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Gordon v. City of Oakland
City does not violate minimum wage provisions of Fair Labor Standards Act by requiring employee to reimburse it for training costs after resigning.
Employment Law Nov. 21, 2010
Sameyah v. Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association
Widow is not entitled to service-connected benefits because husband’s cancer was not caused by carcinogens he was exposed to at his job.
Insurance Nov. 21, 2010
Environmental Protection Information Center v. California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection
Party is entitled to attorney fees as successful litigant despite partial reversal of claims where significant benefit is shown by effectuation of policy.
Attorneys Nov. 21, 2010
Nelson v. County of Kern (Carlton Global Resources)
County must evaluate environmental effects of entire surface mining project even though project was on federally owned land.
Environmental Law Nov. 21, 2010
People v. Duarte
Where street terrorism charge requires element of underlying firearm discharge felony, defendant may only be sentenced pursuant to one charge.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2010
Christian Legal Society Chapter of University of California v. Wu
Order
Nov. 18, 2010
Kling v. Superior Court (People)
Court may allow disclosure of identity of subpoenaed third party and nature of documents sought by defendant in criminal trial.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2010
E.R., a Minor
Conspiracy to commit murder conviction does not compel finding of first-degree, rather than second-degree, murder where murder occured under circumstances not contemplated.
Juveniles Nov. 18, 2010
Kling v. Superior Court (People)
Order
Nov. 18, 2010
Kirby v. Immoos Fire Protection
Order
Nov. 18, 2010
Brookler v. Radioshack Corporation
Order
Nov. 18, 2010
Red Light Photo Enforcement Cases
Order
Nov. 18, 2010
Ameron International Corp. v. Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania
Quasi-judicial adjudicative proceeding is ‘suit’ triggering insurer’s duty to defend where agency proceedings require filing of complaint.
Insurance Nov. 18, 2010
People v. Foster
Defendant’s prior offenses are properly admitted to prove common plan in robbing and assaulting women while they were alone in offices.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2010
Pineda v. Bank of America N.A.
Three-year statute of limitations applies when employee only seeks penalties for failure to timely pay final wages under Labor Code Section 203.
Employment Law Nov. 18, 2010
Parth v. Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Nurses are not denied overtime pay when their employer allowed option to receive different pay at overtime rates for longer shifts.
Labor Law Nov. 18, 2010
C.B., a Minor
Court may not base finding of parent-child relationship exception on unenforceable expectation of future contact between biological mother and children.
Juveniles Nov. 18, 2010
People v. Labelle
Felony vandalism constitutes qualifying offense for 'mentally disordered offender' finding where defendant shattered window while officer stood next to it.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2010
Lewis v. Verizon Communications Inc.
Defendant’s concession that some class members were billed for unauthorized charges places entire billings in controversy, thereby satisfying jurisdictional amount.
Civil Procedure Nov. 18, 2010
Schofield v. Superior Court (Diocese of San Joaquin)
Court may not adjudicate dispute seeking declaration on which bishop presides over diocese because dispute rested on religious doctrine.
Constitutional Law Nov. 18, 2010
People v. Poroj
Concurrence of felonious intent and causing great bodily injury is enough for sentence enhancement, and separate finding of intent to inflict injury is unnecessary.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2010
People v. Baldwin
Trial court errs by excluding hearsay evidence of defendant's inconsistent statements on ground that defendant was required to testify.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2010
U.S. v. Anderson
Felony convictions resulting from nolo contendere pleas sufficiently support defendant's federal indictment for being felon in possession of firearm.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 17, 2010
Dalton v. Lee Publications, Inc.
Order
Nov. 17, 2010
A.L., a Minor
Reinstatement of mother’s parental rights has same effect on father’s rights where it was in minors’ best interests that father’s rights be reinstated.
Juveniles Nov. 17, 2010
PNEC Corp. v. Meyer
Court may award attorney fees to moving party under Civil Code Section 1717 where action on contract was dismissed due to inconvenient forum.
Attorneys Nov. 17, 2010
Nursing Home Pension Fund Local 144 v. Oracle Corp.
Plaintiffs fail to defeat grant of summary judgment motion where they did not show specific facts of fraud relating to company’s earnings projections.
Corporations Nov. 16, 2010
San Francisco Unified School District v. WCAB
Workers’ compensation calculation for psychiatric injury caused partly by personnel action is proper when based on both industrial and non-industrial factors.
Workers' Compensation Nov. 16, 2010
Pedro Z., a Minor
Father is not entitled to reunification services for child returned to mother, unless child was placed in foster care or custody of former non-custodial parent.
Juveniles Nov. 16, 2010
Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp.
Court properly refuses to instruct jury on 'sophisticated purchaser defense' where proposed instruction was not based on theory that plaintiff had knowledge.
Torts Nov. 16, 2010