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Kelley v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (Merle Norman Cosmetics Inc.)
Company may not claim employee voluntarily quit by making unreasonable demands when she came back from stress leave due to sexual harassment.
Employment Law Feb. 11, 2014
People v. Bautista
State may charge man, who possessed ‘50 to 100 days’ worth of heroin, with drug dealing, even if magistrate judge believed there was not enough evidence.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 11, 2014
U.S. v. Carter
Participant in fraudulent airline ticketing scheme gets out of $66,000 restitution payment because forfeited assets already satisfied that obligation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 2014
U.S. v. Hammond
Oregon ranchers must be sentenced to at least five years of imprisonment for burning 139 acres of federal government’s public land.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 2014
Brewster v. Sun Trust Mortgage Inc.
Nationstar Mortgage may not collect foreclosure fees from servicemember based on unlawfully initiated foreclosure on his home while he was deployed.
Real Property Feb. 10, 2014
In re Martinez
Offender is ineligible for resentencing under new version of the Three Strikes law because his spousal rape conviction was a serious and violent felony.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 10, 2014
Collateral Loan and Secondhand Dealers Association v. County of Sacramento
Sacramento County may not enforce part of e-filing ordinance, which allowed pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers to stop filing paper reports.
Government Feb. 10, 2014
Marriage of Boblitt
Wife is not entitled to new discovery just because former husband filed postjudgment motion, more than four years after their divorce trial ended.
Family Law Feb. 10, 2014
The Utility Reform Network v. PUC (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.)
California PUC cannot solely rely on hearsay evidence to support its finding of need for proposed gas-fired power plant in Oakley.
Administrative Agencies Feb. 7, 2014
J.J. v. M.F.
Mother’s single act of pushing father during altercation does not warrant restraining order against her in light of father’s long history of abuse.
Family Law Feb. 7, 2014
City of Palmdale v. City of Lancaster (General Motors)
City of Lancaster must wait two years after auto dealership moves to new sales lot within City, before it can begin offering financial assistance.
Government Feb. 7, 2014
Marriage of Martin
Family court maintains authority to alter date of divorce, despite death of spouse in time period between court’s oral and written judgments.
Family Law Feb. 7, 2014
People v. Jones
Gang member who was caught on surveillance cameras shooting another gang member is guilty of first degree murder, regardless of possible jury instruction issues.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 7, 2014
Dale v. Maney (In re Dale)
Married couple must pay their creditors with $30,000 inheritance from husband’s mother, which he received after they filed for bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy Feb. 7, 2014
DeNoce v. Neff (In re Neff)
In chapter 7 bankruptcy case, debtor no longer has to pay $310,000 judgment, despite claim that he transferred property to avoid paying judgment.
Bankruptcy Feb. 6, 2014
Jensen v. State Bar
Attorney who left infant daughter alone for 40 minutes is suspended, rather than disbarred, even though he had two prior records of discipline.
Attorneys Feb. 6, 2014
U.S. v. Lyle
Pharmacist illegally tampers with consumer product by opening box of Fentanyl patches, removing them and re-gluing empty box for resale.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 6, 2014
Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness Inc. v. Cable News Network Inc.
Ninth Circuit asks California Supreme Court to analyze whether CNN’s lack of online video captioning for the hearing-impaired violates California’s Disabled Persons Act.
Civil Rights Feb. 6, 2014
Graham-Sult v. Clainos
Sons of successful Bay Area concert promoter may maintain lawsuit against their late father’s business partner based on sale of property and company.
Torts Feb. 6, 2014
Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness Inc. v. Cable News Network Inc.
Order
Feb. 6, 2014
Dodd v. Cruz
Third-party medical lien purchaser must hand over documents regarding plaintiff’s medical liens and health care costs during discovery.
Torts Feb. 6, 2014
Robins v. Spokeo Inc.
Unemployed man may sue Spokeo for providing misleading information about him on its website, which allegedly hurt his employment prospects.
Business Law Feb. 5, 2014
Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. v. Team Equipment Inc.
Insurance company gets another chance to sue companies in various states, even though it did not yet know specific details of their states of citizenship.
Civil Procedure Feb. 5, 2014
Market Lofts Community Association v. 9th Street Market Lofts LLC
Homeowners association of upscale mixed-use development in downtown Los Angeles may sue developers in relation to contractual parking rights.
Real Property Feb. 5, 2014
Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District (Imperial County Farm Bureau)
Imperial Irrigation District may conduct one protest election concerning proposed water rate increase, even if proposed fees created different rate classes.
Government Feb. 5, 2014
Bergeron v. Boyd
Family court child custody evaluator avoids mother’s lawsuit based on his issuance of order, which allegedly deprived her of contact with children.
Torts Feb. 5, 2014
Washington Environmental Council v. Bellon
Order
Feb. 4, 2014
U.S. v. Williams
District court may not revoke man’s federal supervised release after he pleaded guilty to Washington assault charge while maintaining his innocence.
Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 4, 2014
Carter v. Caleb Brett LLC
District court must provide better explanation for significant reduction of plaintiff’s attorney fee award by $8,000.
Civil Procedure Feb. 4, 2014
Berger v. Home Depot USA Inc.
Class action against Home Depot over allegedly deceptive 10 percent surcharge fails because class members agreed to various sales contracts.
Business Law Feb. 4, 2014