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People v. White
Lifetime inmate is ineligible for resentencing under new Three Strikes law because in third offense, he had ready access to a gun he carried.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 29, 2014
Griffin v. Gomez
California prison system may not release murderous Aryan Brotherhood leader into general prison population, because he remained an active gang member.
Prisoners Rights Jan. 29, 2014
Los Angeles Unified School District v. Garcia
Ninth Circuit accepts California Supreme Court's determination that LAUSD must provide special education services for inmates whose parents reside in county.
Education Jan. 29, 2014
People v. Kisling
Court of Appeal does not have to allow sexually violent predator’s equal protection challenge, after California Supreme Court directed courts on issue.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 29, 2014
Quezada v. City of Los Angeles
Police officers lose case alleging they received poor treatment during LAPD's investigation into off-duty discharge of one of their weapons.
Government Jan. 29, 2014
Finberg v. Manset
Grandmother may pursue visitation rights with grandchild, even if stepfather who adopted grandchild sought to prevent visitation.
Family Law Jan. 29, 2014
Larkin v. WCAB
Salaried peace officer may not receive disability benefits under statute intended to provide benefits only to voluntary peace officers.
Workers' Compensation Jan. 29, 2014
Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeper
Airline might be able to evade pilot's defamation suit because its statements to TSA that pilot was 'armed' and 'unstable' were potentially true.
Torts Jan. 28, 2014
Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp.
U.S. Steel Corp. does not have to pay workers at its steelmaking facilities for time spent putting on and taking off protective gear.
Employment Law Jan. 28, 2014
Burrage v. U.S.
Heroin dealer gets out of 20-year minimum sentence for heroin distribution because customer’s death was not caused only by heroin use.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 28, 2014
In re Glass
Former journalist who fabricated material for numerous articles in the 1990s fails to gain admission to California State Bar.
Attorneys Jan. 28, 2014
Persaud v. United States
Order
Jan. 28, 2014
Hann v. Heyns, Dir., MI DOC
Order
Jan. 28, 2014
Johnson v. Holder, Att'y Gen., et al.
Order
Jan. 28, 2014
Townsend v. Minnesota
Order
Jan. 28, 2014
In re Kelvin Settle
Order
Jan. 28, 2014
Chavez-Reyes v. Holder
Truck driver may be removed from U.S. after admitting he transported 900 pounds of cocaine, even if he was not convicted for the crime.
Immigration Jan. 28, 2014
Coleman v. Medtronic Inc.
Patient may continue to pursue claim that medical device manufacturer was negligent by not reporting problems with one of its devices to FDA.
Torts Jan. 28, 2014
R&R Pipeline Inc. v. Bond Safeguard Insurance Co.
Company timely files claim against bond insurer involving development project on private land in Castaic, which was not a ‘public work' of improvement.
Contracts Jan. 28, 2014
Elsheref v. Applied Materials Inc.
Semiconductor provider does not owe duty to protect child of engineer who worked with toxic chemicals from preconception birth defects.
Torts Jan. 28, 2014
MediVas LLC v. Marubeni Corp.
Biomedical company may not appeal arbitration order related to contractual claims against Japanese lender because order was not final.
Civil Procedure Jan. 28, 2014
Hawkins v. TACA International Airlines S.A.
Former security guard may not sue airline that hired her security company for allegedly entering into underfunded contracts.
Employment Law Jan. 28, 2014
People v. Falls
Man who attempted to use fraudulent check to pay for groceries is guilty of both passing and possessing fraudulent check.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 28, 2014
People v. Casica
Woman receives reduced sentence for burglary and forgery offenses because her one objective in crimes was to steal her friend’s money.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 27, 2014
U.S. v. Shill
Oregon man's 10-year prison term for using Internet to try to entice minor to have sex is not too harsh, even if offense was misdemeanor under Oregon law.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 27, 2014
Fox Broadcasting Co. v. Dish Network LLC
Fox Broadcasting may not temporarily stop pay television provider from offering products that allow subscribers to record programs and skip commercials.
Intellectual Property Jan. 27, 2014
Steinberg v. Chiang
State Controller may not make independent assessment that California's budget bill was not balanced or withhold legislators’ salaries on that basis.
Government Jan. 27, 2014
Fujifilm Corp. v. Yang
Fujifilm properly pursues former defendant in patent infringement suit for supposedly frustrating ability to collect on settlement with other parties.
Torts Jan. 27, 2014
People v. Virgo
Hell's Angels 'enforcer' overturns five of 10 attempted murder convictions because during shootout, some officers took cover outside his home.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 27, 2014
Hagopian v. State of California
California Coastal Commission may penalize coastal Los Angeles County homeowners, who began building a guest house on their property without permit.
Real Property Jan. 27, 2014