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Home Gardens Sanitary District v. City of Corona
Police powers of sanitary districts, created pursuant to state law, are superior to city police powers. 		Government Apr. 4, 2002
People v. Minor
Administrative costs of enforcing code violations may not be recovered as penalty in criminal enforcement action. 		Government Apr. 4, 2002
A. H. Belo Corp. v. Mesa Police Dept.
Privacy interests may outweigh release of 911 recording if alternative means of releasing information exists. 		Government Mar. 28, 2002
Pfingston v. United States
Award of attorney fees against opposing attorney is not authorized by False Claims Act. 		Government Mar. 25, 2002
U.S. v. Marolf
U.S. government must pay attorney fees of party whose property was forfeited without notice. 		Government Mar. 25, 2002
Opinion of Lockyer
Private nonprofit corporation established to program educational television channel must hold meetings in public. 		Government Mar. 18, 2002
Lopez v. Washington Mutual Bank, Inc.
Bank's practice of using direct deposit social security benefits to offset overdrafts was improper. 		Government Mar. 18, 2002
Opinion of Bill Lockyer
School districts and community college districts may pay for printing, handling, translating, and mailing trustee candidate statements contained in voter's pamphlet. 		Government Mar. 15, 2002
Opinion of Bill Lockyer
Members of board of directors of public transit agency may accept free transportation passes to perform duties of monitoring agency's transportation services. 		Government Mar. 12, 2002
Opinion of Bill Lockyer
City's senior staff member may not participate in negotiations with developer who employs firm in which staff member's spouse is employed. 		Government Mar. 12, 2002
New York v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Public utility may be required to transmit competitor's electricity based on same terms the utility places on own transmission. 		Government Mar. 11, 2002
City of Huntington Beach v. Petersen Law Firm
City properly denied payment where police officers elected to substitute their own defense counsel after the city retained for joint defendants. 		Government Mar. 7, 2002
Huntington Beach City Council v. Superior Court (Blackford)
Ballot arguments were improperly stricken as irrelevant, but some language was properly stricken as misleading or inaccurate. 		Government Mar. 7, 2002
Skysign International Inc. v. City and County of Honolulu
Local ordinance regulating aerial advertising is not pre-empted by FAA. 		Government Mar. 7, 2002
Headwaters Forest Defense v. Burton
Police officers who used pepper spray on nonviolent protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity. 		Government Mar. 7, 2002
Strole v. Guymon
Agreement to rotate water rights does not defeat claim of adverse possession of water rights. 		Government Feb. 28, 2002
Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services v. Blumer
States may use 'income-first' method to determine Medicaid eligibility. 		Government Feb. 25, 2002
U.S. v. Consumer Insurance Group
Postmaster is not a proper plaintiff in qui tam action alleging mail fraud. 		Government Feb. 25, 2002
Gutierrez v. Pangelinan
Guam Legislature's failure to provide for return of bills from governor during adjournment resulted in pocket veto. 		Government Feb. 22, 2002
Horan v. City of Federal Way
City government cannot remove commercial signs near highway without paying compensation. 		Government Feb. 21, 2002
Eugster v. City of Spokane
Selection process to fill city council vacancy may have violated Open Public Meetings Act. 		Government Feb. 21, 2002
Roe v. State of California
Government may be liable for breaching settlement agreement regarding discipline of real estate appraiser. 		Government Feb. 21, 2002
CAMAS Colorado, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners
Colorado governmental immunity act does not protect governmental entities from contract-based claims. 		Government Feb. 20, 2002
Opinion of Bill Lockyer
Cities and districts for which county officers assess property and collect taxes qualify as participating revenue districts for 'Teeter' alternative tax distribution method. 		Government Feb. 20, 2002
Opinion of Lockyer
State agency may not declare school construction funds are unavailable as long as it continues to apportion funds. 		Government Feb. 20, 2002
McDonald v. Thomas
Letter that lacked governor's signature and attestation failed to deny prisoner's request for commutation of sentence. 		Government Feb. 20, 2002
Bratton v. Welp
Plaintiff may sue county for failing to dispatch police after promising to provide assistance. 		Government Feb. 20, 2002
Brewster v. Shasta County
County sheriff department is subject to Section 1983 liability for actions resulting from crime investigations. 		Government Feb. 20, 2002
Moore v. California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory
"Whistleblower" is protected under False Claims Act from retaliatory acts of employer. 		Government Feb. 20, 2002
Citizens for Jobs and the Economy v. County of Orange
Initiative that restricts county's ability to convert marine station to civilian airport is invalid. 		Government Feb. 20, 2002
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