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Marriage of Bittenson
After Family Law Attorney's Real Property Lien is recorded, Family Code Section 2034(c) vests the family law court with jurisdiction to resolve any dispute arising from its existence.
Family Law 2DCA/6 Oct. 23, 2019
Modification: O.G. v. Superior Court
Senate Bill No. 1391 was inconsistent with Proposition 57 as a matter of law because it prohibited what Proposition 57 authorized, so petitioner may be prosecuted in adult court.
Juveniles 2DCA/6 Oct. 23, 2019
Ruiz-Martinez v. Super. Ct.
Improper dismissal of grand jurors in violation of Penal Code Section 939.5 did not violate the separation of powers doctrine or violate petitioner's due process rights.
Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Oct. 22, 2019
Cal200, Inc., v. Apple Valley Unified School Dist.
Appellants did not have standing to assert cause of action for injunctive relief and public interest standing exception has been consistently applied only in the context of mandamus proceedings.
Education 1DCA/2 Oct. 22, 2019
In re Jeremiah S.
Patsearch of robbery suspect violated the Fourth Amendment because officers only believed suspect may have been armed because he was a robbery suspect, and no other facts showed danger to officers' safety.
Constitutional Law 3DCA Oct. 22, 2019
P. v. Carkhum-Murphy
Defendant's statement was exculpatory by asserting defendant committed lesser included offense of misdemeanor theft but did not commit serious and violent felony of robbery; thus, prior convictions to impeach defendant properly admitted.
Evidence 3DCA Oct. 22, 2019
Faisal Nabin Kashem v. William Barr
The No Fly List criteria is not unconstitutionally vague merely because it was based on a threat assessment involving a prediction of future criminal conduct.
Constitutional Law 9th Oct. 22, 2019
In re R.C.
Under the natural and probable consequences doctrine, a juvenile aider and abettor is guilty of the offense that was a likely consequence of the crime committed, despite his adolescence.
Juveniles 2DCA/6 Oct. 22, 2019
Chatfield v. League of Women Voters
Order
USSC Oct. 22, 2019
Johnson v. United States
Order
USSC Oct. 22, 2019
Watkins v. United States
Order
USSC Oct. 22, 2019
Legrier v. United States
Order
USSC Oct. 22, 2019
Starview Property, LLC. v. Lee
An anti-SLAPP motion may be brought within 60 days of an amended complaint if the amended complaint pleads new causes of action that could not have been raised earlier.
Anti-SLAPP 2DCA/8 Oct. 21, 2019
Jimenez v. U.S. Continental Marketing, Inc.
Insufficient evidence supported finding plaintiff was not defendant's employee for Fair Employment and Housing Act purposes, and ample evidence supported finding defendant exercised direction and control over plaintiff's employment.
Employment Law 4DCA/1 Oct. 21, 2019
Modification: People v. Vital
CALCRIM No. 1128 was improper and prejudicial because it did not reflect the minimum age requirement for Penal Code Section 288.7(b) conviction as applying only to the direct perpetrator.
Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/3 Oct. 21, 2019
Nasrallah v. Barr
Order
USSC Oct. 21, 2019
Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez
Order
USSC Oct. 21, 2019
Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Protection Bureau
Order
USSC Oct. 21, 2019
Dept. of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam
Order
USSC Oct. 21, 2019
People v. McCann
There was reasonable cause to believe defendant forcibly penetrated victim against his will when defendant admitted whacking victim, and victim ended up with a broken nose and injuries to rectum.
Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/2 Oct. 18, 2019
People v. Felix
Defendant's armed robbery conviction was similar to current crime of attempted murder because in both incidents, codefendant, in defendant's presence, did not hesitate to criminally threaten and assault victims with weapon.
Evidence 3DCA Oct. 18, 2019
Dobbs v. City of Los Angeles
Trial court rightly found that public employee reasonably exercised discretionary authority when approving bollards to protect convention center from car bombs; thus, design immunity defense to personal injury claim was satisfied.
Torts 2DCA/8 Oct. 18, 2019
Tulare Pediatric Health v. State Dept. of Health Care
Under Medicaid program, state must pay counties and their clinics '100 percent' of cost for services to Medicaid beneficiaries; thus, state was required to pay 100 percent of amount clinic paid doctor.
Health Care 2DCA/8 Oct. 18, 2019
Eck v. City of Los Angeles
Because unnamed class member did not challenge her application to intervene and did not appeal from the denial of her motion to vacate judgment, she lacked standing to appeal from judgment.
Civil Procedure 2DCA/7 Oct. 17, 2019
People v. Wehr
Under Proposition 47, the crime of receiving a stolen car valued at no more than $950 under California Penal Code Section 496 must be treated as a misdemeanor.
Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Oct. 17, 2019
Oduyale v. California State Board of Pharmacy
California State Board of Pharmacy's revocation of petitioner's license was supported by substantial evidence, and the Board was not required to explain its rejection of every lesser form of discipline.
Administrative Agencies 4DCA/1 Oct. 17, 2019
Lulac v. Wheeler
Order
9th Oct. 17, 2019
Walden v. State of Nevada
State that removes case to federal court waives immunity from suit on all federal-law claims, including those that Congress failed to apply to states through unequivocal and valid abrogation of Eleventh Amendment immunity.
Immunity 9th Oct. 17, 2019
Donate-Cardona v. U.S.
Order
USSC Oct. 16, 2019
Thomas v. U.S.
Order
USSC Oct. 16, 2019