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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
96-10043	U.S. v. Garcia Preponderance of evidence standard applies to subornation of witness perjury finding supporting obstruction of justice enhancement.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
96-16709 and 96-16721	Operating Engineers Health and Welfare Trust Fund v. JWJ Contracting Co. ERISA doesn't pre-empt Arizona statute governing public contractor payment bonds and guarantees by third-party sureties.	Labor Law			May 21, 1999
96-30327	U.S. v. Sylve Assimilative Crimes Act applies to state rehabilitation program of deferred prosecution resembling preconviction probation.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
H016390	Kockelman v. Segal Health care providers aren't entitled to judgment in wrongful death action solely because decedent was outpatient.	Torts			May 21, 1999
B113661	State of California v. Superior Court (Woosley) Class in class action suit against DMV is limited to persons who file timely claims.	Civil Procedure			May 21, 1999
C026314	Californians for Political Reform Foundation v. Fair Political Practices Commission Fair Political Practices Commission regulations regarding political action committees don't conflict with Political Reform Act.	Government			May 21, 1999
A075356 and A075424	Chazen v. Centennial Bank Plaintiff adequately states conversion claim against bank based on charges against account by loan broker.	Torts			May 21, 1999
B115040	Lewis v. Superior Court (People) Superior court clerk isn't empowered to decide whether or not an order is appealable.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
D024647	McManis v. The San Diego Postal Credit Union In wrongful car repossession action, summary judgment for creditor not in compliance with law is error.	Contracts			May 21, 1999
E018978 and E019611	Mead v. Sanwa Bank of California Landowners' deed of trust in favor of developer's construction lender makes them surety but doesn't prevent foreclosure.	Real Property			May 21, 1999
S052788	People v. Bennett Defendant's attorneys aren't incompetent for not challenging investigator's actions since motion wouldn't have been meritorious.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
96-17121	El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Neztsosie Price-Anderson Act doesn't bar Tribal Court from determining its jurisdiction over member's personal injury claim.	Native American Affairs			May 21, 1999
95-55747 and 95-56467	Richards v. Lloyd's of London Antiwaiver provisions of securities acts don't void choice of law provisions in international insurance underwriting agreement.	Securities			May 21, 1999
96-16526	Norman-Bloodsaw v. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Employer violates employee's right to privacy by non-consensually retrieving unrevealed medical information from routine health examination.	Employment Law			May 21, 1999
B093741	People v. Hurd No right to remain silent selectively, and such silence may be used for impeachment purposes.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
B104618	Nissel v. The Subscribing Underwriters at Lloyd's of London No coverage under jeweler's block policy for theft of jewels from salesperson's unattended vehicle.	Insurance			May 21, 1999
96-10348	U.S. v. Sprague Base offense level calculation for drugs requires excluding weight of materials removed to make product usable.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
97-30119	U.S. v. Clavette Defendant isn't entitled to jury trial for killing grizzly bear in violation of Endangered Species Act.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
96-15720	United States v. Real Property In civil forfeiture action against property, due process doesn't require owner actually receive notice of proceeding.	Civil Procedure			May 21, 1999
97-15005	Tyler v. Cisneros Historic Preservation Act claims regarding federal housing funds after release, aren't barred by statute of limitations	Environmental Law			May 21, 1999
97-15052	Tucson Airport Authority v. General Dynamics Corp. Administrative Procedure Act doesn't waive government's sovereign immunity for war contractor's suit under Contract Settlement Act.	Environmental Law			May 21, 1999
97-30042	U.S. v. Doe Federal arson statute is violated when structural fire develops from smoldering paper ignited by juvenile.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
97-10201	People for the Territory of Guam v. Veloria Prosecutor's erroneous elicitation of testimony regarding defendant's invocation of right to remain silent doesn't require objection.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
97-35124	Dodd v. Hood River County Issues in state administrative and judicial proceedings preclude relief in parallel federal 'takings' claim.	Real Property			May 21, 1999
96-55528	Bankruptcy of Weisberg Relief from automatic stay isn't required to liquidate stock pledged by debtor as 'margin loan' collateral.	Bankruptcy			May 21, 1999
E019765	People v. James Order				May 21, 1999
95-55657	Cooper v. Pickett Fraud liability is based on statements to analyst by corporate insiders with intent to reach market.	Securities			May 21, 1999
96-16519	Mach v. Stewart Further court voir dire necessary to find if potential juror's prejudicial expert-like statements infected panel.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999
B116436	Banner Entertainment, Inc. v. Superior Court (Alchemy Filmworks, Inc.) Arbitration agreements created by oral contract or past behavior must be evidenced to be enforced.	Contracts			May 21, 1999
A076192	People v. Gokey Separate sentence enhancements may be imposed for prior conviction and prior sentence relating to same offense.	Criminal Law and Procedure			May 21, 1999