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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union et al. v. Los Angeles Export Terminal, Inc.
Board of directors meeting of private corporation is open to the public when city is a shareholder.
Government Mar. 4, 1999
Coleman v. Morall
Order
Prisoners Rights Mar. 4, 1999
Waggoner v. Amoco Production Company
Order
Torts Mar. 4, 1999
Bankruptcy of Irvine-Pacific Commercial Insurance Brokers Inc.
Attorney fees portion of prepetition state court judgment claim isn't impermissible damages award.
Bankruptcy Mar. 4, 1999
Bankruptcy of Steward
Debtor can claim state law homestead exemption although divorced spouse claims federal exemption in own case.
Bankruptcy Mar. 4, 1999
Bankruptcy of Heddings Lumber & Building Supply Inc.
Fraudulent transfer claim invalid where the debtor has no interest in the assets transferred.
Bankruptcy Mar. 4, 1999
Bankruptcy of Elsinore Corporation
Employees not entitled to priority wages for 90-day periord prior to hotel closing where parent company still operating.
Bankruptcy Mar. 4, 1999
People v. Tillman
Imposition of penalty assessments, when there's no fine upon which to base it, is improper.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 4, 1999
People v. Thygesen
Sufficient evidence of lost rental value and reasonable replacement value of like property is required for restitution.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 4, 1999
Solano v. Abrenica
Duty owed where tennis player no longer participating in tennis activity struck by ball.
Torts Mar. 4, 1999
Monterey Plaza Hotel v. Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 483
Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation suit for defamation appropriately stricken where news broadcasts aren't defamatory.
Torts Mar. 4, 1999
Southbay Creditors Trust v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
New Motor Vehicle Board doesn't have primary jurisdiction to hear suit based entirely on common law claims.
Administrative Agencies Mar. 4, 1999
Anthony v. Cambra
Amending stayed habeas corpus petition to add newly-exhausted claims denied.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 4, 1999
Bankruptcy of Capitol Metals Co. Inc.
Disinterested entity cannot be employed by debtor as investment banker/financial advisor.
Bankruptcy Mar. 4, 1999
Salman Y., a minor
Parent who fails to protect minor child from abuse by third party isn't entitled to reunification services.
Juveniles Mar. 4, 1999
White v. Inbound Aviation
Where damages for vicarious liability in negligent entrustment case aren't properly allocated, statutory limit applies.
Torts Mar. 4, 1999
State v. Medina
Evidence of gang membership is not a mitigating circumstance for sentencing purposes.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 4, 1999
Hollaway v. Edwards
Court rule stating when attorney fees must be requested doesn't bind probate court's discretion in awarding fees.
Probate and Trusts Mar. 3, 1999
People v. Bennett
Defendants aren't entitled to advance new theories for suppressing evidence at second preliminary hearings.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 3, 1999
U.S. v. Crawford
Party seeking offset under Victim Witness Protection Act must demonstrate insurance proceeds were for same loss.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 3, 1999
Shelley J., minor
Rule allowing challenges to pleadings' sufficiency for first time on appeal doesn't apply to dependency actions.
Family Law Mar. 3, 1999
Bankruptcy of Feiler
Prepetition election to carry-forward net operating losses on a federal tax return constitutes a fraudulent transfer.
Bankruptcy Mar. 3, 1999
Raleigh v. Snowbird Corp.
Order
Employment Law Mar. 3, 1999
Penn-White v. King
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 3, 1999
Harris v. Booker
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 3, 1999
State v. Fulminante
Hearsay statements reflecting victim's belief to establish defendant's future conduct are inadmissible.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 3, 1999
Bankruptcy of McCarthy
Failure to provide trial transcript of oral findings of fact and conclusions of law warrants affirmation on appeal.
Bankruptcy Mar. 3, 1999
Persons v. Runyon
Order
Civil Rights Mar. 3, 1999
Hirsch v. Secretary of the Army
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 3, 1999
People v. Durant
Three strikes law requires consecutive sentences for crimes with different facts, committed on separate occasions.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 3, 1999