Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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B244098
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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 |
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Feb. 11, 2014 | |
G048566
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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 |
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Feb. 11, 2014 | |
12-10549
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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 |
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Feb. 10, 2014 | |
12-30337
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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 |
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Feb. 10, 2014 | |
12-56560
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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 |
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Feb. 10, 2014 | |
D063719
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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 |
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Feb. 10, 2014 | |
C070987
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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 |
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Feb. 10, 2014 | |
C072685
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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 |
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Feb. 10, 2014 | |
A138701
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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 |
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Feb. 7, 2014 | |
B246401
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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 |
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Feb. 7, 2014 | |
B243802
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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 |
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Feb. 7, 2014 | |
B250349
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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 |
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Feb. 7, 2014 | |
B242963
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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 |
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Feb. 7, 2014 | |
13-1251
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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 |
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Feb. 7, 2014 | |
13-1041
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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 |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
11-C-11890
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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 |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
12-30389
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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 |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
12-15807
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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 |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
11-16779
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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 |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
12-15807o
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Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness Inc. v. Cable News Network Inc.
Order |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | ||
B247493
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Dodd v. Cruz
Third-party medical lien purchaser must hand over documents regarding plaintiff’s medical liens and health care costs during discovery. |
Torts |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
11-56843
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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 |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
12-56203
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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 |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
B245558
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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 |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
D060146
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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 |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
A137802
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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 |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
12-35323
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Washington Environmental Council v. Bellon
Order |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | ||
12-30353
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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 |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
12-16846
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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 |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
11-55592
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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 |
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Feb. 4, 2014 |