Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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C087061
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Lucky Chances, Inc. v. California Gambling Control Com.
Though the Gambling Control Commission is authorized to impose additional license conditions, it may not impose disciplinary measures where it does not find any law, regulation, or license violations. |
Gaming |
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J. Renner | Oct. 30, 2024 |
D081792
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People v. Field
Equal protection principles were violated by requiring defendants to testify during their commitment trials under the Sexually Violent Predators Act. |
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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R. Huffman | Oct. 30, 2024 |
G062621
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Muha v. Experian Information Solutions
Fair Credit Reporting Act plaintiffs lacked standing because they did not allege a concrete injury. |
Consumer Law, Civil Procedure |
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T. Delaney | Oct. 30, 2024 |
22-55685
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U.S. v. Nasri
Due process required a district court to establish control or constructive control over property in a forfeiture action to exercise in rem jurisdiction over the property. |
Civil Procedure |
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R. Desai | Oct. 30, 2024 |
B333201
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JCCrandall v. County of Santa Barbara
Conditional use permit for cannabis cultivation should not have been granted where owner of servient tenement objected to the use of easement for transportation of federally illegal cannabis across property. |
Real Property |
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A. Gilbert | Oct. 30, 2024 |
A169493
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In re H.B.
Agency's failure to make reasonable efforts to prevent the need for removal of children from father's custody warranted reversal of juvenile court's order. |
Dependency |
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J. Richman | Oct. 30, 2024 |
B326446
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Gooden v. County of Los Angeles
Where County's amendment to proposed land use plan did not alter the plan's main features, California Environmental Quality Act was not violated. |
Environmental Law, Municipal Law |
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B. Hoffstadt | Oct. 29, 2024 |
D081490
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People v. Corbi
Gang expert's trial testimony that defendant started a quarrel was improper because the jury did not need special knowledge to apply the expert's logic to the facts. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence |
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W. Dato | Oct. 29, 2024 |
E082263
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People v. Rogers
Transferring to a different county's probation department was not a factual basis for modifying probation to include drug and alcohol-related conditions. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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T. Fields | Oct. 29, 2024 |
B332699
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In re G.R.
An alleged father had no standing as an aggrieved party to an order requiring his visits be monitored. |
Family Law |
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J. Wiley | Oct. 29, 2024 |
E079255
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People v. Thompson
Successive limited habeas corpus petition was the proper vehicle for capital defendant seeking resentencing relief under ameliorative changes to murder statutes due to the requirements of voter-approved Proposition 66. |
Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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M. Ramirez | Oct. 29, 2024 |
H050485
|
Alafi v. Cohen
Trial court's failure to issue requested statement of decision was prejudicial error given that it forestalled appropriate appellate review. |
Civil Procedure, Business Law |
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C. Wilson | Oct. 29, 2024 |
B323455
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In re Marriage of Shayan
Judgment for attorney fees entered by the family court did not expire until fully satisfied, so writ of execution issued more than 10 years after the judgment's entry was proper. |
Family Law, Civil Procedure |
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V. Viramontes | Oct. 29, 2024 |
A167964
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Modification: People v. Briscoe
Penal Code Section 3051 violated equal protection as applied to defendant's challenge to life without parole sentence for special circumstance murder. |
, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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D. Douglas | Oct. 29, 2024 |
24A287
|
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Inc. v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Assn.
Order |
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Oct. 29, 2024 | ||
23-616
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U.S. v. Sharma
Federal sentencing enhancements involving child pornography did not violate Due Process Clause. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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A. Johnstone | Oct. 29, 2024 |
23-55770
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Heckman v. Live Nation Entertainment Inc.
Arbitration agreement to be conducted under New Era's Expedited/Mass Arbitration rules was unconscionable, due in part to its bellwether process. |
Arbitration |
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W. Fletcher | Oct. 29, 2024 |
23-55714
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Loffman v. California Dept. of Education
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act violated the Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution by limiting access to benefits to those who attended nonsectarian educational institutions. |
Constitutional Law, Education |
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K. Wardlaw | Oct. 29, 2024 |
S280752
|
North American Title Company v. Superior Court (Cortina)
Statement of disqualification alleging judicial bias must be presented at the earliest practicable opportunity after discovery of facts constituting grounds, and failure to do so is forfeiture of the right. |
Judges, Civil Procedure |
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P. Guerrero | Oct. 29, 2024 |
B332714
|
Reich v. Reich
Because IRAs are nonprobate transfers, decedent's widow was not entitled to omitted spouse's share of decedent's IRA whose beneficiaries were separate trusts created by the decedent's testamentary trust. |
Trust and Estates |
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B. Hoffstadt | Oct. 28, 2024 |
B322044
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Richard v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Exclusion of expert testimony was error where the witness had experience and knowledge operating trains on tracks where accident occurred that could have assisted the jury in making its determination. |
Evidence |
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N. Bershon | Oct. 28, 2024 |
23-3718
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U.S. v. Shih
The higher base offense level for a violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act was appropriate to use in sentencing an individual who exported monolithic microwave integrated circuits for a Chinese military weapons developer. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, International Law |
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A. Hurwitz | Oct. 28, 2024 |
A165677
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People ex rel. Bonta v. County of Lake
Environmental impact report insufficiently disclosed information regarding increased wildfire risks, as required by the California Environmental Quality Act. |
Environmental Law |
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C. Hite | Oct. 25, 2024 |
A166139
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People v. Royal
Arson's malice requirement was met where defendant caused a fire while manufacturing a controlled substance. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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M. Miller | Oct. 25, 2024 |
C100920
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Price v. Superior Court (People)
Petitioner who previously had been found suitable for conditional release under Sexually Violent Predator Act was entitled to appointment of experts to assist him when his suitability faced reconsideration. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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L. Earl | Oct. 25, 2024 |
B330062
|
People v. Ocobachi
Grand jury transcripts were not admissible in a resentencing hearing where defendant did not participate in the grand jury proceedings. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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V. Chavez | Oct. 25, 2024 |
A167908
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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 |
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M. Miller | Oct. 25, 2024 |
A168296
|
Modification: Wentworth v. Regents of the University of California
Trial court erred in granting summary adjudication to U.C. Berkeley assistant professor's invasion of privacy claim. |
Employment Law |
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T. Brown | Oct. 25, 2024 |
23-3449
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CPC Patent Technologies PTY Ltd. v. Apple
District court's order permitting discovery for use in a foreign proceeding was not final and could not be appealed because the order's scope remained undetermined. |
Civil Procedure, Patent Law |
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D. Bress | Oct. 25, 2024 |
B331779
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Santa Clarita Organization for Planning v. County of Los Angeles
Despite involving California Environmental Quality Act violations, environmental groups' claim questioning County's approval of project's tentative tract map fell within the Subdivision Map Act's requirement for serving summons. |
Environmental Law, Real Property |
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G. Feuer | Oct. 24, 2024 |