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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
08-16826	OneBeacon Insurance Co. v. Haas Industries Inc. Subrogated insurer has standing to sue carrier for value of lost goods under Carmack Amendment where insured fell within bill of lading's definition of 'shipper.'	Insurance			Mar. 10, 2011
10-30056	U.S. v. Eriksen Trustee of 401(k) retirement plan commits embezzlement by failing to contribute to plan and using employee contributions for operating expenses.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Mar. 10, 2011
B215355	Marriage of Kochan Court’s order of spousal support is improper when based on increased earning capacity if spouse took retirement, rather than actual earnings.	Family Law			Mar. 10, 2011
B219587	Gerbosi v. Gaims, Weil, West & Epstein LLP Denial of anti-SLAPP motion is proper when plaintiff’s illegal wiretapping claim was unrelated to defendant law firm's representation of client.	Civil Procedure			Mar. 10, 2011
C065694	D.W., a Minor Notice sent to tribes under Indian Child Welfare Act is adequate despite misspelling of child's paternal grandmother's first name.	Native American Affairs			Mar. 10, 2011
09-15212	Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan Ltd. Prevailing party is properly awarded costs for translation services where such interpretation was necessary to litigation.	Civil Procedure			Mar. 9, 2011
A128697	Alameda County Management Employees Association v. Superior Court Court must meet and confer with representative of employee organization before changing seniority and demotion rights of its members.	Labor Law			Mar. 9, 2011
10-15048	Houston v. Schomig No conflict of interest exists where public defender’s office, but not attorney himself, previously represented key witness against defendant.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Mar. 9, 2011
10-55840	Network Automation Inc. v. Advanced Systems Concepts Inc. Court errs in basing infringement analysis on ‘Internet trinity’ factors, failing to apply infringement factors flexibly based on specific case.	Intellectual Property			Mar. 9, 2011
F059737	People v. Bauer Defendant is not entitled to reinstatement of Proposition 36 probation because he made no effort to comply with drug treatment condition.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Mar. 9, 2011
B218306	Candari v. Los Angeles Unified School District Back pay award is proper where school district fails to show comparable position was available to employee after termination in support of 'failure to mitigate' defense.	Employment Law			Mar. 9, 2011
09-1163	Milner v. Department of the Navy Explosives maps and data do not qualify for withholding under Exemption 2 of Freedom of Information Act, which only encompasses records relating to human resources.	Administrative Agencies			Mar. 8, 2011
09-868	Wall v. Kholi Motion to reduce sentence under state law is application for ‘collateral review’ triggering tolling provision under Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Mar. 8, 2011
09-9000	Skinner v. Switzer Federal court has jurisdiction to hear defendant’s civil rights claim challenging state’s refusal to release DNA evidence pursuant to state’s post-conviction DNA statute.	Civil Rights			Mar. 8, 2011
10-8200	In re Keith Thomas Order				Mar. 8, 2011
10-8820	Gonzalez Lora v. United States Order				Mar. 8, 2011
10-8486	McKinnedy v. Reynolds Order				Mar. 8, 2011
10-8262	Harvey v. Louisiana Order				Mar. 8, 2011
10-545	Golan v. Holder Order				Mar. 8, 2011
10-5860	Mann v. United States Order				Mar. 8, 2011
10-5839	Smith v. United States Order				Mar. 8, 2011
10-5829	Harkness v. United States Order				Mar. 8, 2011
10-935	Smith v. Thomas, Justice, USSC, et al. Order				Mar. 8, 2011
09-10146	Kane v. United States Order				Mar. 8, 2011
09-1396	Allshouse v. Pennsylvania Order				Mar. 8, 2011
08-55426	Salomaa v. Honda Long Term Disability Plan ERISA plan abuses its discretion when denial of benefits was not reasonable given insured’s records proving he was disabled by chronic fatigue syndrome.	Insurance			Mar. 8, 2011
09-56774	Diouf v. Napolitano Alien subject to prolonged detention while challenging removal order is entitled to bond hearing to determine dangerousness or flight risk justifying detention.	Immigration			Mar. 8, 2011
10-30084	U.S. v. Williams Sentence of life term of supervised release for repeat sex offender is not cruel and unusual punishment under Eighth Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Mar. 8, 2011
D055704	People v. Rodriguez Court properly denies defendant’s motion seeking discovery of officer’s personnel file due to counsel’s failure to perfect record on appeal.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Mar. 8, 2011
A124077	Cellphone Fee Termination Cases Cellphone provider’s early termination fee is unlawful liquidated damages clause absent finding that fee represented reasonable endeavor to estimate actual damages.	Business Law			Mar. 7, 2011