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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
B226338	Shugart v. The Regents of the University of California Summary judgment is improper where declaration does not include documents relied on by expert, but is already before court and raises triable issues.	Civil Procedure			Sep. 25, 2011
G044493	People v. Gari 'Coram nobis' writ relief is unavailable to petitioner who failed to show existence of fact that was not presented at trial and would have prevented his conviction.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 25, 2011
04-16688	Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Order				Sep. 25, 2011
07-10607	U.S. v. Fitch Following fraud and money laundering convictions, sentencing court may consider uncharged premeditated murder to support drastic upward departure from Sentencing Guidelines.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 25, 2011
10-35032	Al Haramain Islamic Foundation v. U.S. Dept. of the Treasury Substantial evidence supports Office of Foreign Assets Control's designation of nonprofit organization as 'specially designated global terrorist,' justifying freeze on organization's assets.	Government			Sep. 25, 2011
10-35776	Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation v. Gregoire Washington cigarette tax requiring Indian tribe to collect tax from non-Indian purchasers is valid because 'legal incidence' of tax does not fall on tribe.	Native American Affairs			Sep. 25, 2011
10-50313	U.S. v. Rivera Eight-level offense level increase is proper where theft offense qualified as aggravated felony based on judicially-noticeable documents.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 25, 2011
10-55379	Gonzales v. Arrow Financial Services LLC Cumulative recovery is allowed under complementary federal and state statutes, which protect consumers from unlawful debt collection practices.	Constitutional Law			Sep. 25, 2011
S194928	Magness v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S195003	People v. Butler Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S190276	Duong (Senh) on Habeas Corpus Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S194530	Wright v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S194896	Davis v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S195176	Page v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S195818	Villa v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S194079	Communities for a Better Environment v. P.U.C. (Pacific Gas & Electric) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
D057004	Golden Hill Neighborhood Association Inc. v. City of San Diego City’s failure to show proportionality of assessments charged against its park and open areas invalidates votes establishing creation of special district.	Government			Sep. 22, 2011
10-1412	Winterton v. Humitech of Northern California LLC (In re Blue Pine Group Inc.) Bankruptcy court's imposition of sanctions against attorney is appropriate where he filed bankruptcy without corporate authorization and failed to conduct reasonable inquiry.	Bankruptcy			Sep. 22, 2011
09-73625	Cole v. Holder Denial of application for relief under Convention Against Torture is improper because BIA failed to give reasoned consideration to potentially dispositive expert testimony.	Immigration			Sep. 22, 2011
09-16142	Prellwitz v. Sisto Court lacks jurisdiction to review district court’s order instructing Board of Parole Hearings to conduct new hearing because order was not final decision.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 22, 2011
08-56110	GoPets Ltd. v. Hise Re-registration of domain name does not violate Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act's prohibition on registration of names that are confusingly similar to service marks.	Intellectual Property			Sep. 22, 2011
B232295	People v. Superior Court (O’Connor) Inability to complete evaluations due to increased workload and staff shortages is not ‘exigent circumstance’ establishing good cause for 45-day hold on release.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 22, 2011
A129401	Tomra Pacific Inc. v. Chiang Loans between state funds to help balance state budget are lawful where provisions do not violate single-subject rule prohibiting legislation with multiple subjects.	Government			Sep. 22, 2011
10-1007	Palmdale Hills Property LLC v. Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. (In re Palmdale Hills Property LLC) Master repurchase agreements that clearly indicate parties’ intent that all transactions be treated as sales and purchases are true sales, not secured transactions.	Bankruptcy			Sep. 21, 2011
11-1021	BAC Home Loans Servicing LP v. Abdelgadir (In re Abdelgadir) Petition date is determinative date for whether claim is secured by debtor’s principal residence subject to anti-modification provision in Bankruptcy Code.	Bankruptcy			Sep. 21, 2011
11-1059	Pacific Resource Credit Union v. Fish (In re Fish) Creditor’s pre-deadline filings indicating amounts due on loans and intent to hold debtor liable constitute informal proof of claim, relating back to original filing.	Bankruptcy			Sep. 21, 2011
09-55698	Lopez v. Pacific Maritime Association Plaintiff’s claims for disparate treatment and impact fail where he did not present some evidence of one-strike rule's disparate impact on recovered addicts.	Employment Law			Sep. 21, 2011
10-35206	Father M v. Various Tort Claimants Court may not disclose priest’s personnel files based on mere allegations of sexual abuse, which did not create public interest outweighing confidentiality interests.	Civil Procedure			Sep. 21, 2011
10-55658	Maya v. Centex Corp. Homeowners have standing to sue housing developers for injuries allegedly caused by marketing neighboring homes to individuals with high risk of foreclosure.	Real Property			Sep. 21, 2011
09-10303	U.S. v. Pool Order				Sep. 20, 2011