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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
E052400	City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient’s Health and Wellness Center Inc. State’s medical marijuana laws do not preempt city’s zoning ordinance, which banned medical marijuana dispensaries, where Legislature did not clearly indicate otherwise.	Government			Nov. 10, 2011
B226724	Service Employees International Union Local 99 v. Options-A Child Care and Human Services Agency General public may enforce provision requiring compliance with Ralph M. Brown Act as intended beneficiary of contract between state agency and service provider.	Government			Nov. 10, 2011
09-17510	Conahan v. Sebelius Medicare Advantage plan is not required to pay for out-of-network surgery where it determined that surgery would be too dangerous and developed alternative plan.	Government			Nov. 2, 2011
A127292	Brown v. Superior Court (California Correctional Peace Officers Association) Furlough program is valid where implemented by executive order and retroactively validated by legislative amendments to Budget Act.	Government			Nov. 2, 2011
10-56465	American Trucking Associations Inc. v. The City of Los Angeles Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts provision in concession agreements between port and motor carriers, which required carriers to hire employee drivers over time.	Government			Nov. 1, 2011
10-35732	Taylor v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration Social Security Appeals Council improperly rejects doctor's psychiatric evaluation, which concerned assessment of mental health since applicant’s disability onset date.	Government			Oct. 28, 2011
10-16193	Newton-Nations v. Betlach Secretary of Health and Human Services exceeds waiver authority by approving Arizona's heightened cost sharing requirements for Medicaid recipients.	Government			Oct. 28, 2011
09-56515	Carrillo-Yeras v. Astrue Delay in reopening determination of eligibility for disability insurance benefits must be supported by showing that agency diligently pursued investigation.	Government			Oct. 26, 2011
A127698	Gananian v. Wagstaffe District attorneys do not have mandatory duty to investigate and prosecute alleged offenses related to expenditure of voter-approved school bond funds.	Government			Oct. 24, 2011
B230791	Johnson v. Metropolitan News Co. Newspaper need not be 'printed' exclusively in one city to qualify as newspaper of general circulation, and is 'printed' where circulation copies are mechanically produced.	Government			Oct. 11, 2011
B228781	Pack v. Superior Court (City of Long Beach) Federal law preempts provisions of city's ordinance, which permit and regulate medical marijuana collectives, rather then merely decriminalizing specific acts.	Government			Oct. 5, 2011
B228686	Lanigan v. City of Los Angeles Waiver of right to protections under Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act is permissible in context of settlement of pending disciplinary action.	Government			Oct. 4, 2011
A127292	Brown v. Superior Court (California Correctional Peace Officers Association) Furlough program is valid where implemented by executive order and retroactively validated by legislative amendments to Budget Act.	Government			Oct. 3, 2011
G044130	Traudt v. City of Dana Point Individual lacks standing to challenge zoning ordinance said to ban collective entities engaging in production and distribution of medical marijuana.	Government			Oct. 2, 2011
10-56465	American Trucking Associations Inc. v. The City of Los Angeles Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts provision in concession agreements between port and motor carriers, which required carriers to hire employee drivers over time.	Government			Sep. 26, 2011
10-35032	Al Haramain Islamic Foundation v. U.S. Dept. of the Treasury Substantial evidence supports Office of Foreign Assets Control's designation of nonprofit organization as 'specially designated global terrorist,' justifying freeze on organization's assets.	Government			Sep. 25, 2011
D057004	Golden Hill Neighborhood Association Inc. v. City of San Diego City’s failure to show proportionality of assessments charged against its park and open areas invalidates votes establishing creation of special district.	Government			Sep. 22, 2011
A129401	Tomra Pacific Inc. v. Chiang Loans between state funds to help balance state budget are lawful where provisions do not violate single-subject rule prohibiting legislation with multiple subjects.	Government			Sep. 22, 2011
A129946	Field v. Bowen Aspect of open primary law, which precludes candidates from stating preference for nonqualified political party on ballot, is constitutional.	Government			Sep. 19, 2011
B226663	West Chandler Boulevard Neighborhood Association v. City of Los Angeles In reviewing conditional use permit and parking variance, city council abuses discretion by failing to base decision on zoning administrator’s findings.	Government			Sep. 7, 2011
C061648	Brown v. Chiang State Controller has ministerial duty to implement Governor's mandatory unpaid furlough, which applies to employees of elected constitutional officers as well.	Government			Aug. 31, 2011
10-702	Opinion of Harris Majority of city council members may not attend private tour of water district facilities, which provide services to city, to acquire information regarding services.	Government			Aug. 30, 2011
A130659	Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association v. Superior Court (The Press Democrat) Retirement association is required to disclose names of persons receiving pension benefits and amount of benefits under County Employees Retirement Law.	Government			Aug. 30, 2011
09-1101	Opinion of Harris Water district may hold board meetings at its principal office, although office is located outside jurisdictional territory of district.	Government			Aug. 29, 2011
09-902	Opinion of Harris District attorney may not delegate independent authority to exercise administrative subpoena powers to county counsel, who may prosecute unfair competition law action.	Government			Aug. 29, 2011
10-503	Opinion of Harris Spouse’s financial interests are attributable to public officer spouse in determining conflicts of interest, even if premarital agreement specifies that no interest exists.	Government			Aug. 29, 2011
B219485	City of Industry v. City of Fillmore City, as ‘real party in interest,’ has standing to sue for another’s city’s alleged diversion of taxes and need not establish taxpayer standing.	Government			Aug. 26, 2011
10-16193	Newton-Nations v. Betlach Secretary of Health and Human Services exceeds waiver authority by approving Arizona's heightened cost sharing requirements for Medicaid recipients.	Government			Aug. 25, 2011
09-502	Opinion of Harris City council may not remove its appointee to Board of Trustees of Mosquito and Vector Control District at its discretion.	Government			Aug. 24, 2011
10-15180	Yonemoto v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Agency fails to comply with Freedom of Information Act by disclosing records to requester only in his capacity as employee of that agency.	Government			Aug. 18, 2011