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City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (Wade)
Single tenant with orthopedic disability is not considered handicapped and, therefore, not entitled to enhanced relocation assistance as ‘qualified tenant.’ 		Administrative Agencies Feb. 12, 2015
PaintCare v. Mortensen
CalRecycle has authority to adopt regulations implementing Architectural Paint Recovery Program. 		Administrative Agencies Feb. 4, 2015
Johnson v. Department of Justice
Rational basis supports different registration consequences for unlawful intercourse offenders and unlawful oral copulation offenders. 		Administrative Agencies Jan. 30, 2015
Woody's Group v. City of Newport Beach
Council member’s bias should have disqualified him from participating in land-use hearing. 		Administrative Agencies Jan. 30, 2015
Black Mesa v. Jewell
Since it achieved 'some degree of success on merits,' environmentalist group eligible for fee reimbursement. 		Administrative Agencies Jan. 27, 2015
Nick v. Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control (7-Eleven Inc.)
Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control may rely on city’s determination in granting liquor license to 7-Eleven. 		Administrative Agencies Jan. 20, 2015
City of Emeryville v. Cohen
Statute permitting cities and successor entities to redevelopment agencies to ‘reenter’ certain agreements is not limited by policy behind bill that dissolved the redevelopment agencies. 		Administrative Agencies Jan. 20, 2015
Piper v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles
DUI offender is not entitled to credit for preconviction restricted license period for purposes of his postconviction suspension. 		Administrative Agencies Jan. 13, 2015
Burrell v. Colvin
Administrative law judge may not discredit social security disability applicant’s testimony regarding her limitations where determination is not supported by specific facts. 		Administrative Agencies Jan. 2, 2015
Treichler v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Administrative law judge’s adverse credibility finding regarding claimant’s application for disability benefits is overturned because it lacked discussion supporting finding. 		Administrative Agencies Dec. 26, 2014
Van Horn v. Dept. of Toxic Substances Control
Agency’s procedure for challenging lien placed on real property for hazardous substances cleanup violates due process. 		Administrative Agencies Dec. 22, 2014
West Hollywood Community Health and Fitness Center v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
Employer may seek judicial review of Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board’s finding that worker was employee because action did not attempt to prevent tax collection. 		Administrative Agencies Dec. 7, 2014
Van Horn v. Dept. of Toxic Substances Control
Agency’s procedure for challenging lien placed on real property for hazardous substances cleanup violates due process. 		Administrative Agencies Nov. 27, 2014
Guerrero v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. may not be sued following San Bruno pipeline explosion where suit would interfere with PUC’s authority over gas rates. 		Administrative Agencies Oct. 12, 2014
Garcia v. Commissioner of Social Security
Administrative law judge incorrectly relies on incomplete set of IQ test scores for claimant who sought social security benefits based on intellectual disability. 		Administrative Agencies Sep. 23, 2014
Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities v. Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration improperly declines to seek refunds after invalidly making contractual arrangement to subsidize industrial power customers. 		Administrative Agencies Sep. 18, 2014
Ghanim v. Colvin
Iraqi refugee who suffered from major depression may be entitled to disability benefits, although ALJ discredited him based on treatment records, which showed improvement. 		Administrative Agencies Aug. 18, 2014
American Tower Corp. v. City of San Diego
Telecommunications facilities' applications for conditional use permits are not deemed approved when public notice required by law did not 'occur' before city’s denial. 		Administrative Agencies Aug. 14, 2014
Columbia Riverkeeper v. United States Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard’s letter of recommendation regarding liquefied natural gas facility and pipeline along Oregon’s Columbia River is not subject to judicial review. 		Administrative Agencies Aug. 5, 2014
California High-Speed Rail Authority v. Superior Court (Tos)
High-Speed Passenger Train Finance Committee properly authorizes issuance of bond for California’s high-speed rail project as necessary and desirable. 		Administrative Agencies Aug. 3, 2014
Garrison v. Colvin
Administrative law judge improperly upholds denial of disability benefits by discrediting applicant’s testimony regarding daily debilitating pain, despite medical records. 		Administrative Agencies Jul. 14, 2014
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. v. California PUC (Southern California Gas Co.)
California PUC properly imposes restrictions to prevent unfair competition in company’s application for tariff that would expand its compression services. 		Administrative Agencies Jun. 30, 2014
City of Patterson v. Turlock Irrigation District
City may not expand irrigation district's territorial boundaries only to obtain voting rights for outsiders who were already consumers of electrical services. 		Administrative Agencies Jun. 26, 2014
American Broadcasting Cos. Inc. v. Aereo Inc.
Streaming service violates copyright laws by allowing its subscribers to watch copyrighted television programs over Internet at same time as programs are broadcast. 		Administrative Agencies Jun. 25, 2014
Southern California Edison Co. v. PUC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
PUC may require electric utility corporations to collect surcharge from ratepayers to fund renewable energy research and development, as well as demonstration projects. 		Administrative Agencies Jun. 18, 2014
K.I. v. Wagner
In case involving denial of social benefits to minor, attorney recovers fees incurred in bringing writ petition, but not fees for work on administrative proceeding. 		Administrative Agencies Jun. 4, 2014
Disenhouse v. Peevey
Sierra Club member may not sue PUC in superior court to enjoin meeting she was excluded from and must instead file petition in Supreme Court or Court of Appeal. 		Administrative Agencies Jun. 4, 2014
K.I. v. Wagner
In case involving denial of social benefits to minor, attorney recovers fees incurred in bringing writ petition, but not fees for work on administrative proceeding. 		Administrative Agencies May 5, 2014
Tobeler v. Colvin
Social security benefits claimant gets attorney fees where judge improperly disregarded his lay witness testimony and government’s position on issue was unjustified. 		Administrative Agencies Apr. 21, 2014
The Utility Reform Network v. PUC (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.)
California PUC cannot solely rely on hearsay evidence to support its finding of need for proposed gas-fired power plant in Oakley. 		Administrative Agencies Feb. 7, 2014
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