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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
09-403	Opinion of Brown Elective office of city clerk is not incompatible with elective office of trustee of elementary school district in same city.	Government			Dec. 20, 2010
S163905	People v. Albillar Conviction for ‘active participation in criminal street gang’ requires finding of felonious criminal conduct by gang members, not that criminal conduct was gang-related.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 20, 2010
08-35531	Daniels-Hall v. National Education Association Public labor employee union does not establish or maintain employee pension benefit plan under ERISA by endorsing certain tax sheltered annuities.	Employment Law			Dec. 20, 2010
A127208	Grace C., a Minor Disagreement between legal guardian and mother regarding visitation details due to both parties’ conflicts does not constitute ‘exceptional circumstance’ warranting continuing dependency jurisdiction.	Juveniles			Dec. 20, 2010
B222784	Ennabe v. Manosa Charging admission fees later used to purchase communal alcohol does not constitute 'selling' of alcoholic beverages that would subject social host to civil liability.	Torts			Dec. 20, 2010
H033718	Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo Inc. v. Western Farm Service Inc. Statutory scheme governing pesticide use in California does not displace common law tort claims, even if claims related to place of pesticide application.	Torts			Dec. 20, 2010
H033951	Robinson v. Endovascular Technologies Inc. State product liability claims that medical device is unsafe is preempted by federal law where FDA granted investigational device exemption approval.	Torts			Dec. 20, 2010
H034546	People v. Puentes Prosecution fails to rebut presumption of vindictiveness where felony charge is re-added to defendant’s charges after misdemeanor is reversed on appeal.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 20, 2010
G040507	J.L., a Minor Juvenile is entitled to jury trial before lifetime residency restrictions, which are punitive in nature, can be imposed.	Juveniles			Dec. 19, 2010
D057195	People v. Nelson Victim's statement to firefighter while in ambulance, which identified defendant as perpetrator, is nontestimonial and admissible under Sixth Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 19, 2010
09-16780	United States v. City of Arcata Local ordinances prohibiting military recruiters’ conduct are invalid under intergovernmental immunity doctrine as regulation of federal government.	Constitutional Law			Dec. 19, 2010
B213929	Schelb v. Stein Trust deed securing note issued in relation to family law judgment expires under Marketable Record Title Act despite Family Code provision.	Family Law			Dec. 19, 2010
S187220	People v. Vidales Order				Dec. 16, 2010
S136687	Cook (Walter) on Habeas Corpus Order				Dec. 16, 2010
S187042	McINNIS (Carol Sue) on Habeas Corpus Order				Dec. 16, 2010
S183807	People v. Hubbard Order				Dec. 16, 2010
S186913	Salango (Remar) on Habeas Corpus Order				Dec. 16, 2010
S079179	People v. Bacon Trial court has discretion in deciding whether foundational evidence is sufficient in establishing preliminary fact.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 16, 2010
S079179	People v. Bacon Order				Dec. 16, 2010
A108410	Environmental Protection Information Center v. California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection Party is entitled to attorney fees as successful litigant despite partial reversal of claims where significant benefit is shown by effectuation of policy.	Attorneys			Dec. 16, 2010
A128734	City of Sonoma v. Superior Court (Marvin’s Gardens Cooperative Inc.) Challenge to ordinance must be brought within 90 days of ordinance’s enactment, not enforcement proceedings, to be timely.	Government			Dec. 16, 2010
S187135	People v. Jones Order				Dec. 16, 2010
S187141	People v. Craig Order				Dec. 16, 2010
S050583	People v. Howard Defendant’s failure to make adequate showing on trial record that stun belt affected his testimony is waived on appeal.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 16, 2010
09-15030	Carvalho v. Equifax Information Services LLC Consumer, who is wrongly charged debt, fails to fulfill inaccuracy requirement of reinvestigation claim under California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act.	Business Law			Dec. 16, 2010
09-15759	Lowe v Washoe County Absence of class-wide remedy for challenging ad valorem tax assessment does not render state court remedy inefficient under Tax Injunction Act.	Taxation			Dec. 16, 2010
09-17625	Balsam v. Tucows Inc. No third party beneficiary right exists under contract where parties included explicit language stating no such rights were intended.	Contracts			Dec. 16, 2010
09-30143	U.S. v. Newhoff Judge’s failure to issue admonition on testimony re-read to jury is not reversible error because there is sufficient evidence to support defendant’s conviction.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 16, 2010
09-35190	McLeod v. Astrue Administrative law judge's failure to help applicant develop record by putting VA disability determination into record is reasonably likely to have been prejudicial.	Administrative Agencies			Dec. 16, 2010
09-56238	Lopez v. Candaele Student lacks standing to sue where credible threat that sexual harassment policy would be enforced against him did not exist.	Constitutional Law			Dec. 16, 2010