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Carter v. Holiday Ice Skating Center
Defendant's duty to provide appropriate rental equipment renders primary assumption of risk doctrine inapplicable.
Torts Feb. 10, 1999
Huggard v. Golden Corral Corporation
Order
Workers' Compensation Feb. 10, 1999
Cavanaugh v. Apfel
Order
Administrative Agencies Feb. 10, 1999
Bankruptcy of Cervantes
Pre-judgment support arrearages assigned to county as condition for public assistance are dischargeable.
Bankruptcy Feb. 10, 1999
Harjo v. Kaiser
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 1999
Gonzales v. Lytle
Failure to allow the jury to consider the recantation of testimony incriminating a defendant, is error.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 1999
Bankruptcy of Maldonado
Court errs by finding creditor failed to establish intent to deceive and mitigate damages in nondischargeability case.
Bankruptcy Feb. 10, 1999
Bankruptcy of Cobe
Summary judgment nondischargeability determination conditioned on affirmation of state jury verdict is appropriate.
Bankruptcy Feb. 10, 1999
Bankruptcy of Way
Automatic stay doesn't apply to dismissal of prepetition court action commenced by debtor.
Bankruptcy Feb. 10, 1999
Department of Commerce v. U.S. House of Representatives
Census Act prohibits statistical sampling in calculating population for purposes of congressional apportionment.
Government Feb. 10, 1999
Hughes Aircraft Co. v. Jacobson
Defined benefit plan amendments aren't prohibited by Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Employment Law Feb. 10, 1999
People v. Ingram
Order
Feb. 10, 1999
California Coastal Commission v. Tahmassebi
Order
Feb. 10, 1999
Tidmore v. Automobile Club of California
Rescue doctrine applies in case involving just two parties rather than usual three.
Torts Feb. 10, 1999
Riggs v. California
Although petty offenses don't qualify as serious 'strike' crimes, certiorari is denied where habeas relief is possible.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 1999
Snyder v. Trepagnier
Certiorari granted
Feb. 10, 1999
Los Carneros Community Associates v. Penfield & Smith Engineers, Inc.
Order
Feb. 10, 1999
People v. Krantz
Undercover agent's alleged offer to pay for protected artifacts doesn't support entrapment defense.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 1999
People v. Contreras
Miscarriage of justice requiring reversal results from prosecutor's misconduct and exclusion of opinion evidence.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 1999
Buckley, Secretary of State of Colorado v. American Constitutional Law Foundation Inc.
Age restrictions and petition circulation time limits are reasonable regulations of the ballot-initiative process.
Government Feb. 10, 1999
El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. v. Tseng
Warsaw Convention precludes tort action under local laws when cause of action isn't included in Convention.
Torts Feb. 10, 1999
In re Daniel Lee Fricker on Habeas Corpus
Review granted
Feb. 10, 1999
People v. Belei
Review granted
Feb. 10, 1999
County of Fresno v. Ruiz
Default judgment ordering child support could be set aside when extrinsic fraud shown to obtain judgment.
Family Law Feb. 10, 1999
People v. Diaz
Court's failure to instruct jury immediately prior to deliberations doesn't constitute reversible error.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 1999
West v. Gibson
Certiorari granted
Feb. 10, 1999
Greater New Orleans Broadcasting v. United States
Certiorari granted
Feb. 10, 1999
Cunningham v. Hamilton County
Certiorari granted
Feb. 10, 1999
Lopez v. Monterey County
Before implementing state voting changes, federal government must approve.
Civil Rights Feb. 10, 1999
California Public Employees' Retirement System v. Felzen
Order
Feb. 10, 1999