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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
B230791	Johnson v. Metropolitan News Co. Newspaper need not be 'printed' exclusively in one city to qualify as newspaper of general circulation, and is 'printed' where circulation copies are mechanically produced.	Government			Oct. 11, 2011
D057997	In re Rodriguez Board’s finding of unsuitability for parole is supported by some evidence where defendant refused to speak about crime and lacked insight into motivation for murder.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 10, 2011
H035576	Dollinger DeAnza Associates v. Chicago Title Insurance Co. Title insurer properly denies coverage for losses incurred when purchaser withdrew from agreement to buy parcel after learning of notice of merger.	Insurance			Oct. 9, 2011
F059511	In re Cabrera Inmate’s possession of drawings signed by gang affiliate does not show direct link between two to support inmate’s validation as gang member.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 9, 2011
F060219	Greg Opinski Construction Inc. v. City of Oakdale Based on required procedure for requesting extension, contractor must give notice of intent to avoid effect of failure to perform due to other party's failure.	Contracts			Oct. 6, 2011
E051131	People v. Quiroz Probation condition requiring defendant to submit record of income and expenditures is not overbroad where imposed to assure defendant makes progress in paying restitution.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 6, 2011
B228781	Pack v. Superior Court (City of Long Beach) Federal law preempts provisions of city's ordinance, which permit and regulate medical marijuana collectives, rather then merely decriminalizing specific acts.	Government			Oct. 5, 2011
09-55233	Starr v. County of Los Angeles Order				Oct. 5, 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			Oct. 5, 2011
08-99007	Carrera v. Ayers Ineffective assistance claim fails where petitioner did not prove that failure to raise challenge to discharge venire based on alleged group-based peremptory challenges was unreasonable.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 4, 2011
09-56498	Rickley v. County of Los Angeles Successful civil rights plaintiff may recover reasonable attorney fee award for legal services performed by attorney-spouse.	Civil Rights			Oct. 4, 2011
H035333	Kerkeles v. City of San Jose Officer is not entitled to qualified immunity from civil rights action based on use of false report in preliminary hearing, even if plaintiff was never incarcerated.	Civil Rights			Oct. 4, 2011
H035246	Fresh Express Inc. v. Beazley Syndicate 2623/623 at Lloyd’s E. coli outbreak is not ‘insured event’ under policy where policy’s plain language restricted recoverable losses to those incurred as direct result of insured’s error.	Insurance			Oct. 4, 2011
B228686	Lanigan v. City of Los Angeles Waiver of right to protections under Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act is permissible in context of settlement of pending disciplinary action.	Government			Oct. 4, 2011
E050725	People v. Larkins Lay opinion testimony identifying defendant in videos has sufficient foundation for admissibility where identifier matched photo and name to videos.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 4, 2011
10-755	Dallas County, TX, et al. v. TX Democratic Party Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-1183	Dallas County, TX, et al. v. TX Democratic Party Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-1202	Chinese Daily News, Inc. v. Wang Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-1262	China Terminal v. Willemsen Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-1264	Allison v. Diaz Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-1405	Tyrues v. Shinseki Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-9437	Butler v. United States Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-10233	Leonardo v. United States Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-10334	Williams v. United States Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-11054	Murphy v. Kollar-Kotelly, Judge, USDC DC Order				Oct. 3, 2011
11-16862	Washington State v. Chimei Innolux Corp. 'Parens patriae' suits filed by state Attorneys General on behalf of citizens are not class actions within meaning of Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.	Civil Procedure			Oct. 3, 2011
D057900	Conservatorship of Joseph W. In proceeding to reestablish conservatorship under Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, request for hearing does not constitute demand for court or jury trial.	Conservatorship			Oct. 3, 2011
09-10250	U.S. v. Gilchrist Court properly imposes enhancement for obstruction of justice where defendant committed perjury following initiation of criminal investigation.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 3, 2011
09-30442	U.S. v. King Willful injection of wastewater without permit is sufficient to prove Safe Drinking Water Act violation, and proof of adverse effect is not required.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 3, 2011
10-35793	Suzlon Energy Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp. Under Electronic Communications Privacy Act, electronic communication service may not divulge emails of foreign citizen stored on domestic server.	Civil Procedure			Oct. 3, 2011