Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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G061394
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People v. Aranda
Although peremptory challenges to prospective jurors for an expressed distrust of law enforcement were presumptively invalid by statute, the same was not true of challenges for cause for the same reasons. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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T. Goethals | Sep. 11, 2023 |
15-72821
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Alonso-Juarez v. Garland
A petitioner must file a petition for review of an immigration judge's determination of reasonable fear of persecution or torture thirty days after the reasonable fear proceeding. |
Immigration |
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M. Murguia | Sep. 11, 2023 |
A166537
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Yeh v. Superior Court (Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC)
Nonsignatory car manufacturer could not enforce arbitration provisions based on equitable estoppel where the plaintiffs' claims were not intimately founded and intertwined with the agreements containing the provisions. |
Arbitration |
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N. Fineman | Sep. 8, 2023 |
21-56377
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United Aeronautical Corp. v. United States Air Force
Because plaintiff government contractor's claim fell within the Contract Disputes Act's exclusive jurisdiction, those claims required litigation in the Court of Federal Claims. |
Government |
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M. Smith | Sep. 8, 2023 |
22-16034
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Saloojas Inc. v. Aetna Health of California Inc.
Section 3202(a)(2) of the CARES Act does not create a private right of action for providers to sue insurers. |
Health Care |
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J. Nguyen | Sep. 8, 2023 |
23-15016
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Baird v. Bonta
Plaintiffs' preliminary injunction for an alleged Second Amendment constitutional violation was improperly dismissed because the district court failed to analyze the claim's likelihood of success on the merits. |
Civil Procedure |
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L. VanDyke | Sep. 8, 2023 |
C095631
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Tsakopoulos Investments, LLC v. County of Sacramento
Lead agency's methodology for estimating project's greenhouse gas emissions differed from methodologies previously rejected by the California Supreme Court for lack of substantial evidence. |
Environmental Law |
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R. Robie | Sep. 8, 2023 |
B318674
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In re N.F.
Section 388 petition to reinstate reunification services could not be used to allege Indian Child Welfare Act violation that had been part of a permanency order decided a year prior. |
Dependency |
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A. Egerton | Sep. 7, 2023 |
21-55981
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Marquez v. Rodriguez
Court declined to create a new *Bivens* action for plaintiff's Fifth Amendment failure-to-protect claim against jail officers who refused to place him in protective custody. |
Civil Rights |
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K. Lee | Sep. 7, 2023 |
22-35484
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Estate of Wheeler v. Garrison Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Order |
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Sep. 7, 2023 | ||
A166527
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In re V.C.
Rejecting other appellate opinions to the contrary, the duty to make ICWA inquiry of "extended family members" applies even if the children were not taken into "temporary custody" pursuant to Section 306. |
Dependency |
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J. Richman | Sep. 7, 2023 |
C095414
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People v. Perez-Robles
Unlawful restraint does not require physical restraint and may be accomplished by perpetrator's words, acts, or authority. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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L. Earl | Sep. 7, 2023 |
B315302
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Ranger v. Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
Yacht club worker's sole remedy is with California workers' compensation law rather than federal admiralty law since state compensation laws cannot be preempted to maintain maritime uniformity. |
Maritime Law |
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J. Wiley | Sep. 7, 2023 |
F083632
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Westlands Water District v. All Persons Interested et al.
To obtain judicial decree validating water district's contract with government, essential term of district's repayment obligation was necessary. |
Water Rights |
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R. Peña | Sep. 6, 2023 |
A163074
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People v. Lashon
Defendant's California Racial Justice Act claim of implicit racial bias by the trial judge was forfeited because she did not file the claim with the trial court and instead raised the claim for the first time on appeal. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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I. Petrou | Sep. 6, 2023 |
E080838
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People v. Harrell
Military veteran serving stipulated sentence was not categorically ineligible for resentencing based on service-related disorders merely because he was serving a stipulated sentence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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M. Ramirez | Sep. 6, 2023 |
20-72788
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Solar Energy Industries Assoc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission violated National Environmental Policy Act by failing to prepare, at minimum, an environmental assessment regarding non-utility-owned energy producer orders. |
Environmental Law |
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E. Miller | Sep. 6, 2023 |
23-48
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Tong v. U.S.
Ineffective counsel habeas claims as to an earlier habeas petition were not a second or successive petition because defendant could not have raised them in the earlier petition. |
Prisoners' Rights |
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M. Smith | Sep. 6, 2023 |
B319265
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The Law Firm of Fox and Fox v. Chase Bank
Bank owed a duty to law firm that was to be paid from blocked account that required court order for withdrawals. |
Torts |
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G. Feuer | Sep. 6, 2023 |
B317485
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Coastal Protection Alliance v. Airbnb
The increased residency of a property caused by an Airbnb short-term rental does not change a residential property into a "development" under the Coastal Act. |
Environmental Law |
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S. Heidel | Sep. 6, 2023 |
A165445
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Barrera v. Apple American Group LLC
While employers could compel arbitration of former Applebee's employees' individual PAGA claims, the aggrieved employees retained standing to bring their non-individual PAGA claims in court. |
Arbitration |
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J. Richman | Sep. 5, 2023 |
A167311
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Finley v. Superior Court (People)
Trial court improperly adjudicated Racial Justice Act violation; weighing evidence instead of just determining whether defendant made a prima facie showing. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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T. Brown | Sep. 5, 2023 |
C093672
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People v. Njoku
Appellate court was entitled to defer to factual findings on the record in concluding that defendant was not entitled to felony murder resentecing. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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R. Robie | Sep. 5, 2023 |
D079799
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People v. Doron
Remand was appropriate for trial court to reconsider motion for pretrial mental health diversion considering new, retroactive legislative presumption that defendant's mental disorder was a significant factor in his crimes. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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T. O'Rourke | Sep. 5, 2023 |
B325493
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People v. Rojas
Penal Code Section 1172.6 provides sentencing courts with discretion to impose parole regardless of excess custody credits. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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A. Collins | Sep. 5, 2023 |
22-35471
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Huffman v. Lindgren
Attorney-litigant's claims that his complaint was merely poorly drafted and was not intended to include federal claims did not justify remand to state court. |
Attorneys |
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M. McKeown | Sep. 5, 2023 |
21-15907
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Center for Biological Diversity v. USFS
United States Forest Service was not liable as a contributor for contamination under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act since it played merely a passive role in disposal of hazardous lead ammunition. |
Environmental Law |
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J. Bybee | Sep. 5, 2023 |
D081246
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People v. Jenkins
Substantial evidence did not support court's order involuntarily recommitting mentally disordered defendant to state hospital. |
Evidence |
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J. Kelety | Sep. 5, 2023 |
21-55881
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Punchbowl Inc. v. AJ Press LLC
Order |
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Sep. 5, 2023 | ||
A164897
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People v. Castaneda-Prado
Victim's admission that she accused defendant to help her mother obtain an immigration visa was admissible to attack her credibility. |
Evidence |
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J. Streeter | Sep. 1, 2023 |