases was an unconstitutional revision to the Constitution. 		Government CASC Jun. 21, 2024
Talley Amusements, Inc. v. The 32nd District Agricultural Association
Remedies for violations of competitive bidding process for public contracts did not apply to carnival contract because it was not a contract for services to be rendered to the state. 		Government 4DCA/3 Jun. 20, 2024
Helm v. City of Los Angeles
Because pedestrian's slip-and-fall occurred in area that was integral to the location and design of a recreational trail's pathway, trail immunity shielded the city. 		Government 4DCA/1 May 15, 2024
City of San Jose v. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
Because pension benefits were an established debt that did not trigger the constitutional debt limitation, city was not required to seek voter approval for bonds financing the benefits. 		Government 6DCA May 1, 2024
City of Santa Cruz v. Superior Court (County of Santa Cruz)
Pursuant to Government Code Sections 935, 905, and a local ordinance, County was required to present its claims to City before filing lawsuit. 		Government 6DCA Apr. 17, 2024
Weber v. Superior Court (Fong)
Elections Code section 8003 did not prohibit candidate from filing nomination papers for two different offices in California primary. 		Government 3DCA Apr. 10, 2024
State of California v. Superior Court (Energy and Policy Institute)
Writ mandating calendar information for Governor's advisor's meetings with utility organizations was properly granted when requested details were incidental to the deliberative process but potentially of great public interest. 		Government 2DCA/1 Apr. 9, 2024
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