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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 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
Gonzalez v. Seal Methods Inc.
Power press operator may not sue employer after press crushed her hand, because safety blocks she wanted could not be permanently installed.
Employment Law Jan. 27, 2014
Los Defensores Inc. v. Gomez
Attorney advertising group prevails against pair who directed business away from group due to their repeated refusals to comply with discovery requests.
Civil Procedure Jan. 27, 2014
In re Grant
California attorney is disbarred for possessing child pornography, despite claims that it ended up on his computer against his wishes.
Attorneys Jan. 24, 2014
Holland v. Assessment Appeals Board No. 1 (Rancho Goleta Lakeside Mobileers Inc.)
Santa Barbara County Assessor may use its own method of calculating taxes owed by mobilehome park after transfer of membership interest.
Taxation Jan. 24, 2014
Gutierrez v. Commissioner of Social Security
Bakersfield man does not receive social security disability benefits because he was still capable of performing 2,500 jobs in California.
Administrative Agencies Jan. 24, 2014
Dickens v. Ryan
Man who planned and executed robbery and murder of couple at Arizona rest stop by his teenage accomplice receives death sentence.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 24, 2014
Aguilar-Turcios v. Holder
Honduran citizen may remain in U.S. following discharge from Marine Corps due to conviction for using government computer to download child pornography.
Immigration Jan. 24, 2014
Rutherford Holdings LLC v. Plaza Del Rey
Purchaser of mobilehome park gets another chance to recover $3 million deposit to seller after closing date passed without sale.
Contracts Jan. 24, 2014
Welco Electronics Inc. v. Mora
Businessman who stole money from company by wrongfully causing credit card charges to be placed on company’s account is guilty of conversion.
Torts Jan. 24, 2014