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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
People v. Smith
Sex offender, who successfully completed probation, may move to dismiss his pre-1997 sex offenses, which were not disqualified from dismissal by Penal Code amendments. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 30, 2014
People v. Garrett
Juvenile offender’s sentence of 74 years and four months for non-homicide robbery-related convictions constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. 		Juveniles Jun. 30, 2014
Keshtgar v. U.S. Bank N.A.
Borrower, who defaulted on mortgage loan, has no cause of action against bank to prevent bank from initiating non-judicial foreclosure proceedings. 		Real Property Jun. 30, 2014
Decon Group Inc. v. Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. LLC
Junior lien is extinguished when senior lienholder foreclosed, because senior lienholder's lien and title did not merge due to deed in lieu of foreclosure. 		Real Property Jun. 30, 2014
Upasani v. State Farm General Insurance Co.
State Farm does not need to defend or indemnify policyholders who were sued for conspiring to abduct infant, because lawsuit did not involve ‘accidental conduct.’ 		Insurance Jun. 29, 2014
Fernando C., a Minor
Student charged with fighting on school grounds may not be declared a ward based on offense of ‘fighting in public place’ as a lesser included offense. 		Juveniles Jun. 29, 2014
Old Republic Construction Program Group v. The Boccardo Law Firm Inc.
Law firm must face claims that it unlawfully withdrew settlement funds from client trust account during dispute with insurer without its consent. 		Attorneys Jun. 29, 2014
Naser v. Lakeridge Athletic Club
Personal injury plaintiff may not tax defendant's costs incurred in deposing custodian of records for each of plaintiff's health care providers, including photocopying. 		Civil Procedure Jun. 29, 2014
People v. Iraheta
Trial court’s failure to instruct jury on imperfect self-defense in case where defendant fired into an occupied motor vehicle does not warrant new trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2014
Maslo v. Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance
Insured may sue insurer for bad faith by forcing him to arbitrate uninsured motorist claim without adequately investigating, evaluating and attempting to resolve it first. 		Insurance Jun. 29, 2014
State of California v. Superior Court (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.)
Drug company only needs to make claims that are ‘in some manner deceitful’ to trigger possible civil penalties for bribing physicians to prescribe its drugs. 		Health Care Jun. 29, 2014
People v. Vargas
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
San Jose, City of v. S.C. (Smith)
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
Slaughter (Michael C.) on H.C.
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
Baucom v. S.C. (People)
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
Von Nothdurft v. Steck
Apartment building owner is entitled to credit against minimum wage obligations based on free rent provided to manager because they agreed to that arrangement. 		Employment Law Jun. 26, 2014
City of Patterson v. Turlock Irrigation District
City may not expand irrigation district's territorial boundaries only to obtain voting rights for outsiders who were already consumers of electrical services. 		Administrative Agencies Jun. 26, 2014
NLRB v. Noel Canning
President’s invocation of Recess Appointments Clause to make appointments to NLRB is invalid when they were made during short three-day Senate recess. 		Constitutional Law Jun. 26, 2014
Property Reserve v. S.C. (Department of Water Resources)
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
People v. Grewal
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
People v. Nasser
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
People v. Canizales
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
Ybarra v. Apartment Investment and Management Co.
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
Cheroti v. Harvey & Madding
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
People v. Cavazos
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co.
Federal immigration law does not preempt immigrant worker’s claims under California’s FEHA, even if he used false documents to secure employment. 		Employment Law Jun. 26, 2014
McCullen v. Coakley
Massachusetts law that created 35-foot buffer zones around abortion clinics to prevent violent clashes between abortion opponents and advocates violates First Amendment. 		Constitutional Law Jun. 26, 2014
People v. Durst
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
People v. Spriggs
Order 		Jun. 26, 2014
SPRAWLDEF v. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (Waste Connections Inc.)
Landfill expansion project moves forward because agency’s rejection of reduced-size alternative as economically infeasible was reasonable. 		Environmental Law Jun. 26, 2014
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