Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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S161399
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People v. Molano
Under Evidence Code Section 1101(b), admission of defendant's violence against other women, including that he choked his wife to unconsciousness was relevant to defeat his claim that victim's death was accidental. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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C. Corrigan | Jun. 28, 2019 |
S239122
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Modification: People v. Valenzuela
Reduction of defendant's grand theft conviction to misdemeanor through Proposition 47 established absence of essential element of street terrorism offense -- felonious criminal conduct; thus, street terrorism conviction was dismissed. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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T. Cantil-Sakauye | Jun. 28, 2019 |
A151809
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People v. Alexander
Under Penal Code Section 1538.5 (a)(1)(A), a warrantless arrest is reasonable and valid when probable cause is present; thus, surveillance video of suspects satisfied this standard. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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M. Simons | Jun. 27, 2019 |
B290608
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Lomeli v. State Dept. of Health Care Services
Collateral estoppel did not bar government's lien on plaintiff's settlement with tortfeasors; court's approval of settlement was not a decision for purposes of collateral estoppel. |
Health Care |
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J. Wiley | Jun. 27, 2019 |
A153352
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People v. Boatwright
Even if a charge is not explicitly stated in Proposition 64, an individual may seek to reduce his sentence and the trial court should evaluate in accordance with the law. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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G. Sanchez | Jun. 27, 2019 |
18-96
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Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas
Section 2 of Twenty-First Amendment does not confer limitless authority to regulate alcohol trade; thus, under dormant Commerce Clause, State's two year residency requirement for license to operate liquor store was unconstitutional. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Alito | Jun. 27, 2019 |
18-15
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Kisor v. Wilkie
'Auer v. Robbins' and 'Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.' which allow courts to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of its own genuinely ambiguous regulations, remain in place. |
Administrative Agencies |
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E. Kagan | Jun. 27, 2019 |
17-1672
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U.S. v. Haymond
When 'a finding of fact alters the legally prescribed punishment so as to aggravate it' that finding must be made by a jury of the defendant's peers beyond a reasonable doubt. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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N. Gorsuch | Jun. 27, 2019 |
17-35760
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Skokomish Tribe v. Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Tribe failed to comply with the jurisdictional rules and pre-filing requirements of Judge's decision in 'United States v. Washington,' so summary judgment against the Tribe was proper. |
Native American Affairs |
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C. Bea | Jun. 27, 2019 |
17-15713
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Interior Glass Systems v. U.S.
Taxpayer failed to disclose its participation in the Group Term Life Insurance Plan, a transaction substantially similar to the listed transaction of IRS Notice 2007-83, warranting monetary penalties. |
Tax |
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P. Watford | Jun. 27, 2019 |
F077508
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In re J.M.
The First Amendment's protection of free speech does not extend to protecting malicious statements that have the ability to provoke an immediate breach of peace, including false bomb threats. |
Constitutional Law |
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J. Detjen | Jun. 26, 2019 |
D073830
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People v. Korwin
Under Penal Code Section 288.3(a), contacting a minor with knowledge and intent to commit a sexual offense, it is not required that the victim is an actual minor. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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J. McConnell | Jun. 26, 2019 |
A151536
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Pneuma International, Inc. v. Cho
Trial court did not err in declining to base California's Unfair Competition Law cause of action on common-law tort of trespass to chattel; thus, judgment was affirmed. |
Torts |
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J. Humes | Jun. 26, 2019 |
A153423
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County of Sonoma v. Gustely
Trial court abused its discretion by reducing administrative hearing officer's daily penalty rate without identifying flaws in the hearing officer's process or lack of evidentiary support for the calculation. |
Administrative Agencies |
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J. Kline | Jun. 26, 2019 |
G051787
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People v. Toledano
After defendant proposed legally incorrect jury instructions on his litigation privilege affirmative defense, the trial court's failure to give legally correct instructions sua sponte prejudiced defendant. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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R. Aronson | Jun. 26, 2019 |
B284521
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Gonzalez v. City National Bank
42 U.S.C. Section 1396p(d)(4)(A) mandates that Department of Health Care Services seek recovery of total medical assistance paid on behalf of beneficiary in special needs trust containing that condition. |
probate_and_trusts |
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N. Stone | Jun. 26, 2019 |
17-55180
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Biel v. St. James School
Order |
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Jun. 26, 2019 | ||
17-1679
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Gray v. Wilkie
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
17-1693
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Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans v. Wilkie
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
18-776
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Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
18-1015
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Ovalles v. Barr
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
18-916
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Dex Media Inc. v. Click-To-Call
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
18-1023
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Maine Community Health Options v. U.S.
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
18-1028
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Moda Health Plan Inc. v. U.S.
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
18-1038
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Land of Lincoln Mutual Health v. U.S.
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
18-1150
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Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org Inc.
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
18-6943
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Banister v. Davis
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
18-266
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Dutra Group v. Batterton
Mariner may not recover punitive damages on unseaworthy claim; punitive damages are not a traditional remedy for unseaworthiness. |
Maritime Law |
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S. Alito | Jun. 25, 2019 |
18-302
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Iancu v. Brunetti
Lanham Act's 'immoral or scandalous' bar to trademark registration under Section 1052(a) was viewpoint-based and unconstitutional under the First Amendment. |
Constitutional Law |
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E. Kagan | Jun. 25, 2019 |
18-481
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Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
Commercial or financial information customarily and actually treated as private by its owner and imparted under assurance of privacy is 'confidential' under the Freedom of Information Act's Exemption 4. |
statutory_interpretation |
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N. Gorsuch | Jun. 25, 2019 |