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Islamic Shura Council of Southern California v. FBI
FBI does not have to pay sanctions after giving Islamic organization redacted documents under FOIA because it later provided additional documents.
Government Aug. 1, 2013
Meier v. Colvin
Plaintiff who was denied social security benefits is entitled to attorney fees because government denied benefits without substantial justification.
Government Jul. 24, 2013
The Federated University Police Officers Association v. Superior Court (Los Angeles Times Communications LLC)
Police officers' labor union may not prevent disclosure of names of officers in report related to investigation of UC Davis pepper spraying incident.
Government Jul. 24, 2013
Crews v. Willows Unified School District
Newspaper publisher who sought 60,000 emails from school district in native format does not have to pay district's attorney fees because his petition was not frivolous.
Government Jul. 18, 2013
Latinos Unidos Del Valle de Napa y Solano v. County of Napa
County ordinance conflicts with state Density Bonus Law in requiring developer to include higher percentage of affordable housing units than state law requires.
Government Jul. 15, 2013
Sierra Club v. Superior Court (County of Orange)
Orange County must produce computer file containing database of information on land parcels upon request because database is public record.
Government Jul. 9, 2013
John v. Alaska Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fund
Secretary of Interior and Secretary of Agriculture properly applied prior law and federal reserved water rights doctrine when implementing rules concerning subsistence fishing and hunting rights.
Government Jul. 8, 2013
Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority v. United States Dept. of the Interior
Water agencies in Central Valley do not get priority over water rights during water shortage because contract provisions dictate water allocation.
Government Jul. 2, 2013
Opinion of Harris
County district attorney is required to pay county treasurer any processing fees collected in connection with bad-check diversion program.
Government Jun. 25, 2013
Save Panoche Valley v. San Benito County (PV2 Energy LLC)
County properly cancels agricultural land contracts where public interest in renewable energies is served by proposed solar power plant project.
Government Jun. 25, 2013
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc.
Arizona may not demand additional evidence of citizenship beyond that required by 'Federal Form' used to register voters for federal elections.
Government Jun. 17, 2013
Opinion of Harris
California Legislature may loan part of money collected for off-highway recreation involving motor vehicles to general fund as budget balancing measure.
Government Jun. 16, 2013
City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center Inc.
California’s medical marijuana statutes do not proscribe City of Riverside’s ability to ban facilities that distribute medical marijuana via zoning ordinance.
Government May 7, 2013
City of Monterey v. Carrnshimba
Medical marijuana dispensary is not permitted in city's commercial district based on municipal code in effect before medical marijuana moratorium.
Government Apr. 30, 2013
County of Tulare v. Nunes
County may restrict location of medical marijuana collectives and cooperatives to commercial land manufacturing zones pursuant to its traditional police powers.
Government Apr. 30, 2013
Firebaugh Canal Water District v. United States
Dept. of Interior’s broad discretion precludes claim seeking immediate implementation of plans to stop migration of groundwater into water district.
Government Apr. 8, 2013
Conejo Wellness Center Inc. v. City of Agoura Hills
City may permanently enjoin cooperative from selling marijuana based on ordinances regulating or expressly banning medical marijuana dispensaries in city.
Government Apr. 1, 2013
The Humane Society of the United States v. Superior Court (The Regents of the University of California)
Regents of University of California may withhold disclosure of records concerning study of egg-laying hens due to chilling effect on future academic research.
Government Mar. 28, 2013
People ex. rel Harris v. Rizzo
Attorney General may pursue claims against corrupt former City of Bell officials seeking reimbursement for excessive salaries paid to those officials.
Government Mar. 21, 2013
County of Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles
Court must reconsider whether City of Los Angeles may run sewage pipes outside of its territorial limits under unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.
Government Mar. 15, 2013
MinCal Consumer Law Group v. Carlsbad Police Dept.
Law firm may not appeal decision upholding police department's refusal to provide records of identity theft incidents occurring nine months before request date.
Government Mar. 8, 2013
Acosta v. Brown
Unemployed California residents do not have judicial remedy for state's noncompliance with federal timeliness requirements for paying unemployment benefits.
Government Mar. 4, 2013
People ex rel. City of Dana Point v. Holistic Health
City’s lawsuit against medical marijuana collective must consider whether collective profited from distributing marijuana or was not set up to do so.
Government Feb. 15, 2013
Browne v. County of Tehama
Medical marijuana users’ challenge to county ordinance, which regulated medical marijuana cultivation, fails because ordinance was not an outright ban on cultivation.
Government Feb. 7, 2013
San Mateo Union High School District v. County of San Mateo
County is not liable to school districts that invested in pooled investment fund based on imprudent investment in notes, leading to $155 million loss.
Government Feb. 1, 2013
Acosta v. Brown
Unemployed California residents do not have judicial remedy for state's noncompliance with federal timeliness requirements for paying unemployment benefits.
Government Jan. 31, 2013
California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos
Legislature acts within its constitutional authority by directing redevelopment agencies to deposit portions of their property tax funding into educational fund.
Government Jan. 24, 2013
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. Bowen
Legislature may not name empty spot bills in budget bill, only to fill those bills with content as urgency legislation after budget bill passes.
Government Jan. 21, 2013
Carlin v. Dairy America Inc.
'Filed rate doctrine' does not bar farmers' state law claims arising from misreporting of pricing data to USDA where federal agency set aside erroneous milk prices.
Government Jan. 13, 2013
Opinion of Harris (12-602)
Person may not simultaneously serve as director of sanitary district and commissioner of planning commission because of potential clashes of interest between offices.
Government Jan. 6, 2013