Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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D063369
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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 |
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Jan. 29, 2014 | |
09-16744
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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 |
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Jan. 29, 2014 | |
10-55879
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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 |
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Jan. 29, 2014 | |
C072497
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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 |
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Jan. 29, 2014 | |
B245879
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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 |
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Jan. 29, 2014 | |
B245787
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Finberg v. Manset
Grandmother may pursue visitation rights with grandchild, even if stepfather who adopted grandchild sought to prevent visitation. |
Family Law |
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Jan. 29, 2014 | |
C065891
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Larkin v. WCAB
Salaried peace officer may not receive disability benefits under statute intended to provide benefits only to voluntary peace officers. |
Workers' Compensation |
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Jan. 29, 2014 | |
12-315
|
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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
12-417
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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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
12-7515
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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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
S196374
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In re Glass
Former journalist who fabricated material for numerous articles in the 1990s fails to gain admission to California State Bar. |
Attorneys |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
13-6435
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Persaud v. United States
Order |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | ||
13-7472
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Hann v. Heyns, Dir., MI DOC
Order |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | ||
13-7571
|
Johnson v. Holder, Att'y Gen., et al.
Order |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | ||
13-7839
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Townsend v. Minnesota
Order |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | ||
13-7738
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In re Kelvin Settle
Order |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | ||
10-70776
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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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
B243609
|
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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
B246974
|
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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
H038333
|
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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
12-55375
|
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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
B242769
|
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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
E055362
|
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 |
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Jan. 28, 2014 | |
G048097
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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 |
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Jan. 27, 2014 | |
13-30008
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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 |
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Jan. 27, 2014 | |
12-57048
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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 |
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Jan. 27, 2014 | |
C071498
|
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 |
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Jan. 27, 2014 | |
B243770
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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 |
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Jan. 27, 2014 | |
C066832
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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 |
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Jan. 27, 2014 | |
B240688
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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 |
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Jan. 27, 2014 |