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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
F057784	Stinnett v. Tam Statute capping amount of noneconomic damages in medical negligence actions against health care providers is constitutional as rationally related to state’s interest.	Constitutional Law			Sep. 6, 2011
10-55361	R.R. Street & Co. Inc. v. Transport Insurance Co. Court may dismiss mirroring federal action where avoidance of piecemeal litigation and significant progress in state action weighed against exercising jurisdiction.	Civil Procedure			Sep. 6, 2011
10-35933	Samuels v. Holland American Line-USA Inc. Cruise line does not have duty to warn passenger of dangers associated with swimming at beach where it does not have notice of risk-creating condition.	Maritime Law			Sep. 6, 2011
09-56786	Cuellar de Osorio v. Mayorkas Child Status Protection Act’s priority date retention does not apply to aged-out derivative beneficiaries whose relatives filed petitions through family-sponsored immigration process.	Immigration			Sep. 6, 2011
07-99020	Payton v. Cullen Habeas relief is unwarranted where there was no reasonable probability that defendant’s post-traumatic stress disorder defense carried weight.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 6, 2011
A129971	Aurora S.A. v. Poizner California Insurance Commissioner correctly declines to approve sale of insurance company because sale would not be in interest of policyholders.	Insurance			Sep. 6, 2011
B224096	Kayne v. The Grande Holdings Limited Court properly issues sanctions for disorganized document production where defendant failed to present evidence that documents were found as such.	Civil Procedure			Sep. 6, 2011
G041507	PacifiCare of California v. Bright Medical Associates Inc. Court has authority to determine whether settlement was made in good faith where plaintiff alleged that both entities were jointly responsible for damages.	Civil Procedure			Sep. 6, 2011
F059430	Stillman v. Board of Retirement of the Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association Retirement association must determine compensation upon which retirement benefit is based from Government Code definition of ‘compensation,’ which excludes employer pickup.	Employment Law			Sep. 2, 2011
B211597	Flagship Theatres of Palm Desert LLC v. Century Theatres Inc. Plaintiff alleging antitrust injury must show loss from competitive-reducing aspect of defendant’s conduct, not that conduct actually rendered market less competitive.	Antitrust			Sep. 2, 2011
A125542	People v. Buza Seizure of DNA pursuant to statute, which required DNA samples from felony arrestees immediately following arrest, violates Fourth Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 2, 2011
G041732	Martin v. PacifiCare of California Health care service plan is not vicariously liable for acts or omissions of health care provider, which delivered care to plan's subscribers.	Insurance			Sep. 2, 2011
S194385	People v. Tauch Order				Sep. 2, 2011
S195512	People v. James Order				Sep. 2, 2011
S195672	People v. Voravongsa Order				Sep. 2, 2011
S195913	Steiner v. Superior Court (Volkswagen Group of America) Order				Sep. 2, 2011
S195031	Nalwa v. Cedar Fair Order				Sep. 2, 2011
09-56858	Phifer v. Icelandair Plaintiff does not have to prove that airline violated Federal Aviation Administration standards to establish 'accident' under Article 17 of Montreal Convention.	Torts			Sep. 2, 2011
07-71027	Li v. Holder Immigration judge properly exercises discretion in denying asylum to alien who entered country in egregious manner that carried high risk of death.	Immigration			Sep. 2, 2011
10-15067	Jackson v. Ryan Jury instruction adding different language to element of felony murder relieves prosecution of burden to prove every element, violating defendant’s due process rights.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 2, 2011
10-30132	U.S. v. Lafley Government has compelling interest in denying convicted drug felon exemption under Religious Freedom Restoration Act to use marijuana during supervised release.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 2, 2011
09-15768	Hrdlicka v. Reniff Order				Sep. 2, 2011
09-30334	U.S. v. Hunt Court errs in imposing heightened sentence for defendant based on specific drug type, even though defendant never admitted to possessing particular drug.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 2, 2011
09-56698	Alvarez v. Chevron Corp. Class action alleging that design of retail gasoline dispensers is flawed due to residual fuel occurrence fails because California’s regulatory scheme precludes liability.	Business Law			Sep. 2, 2011
B223653	Edna Valley Watch v. County of San Luis Obispo Prevailing party is entitled to fees incurred in administrative proceedings that were useful and necessary to public interest litigation.	Civil Procedure			Sep. 2, 2011
A130758	People v. Parodi Conviction for bringing controlled substance into correctional facility is not ‘nonviolent drug possession offense’ under Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 1, 2011
08-73805	Hernandez-Cruz v. Holder Order				Sep. 1, 2011
09-16609	Lockett v. Ericson Plaintiff's civil rights claim alleging unconstitutional conviction is not barred where conviction was derived from plea, and not dependent on legality of search.	Civil Rights			Sep. 1, 2011
B227341	In re Forchion Individual may not statutorily change his name to name of his Web site because confusion might result if use of site is lost.	Civil Procedure			Sep. 1, 2011
C066862	Roy v. Superior Court (Medical Board of California) Physician is subject to disciplinary action based on 'sexual relations' with patient, even if physician was mere recipient of sexually intimate contact.	Administrative Agencies			Sep. 1, 2011