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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
S183372	Serrano v. Stefan Merli Plastering Co. Inc. Attorney fee award may be imposed on litigant, which lost appeal establishing court authority to determine reasonableness of fees, because appeal involved important right affecting public interest.	Civil Procedure			Nov. 1, 2011
11-55563	Small v. Avanti Health Systems LLC Court properly issues preliminary injunction after finding successor employer refused to bargain with union representing majority of employees employed by predecessor.	Labor Law			Nov. 1, 2011
10-56465	American Trucking Associations Inc. v. The City of Los Angeles Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts provision in concession agreements between port and motor carriers, which required carriers to hire employee drivers over time.	Government			Nov. 1, 2011
09-56785	Brantley v. NBC Universal Inc. Order				Nov. 1, 2011
09-50309	U.S. v. Caruto Instruction to grand jury to ignore potential punishment in deciding whether to convict does not violate Fifth Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Nov. 1, 2011
09-17849	Gypsum Resources LLC v. Catherine Cortez Masto Order				Nov. 1, 2011
06-35333	Greene v. Camreta Order				Nov. 1, 2011
H035400	Biancalana v. T.D. Service Co. Mistake made by trustee, acting as beneficiary’s agent in foreclosure sale, is not procedural irregularity making sale voidable.	Real Property			Nov. 1, 2011
B226977	Yuin University v. Korean Broadcasting System Broadcast’s statements describing school as ‘vacant, suspected degree factory’ are not defamatory where used as hyperbolic speech in support of program’s opinion.	Torts			Nov. 1, 2011
D057858	Marsh v. Anesthesia Services Medical Group Inc. Physician fails to adequately plead antitrust claim that medical corporation limited her practice because allegations did not indicate detrimental effect on competition in excess of plaintiff’s concerns.	Antitrust			Nov. 1, 2011
D056361	In re Cipro Cases I & II Settlement of patent infringement lawsuit does not violate antitrust law where restraint on competition does not go beyond exclusionary scope of patent.	Antitrust			Nov. 1, 2011
H035195	Bullis Charter School v. Los Altos School District School district violates Charter Schools Act by failing to accurately measure all facilities of comparable public schools and accurately describe facilities offered to charter school.	Education			Oct. 31, 2011
G043956	Palp Inc. v. Williamsburg National Insurance Co. Mechanical device exclusion for claims resulting from movement of property by mechanical device does not apply where employee was not loading or unloading truck.	Insurance			Oct. 31, 2011
10-35574	Boyer v. Belleque Sufficient evidence supports conviction for attempted aggravated murder where defendant knew he had AIDS, and sexually abused victims without wearing condom.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 31, 2011
09-10330	U.S. v. Wilson Government’s interest in seized property used to facilitate crime is eliminated following victim’s showing of interest in fraudulently obtained property.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 31, 2011
10-10430	U.S. v. Newman District court errs in declining to impose criminal forfeiture in amount that was indisputably traceable to defendant’s commission of bank robberies.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 31, 2011
B219261	Cadam v. Somerset Gardens Townhouse HOA Property owner is not liable for injuries sustained in fall caused by walkway separation, which was less than an inch in depth.	Torts			Oct. 31, 2011
B228049	People v. Thomas Defendant does not have expectation of privacy in saliva left on preliminary alcohol screening device and thus, subsequent DNA testing does not constitute search.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 31, 2011
10-1466	The Margulies Law Firm APLC v. Placide (In re Placide) Court properly finds attorney’s claimed fees unreasonable where fees are grossly disproportionate to potential amount recoverable from bankruptcy proceeding.	Bankruptcy			Oct. 31, 2011
F060922	Duncan v. The McCaffrey Group Inc. Parol evidence rule does not apply to false advertising claim where allegations on which plaintiffs relied were not offered to vary, alter, or add to terms of contract.	Business Law			Oct. 31, 2011
B228426	L.K. v. Golightly Parent must seek judicial review of Child Support Services Dept. decision by filing petition for writ of mandate, not tort action.	Family Law			Oct. 28, 2011
S195503	Wallace v. McCubbin Order				Oct. 28, 2011
S185166	Vargas (Matthew Felix) on Habeas Corpus Order				Oct. 28, 2011
S196493	Vandermost v. Bowen (Citizens Redistricting Commission) Order				Oct. 28, 2011
10-55235	Miller v. City of Los Angeles Imposition of sanctions is improper although defense counsel conceded that he violated order precluding argument that plaintiff was armed when shot by police.	Civil Procedure			Oct. 28, 2011
10-35732	Taylor v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration Social Security Appeals Council improperly rejects doctor's psychiatric evaluation, which concerned assessment of mental health since applicant’s disability onset date.	Government			Oct. 28, 2011
10-16193	Newton-Nations v. Betlach Secretary of Health and Human Services exceeds waiver authority by approving Arizona's heightened cost sharing requirements for Medicaid recipients.	Government			Oct. 28, 2011
10-10550	U.S. v. Williams Defendant is guilty of advertising distribution of child pornography, even if he did not personally produce images, because he knowingly distributed images.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 28, 2011
09-55998	Schultz v. Tilton Jury instruction does not violate due process clause where it stated that finding defendant committed prior sexual offenses by preponderance of evidence is insufficient to prove commission of crimes.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 28, 2011
09-15330	Seeboth v. Mayberg Appeal of habeas petition is moot where it did not challenge commitment as sexually violent predator for indeterminate term based on proceeding that was legitimate.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 28, 2011