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Letgolts v. David H. Pierce & Assoc.
Despite attorney's sluggishness with a suit, there was no legal malpractice because the underlying claim would not have prevailed.
Attorneys 2DCA/8 Nov. 4, 2021
Quebrado Cantor v. Garland
Continuous presence requirement to be eligible for cancellation of removal is not stopped by a final order of removal.
Immigration 9th Nov. 4, 2021
Martinez-Gonzalez v. Elkhorn Packing
Asking a farm laborer to sign an arbitration agreement after he had already traveled from Mexico, was living in company housing, and had started work was not economic duress.
Arbitration 9th Nov. 4, 2021
Farmland Protection Alliance v. County of Yolo
A trial court did not have the authority under the California Environmental Quality Act to split a project's impact analysis across two types of environmental review documents.
Environmental Law 3DCA Nov. 4, 2021
Chase v. Wizmann
Compliance with municipal noise ordinances does not automatically immunize a defendant from traditional nuisance liability.
Torts 2DCA/2 Nov. 3, 2021
In re D.M.
A matter involving the termination of parental rights was remanded to consider the parental-benefit exception.
Family Law 2DCA/8 Nov. 3, 2021
Doe v. Superior Court (Mountain View School District)
Evidence Code Section 1106 bars evidence of victim's prior sexual abuse.
Evidence 2DCA/2 Nov. 3, 2021
Mitchell v. Los Robles Regional Medical Center
Plaintiff's complaint was time-barred because it alleged a cause of action for professional negligence, rather than general negligence or premises liability.
Torts 2DCA/6 Nov. 3, 2021
Coonce v. U.S.
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
ACLU v. U.S.
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
Simmons v. U.S.
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
Roman Catholic Diocese v. Emami
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
Rojas v. U.S.
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
Garland v. Velasquez
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
West Virginia v. EPA
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
North American Coal Corp. v. EPA
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
Westmoreland Mining Holdings v. EPA
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
North Dakota v. EPA
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
Arizona v. San Francisco, CA
Order
USSC Nov. 2, 2021
Modification: Negron v. Superior Court (People)
A defendant qualified for mental health diversion because he suffered from a qualifying disorder despite also being diagnosed with an excluded disorder.
Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Nov. 2, 2021
In re Solomon B.
An order terminating a nonoffending noncustodial mother's parental rights was reversed because substantial evidence did not support the juvenile court's detriment finding.
Juveniles 2DCA/1 Nov. 2, 2021
Family Health Centers of San Diego v. State Dept. of Health Care Services
An administrative law judge did not err in using a materiality standard to determine how to apportion costs for a clinic receiving Medi-Cal reimbursement.
Health Care 3DCA Nov. 2, 2021
California Union Square L.P. v. Saks & Company LLC
Where lease agreement contained several sections regarding attorneys' fees, the section that was specific as to the reason for the dispute governed rather than the general attorneys' fees provision.
Contracts 1DCA/3 Nov. 2, 2021
State Farm General Insurance Company v. Lara
In the prior approval system for insurance rates, the insurance commissioner cannot consider projected investment income from affiliate companies in setting a fair rate.
Insurance 4DCA/1 Nov. 2, 2021
State Farm General Insurance Company v. Lara
Intervenor attorneys' fees under Insurance Code Section 1861.10(b) may be obtained as long as the intervenor made a significant, distinct contribution.
Insurance 4DCA/1 Nov. 2, 2021
Zamora v. Security Industry Specialists
Summary adjudication was improper because a jury could infer disability discrimination from lower-ranked, but able-bodied employees being demoted rather than terminated.
Employment Law 6DCA Nov. 2, 2021
U.S. v. Tan
United States Customs and Border Protection is not required to describe the subjects about which it intends to question in a summons for testimony.
Government 9th Nov. 2, 2021
Usubakunov v. Garland
An immigration judge's denial of an asylum applicant's continuance of his merits hearing violated the applicant's right to counsel.
Immigration 9th Nov. 2, 2021
Ochoa v. Davis
Habeas corpus applicant was required to show that the *Brady* violation prejudiced his case in order to make a successful habeas claim.
Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Nov. 2, 2021
Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians v. Flynt
Because Native American tribes are governmental entities, they have no standing to bring Unfair Competition Law claims.
Native American Affairs 4DCA/1 Nov. 1, 2021