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Eskeland v. City of Del Mar (Scurlock)
City correctly approves variance to excuse hillside property owner from 20-foot front yard setback requirement based on property’s unique characteristics.
Real Property Mar. 17, 2014
USACM Liquidating Trust v. Deloitte & Touche
Order
Mar. 17, 2014
Rosebrock v. Mathis
Veteran's request to stop Dept. of Veterans Affairs from citing protestors outside of Los Angeles facility is moot, after associate director instituted policy change.
Constitutional Law Mar. 17, 2014
Coronado v. Holder
BIA properly finds legal resident inadmissible based on his California convictions for methamphetamine possession, but must rehear his due process claims.
Immigration Mar. 17, 2014
Blake v. Baker
District court must allow habeas petitioner to return to state court to exhaust ineffective assistance claim because he had good cause to justify failure to exhaust.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 17, 2014
Garcia v. Google Inc.
Order
Mar. 17, 2014
Wu v. Markosian (In re Markosian)
Debtors may reclaim $100,000 post-petition bonus from bankruptcy estate, because they converted their bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7.
Bankruptcy Mar. 14, 2014
People v. Gray
City must make public announcement and institute 30-day warning notice period for each 'red light camera' it installs, before issuing citations.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 14, 2014
People v. Montes
Capital murderer may not also be convicted of carjacking, because it was already included in offense of kidnapping during a carjacking.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 14, 2014
Kilby v. CVS Pharmacy
Order
Mar. 14, 2014
People v. Cook
Order
Mar. 14, 2014
In re Mark R.
Order
Mar. 14, 2014
Murray (Christopher) on H.C.
Order
Mar. 14, 2014
Burdick v. S.C. (Sanderson)
Order
Mar. 14, 2014
Daimler AG v. S.C. (Pierson)
Order
Mar. 14, 2014
U.S. v. Morales-Isabarras
District court may revoke supervised release for Mexican citizen, who repeatedly illegally reentered U.S., although his term of supervised release had already expired.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 14, 2014
San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority v. Jewell
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s biological opinion regarding harmful impacts of water projects on endangered delta smelt is valid based on best science available.
Environmental Law Mar. 14, 2014
U.S. v. Morris
District court properly calculates banks' $1,033,500 loss in mortgage fraud case by deducting amount they recovered from entire value of principal of loans.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 14, 2014
Baumann v. Chase Investment Services Corp.
Employer may not remove California Private Attorneys General action from state to federal court under Class Action Fairness Act.
Employment Law Mar. 14, 2014
North Counties Engineering Inc. v. State Farm General Insurance Co.
Court improperly issues directed verdict for insurer when its own claims representatives admitted it had duty to defend construction company at trial.
Insurance Mar. 14, 2014
People v. Superior Court (Flores)
Juvenile offender chooses wrong law in his attempt to recall sentence of 76 years to life, which he claimed equated to life without parole.
Juveniles Mar. 14, 2014
Montague v. AMN Healthcare Inc.
Nurse staffing company is not liable for carbolic acid poisoning of nurse by medical assistant, who was assigned by company to work at hospital.
Torts Mar. 14, 2014
People v. Solis
Juvenile murderer’s term of 50 years to life in prison must include parole eligibility hearing after he serves 25 years in prison.
Juveniles Mar. 13, 2014
People v. Waxler
Police officer has reasonable cause to search truck after smelling odor of burnt marijuana and observing marijuana pipe inside vehicle.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 13, 2014
Huang v. Holder
Chinese citizen is not entitled to religious asylum based on immigration judge’s determinations regarding her superficial demeanor and testimony.
Immigration Mar. 13, 2014
Rivera v. County of Los Angeles
Man’s incarceration for a over month due to mistaken identity does not violate due process where police officers reasonably believed he was subject of arrest warrant.
Civil Rights Mar. 13, 2014
Estate of Gertrude H. Saunders v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
IRS Commissioner correctly disallows $30 million estate tax deduction, which estate claimed based on lawsuit that latter settled for $250,000.
Taxation Mar. 13, 2014
Wells Fargo & Co. v. ABD Insurance & Financial Services Inc.
Wells Fargo may be entitled to preliminary injunction to stop new company from attempting to use ABD Insurance trademark, after it had already acquired ABD.
Intellectual Property Mar. 13, 2014
Weaver v. Superior Court (The District Attorney’s Office of San Diego County)
District Attorney’s Office must provide documents to death row inmate to aid his investigation of whether it impermissibly sought death penalty based on race.
Government Mar. 13, 2014
Seahaus La Jolla Owners Association v. Superior Court (La Jolla View Ltd. LLC)
Developer may not force homeowners to disclose contents of informational meetings, during which law firm informed them of litigation developments.
Real Property Mar. 13, 2014