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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
People v. DeVaughn
Money laundering convictions based on personal checks must be reversed for three men who used fictitious identity to enter into numerous fraudulent loan transactions. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 10, 2014
G.B., a Minor
Court may deny mother’s requests to modify order denying reunification services without holding evidentiary hearing, in light of severe abuse suffered by child. 		Juveniles Jul. 10, 2014
People v. Eid
Defendants charged with kidnapping for ransom are properly convicted of two lesser included offenses of attempted extortion and misdemeanor false imprisonment. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 10, 2014
People v. Vargas
Trial court must dismiss one of two prior convictions under Three Strikes law, when they arose from same prior incident and were based on same act. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 10, 2014
Service Employees International Union Local 1021 AFL-CIO v. County of Sonoma
County's community development commission may contract with private company to conduct housing inspection services that union employees used to perform. 		Labor Law Jul. 10, 2014
U.S. v. Hsiung
Convicted conspirators in antitrust price fixing of Liquid Crystal Display panels may not escape liability by arguing that Sherman Act does not reach foreign conduct. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 10, 2014
Avila v. Los Angeles Police Dept.
LAPD may not claim that it fired officer due to his failure to submit overtime requests, rather than his testimony in fellow officer’s FLSA unpaid overtime suit against LAPD. 		Employment Law Jul. 10, 2014
G.P., a Minor
Juvenile court properly terminates parental rights of father without violating due process in light of his lengthy incarceration and lack of concern for his children. 		Juveniles Jul. 10, 2014
In re S.F.
Order 		Jul. 10, 2014
People v. Jernigan
Inmate's prior attempted forcible oral copulation serious felony conviction does not bar him from seeking resentencing under Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 10, 2014
County of Colusa v. Douglas
State of California, rather than counties, must pay for ancillary outpatient services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with mental diseases who are not covered by federal law. 		Health Care Jul. 9, 2014
People v. Davis
Homeless man who was convicted of burglary cannot appeal trial court’s decision to seal police officer’s records 12 years later in connection with different matter. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 9, 2014
Dilts v. Penske Logistics LLC
Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act does not preempt truck drivers’ class action against trucking company alleging violations of California’s meal and rest break laws. 		Employment Law Jul. 9, 2014
Inhale Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco Inc.
Company may not copyright shape of water container for hookah, a device for smoking tobacco, because its utilitarian function and shape are inseparable. 		Intellectual Property Jul. 9, 2014
People v. Juarez
Prosecution may proceed with murder conspiracy charges, despite refiling case more than once, where original, attempted murder charges did not have identical elements. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 9, 2014
Rea v. Blue Shield of California
Health care service plans must provide residential care treatment to patients who suffer from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa under California Mental Health Parity Act. 		Health Care Jul. 9, 2014
Chodos v. Borman
Trial court mistakenly allows jury to multiply attorney’s hourly rate by five, resulting in $7.8 million fee award, which was both excessive and inequitable. 		Attorneys Jul. 9, 2014
People v. Salazar
Trial court may permit additional closing arguments following jury’s inquiry indicating it had reached impasse on man’s carjacking offense. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 9, 2014
People v. Guillen
Inmates may not overturn convictions for murdering detainee they believed was child molester by alleging that sheriff’s department condoned their conduct. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 8, 2014
People v. Flores
Three Strikes Reform Act’s limits on resentencing for inmates who would pose ‘unreasonable risk of danger to public safety’ is not impermissibly vague. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 8, 2014
Citizens for a Sustainable Treasure Island v. City and County of San Francisco (Treasure Island Community Development LLC)
Environmental impact report adequately analyzes San Francisco’s conversion of Treasure Island into mixed-use community, regardless of whether report was ‘project-level.’ 		Environmental Law Jul. 8, 2014
North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Westlands Water District (United States Bureau of Reclamation)
Interim renewal contracts, allowing water districts to continue receiving water in accordance with 40-year service contract, are exempt from CEQA requirements. 		Environmental Law Jul. 7, 2014
Wheaton College v. Burwell
Order 		Jul. 7, 2014
City of Los Angeles v. County of Kern
City of Los Angeles’ state action against Kern County, seeking to enjoin its ban on use of biosolids as fertilizer, is untimely filed after federal court’s dismissal. 		Environmental Law Jul. 7, 2014
Conservatorship of McQueen
Conservator may not recover attorney fees incurred in fraudulent transfer action to enforce separate judgment, which had already been satisfied. 		Conservatorship Jul. 7, 2014
People v. Weatherton
Capital defendant overturns murder convictions and death sentence where juror lobbied others for guilty verdict and discussed case with them before deliberations. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 7, 2014
Bojnoordi v. Holder
Iranian citizen is ineligible for most immigration removal relief because he provided material support to Tier III terrorist organization in the 1970s. 		Immigration Jul. 7, 2014
Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer
Arizona may not enforce policy that prevents immigrants, who came to U.S. without permission as children, from obtaining driver’s licenses. 		Civil Rights Jul. 7, 2014
In re Hansen
Man upends second-degree felony-murder conviction based on shooting at inhabited building because shooting ‘merged’ with resulting homicide. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 7, 2014
Carlsen v. Koivumaki
Highly intoxicated man who fell from cliff may sue two companions who took him there and waited several hours before informing authorities of his fall. 		Torts Jul. 7, 2014
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