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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
Maxwell v. Saul
Claimants applying for disability insurance benefits must be found 'disabled' if their skills are not readily transferable to a 'significant range of work.' 		Administrative Agencies 9th Aug. 25, 2020
Namisnak v. Uber Technologies
When plaintiffs who are disabled have actual knowledge of illegal barriers at public accommodation to which they desire access, they need not engage in 'futile gesture' of attempting to gain access. 		Civil Procedure 9th Aug. 25, 2020
Ramirez v. Shinn
Order 		9th Aug. 25, 2020
Jones v. Shinn
Order 		9th Aug. 25, 2020
People v. Brooks
Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to strike prior serious felony enhancements. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/1 Aug. 24, 2020
U.S. v. Cate
Supervised release revocation proceeding is not the proper forum to challenge an underlying conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Aug. 24, 2020
Amended Opinion: Canela v. Costco
Private Attorney General Act claim is fundamentally different from class action and thus cannot be the basis for Class Action Fairness Act claim. 		Civil Procedure 9th Aug. 24, 2020
Harrison v. Kernan
Intermediate scrutiny rather than deferential 'Turner v. Safely' standard applies to claims challenging prison regulations which facially discriminate on basis of gender. 		Civil Rights 9th Aug. 24, 2020
Grimm v. City of Portland
Due process requires that individualized notice be given before an illegally parked car is towed unless the state has a 'strong justification' for not doing so. 		Civil Rights 9th Aug. 24, 2020
In re A.M.
Juvenile court erred by placing minor in short-term residential therapeutic program based on probation department's recommendation which failed to include Child and Family Team input. 		Juveniles 1DCA/3 Aug. 21, 2020
People v. McGee
Presence of unsealed bag of marijuana plainly visible on passenger's person constitutes probable cause to search passenger's purse. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 3DCA Aug. 21, 2020
Georgeanne G. v. Superior Court (Los Angeles County Dept. of Children and Family Services)
Juvenile court may not consider a parent's 'lack of insight' at Welfare and Institutions Code Section 366.22 permanency review hearing. 		Dependency 2DCA/7 Aug. 21, 2020
Hanna v. Little League Baseball
Trial court did not have authority to rule on defendant's discovery motions imposing sanctions against plaintiff once defendant filed its motion requiring plaintiff to furnish security. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/2 Aug. 21, 2020
Li v. Dept. of Industrial Relations
Labor Code Section 1197.1's new bond requirement did not constitute retroactive application of statute because all that changed was the addition of procedural requirement. 		Labor Law 2DCA/7 Aug. 21, 2020
People v. Townsend
Trial court improperly analyzed how defendant's time spent absconding from parole supervision and in jail on parole violations altered his parole discharge date. 		statutory_interpretation 1DCA/4 Aug. 21, 2020
Davis v. Kozak
Trial court properly denied defendants motion to compel arbitration because the arbitration agreement was both procedurally and substantively unconscionable. 		Arbitration 1DCA/3 Aug. 21, 2020
U.S. v. Mitchell
Defendant had not carried his burden of proving reasonable probability that his execution would be carried out in manner inconsistent with state law under Federal Death Penalty Act. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Aug. 21, 2020
U.S. v. Rodriguez
Defendant was properly convicted under Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering Activity statute. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Aug. 21, 2020
U.S. v. Berckmann
District court did not abuse its discretion by admitting evidence pertaining to other attacks as non-propensity evidence. 		Evidence 9th Aug. 21, 2020
U.S. v. Lague
A medical professional's practice-wide prescription data is probative of unlawful intent in a 21 U.S.C. Section 841 charge. 		Evidence 9th Aug. 21, 2020
Oracle America v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise
District court's partial summary judgment for defendant on claims for copyright infringement and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage based upon statute of limitations was proper. 		Copyright 9th Aug. 21, 2020
Monarch Content Mgmt. v. Arizona Dept. of Gaming
The Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978 pertaining to interstate horserace wagering at off-track sites did not preempt A.R.S. Section 5-112(U). 		Civil Rights 9th Aug. 21, 2020
Amended Opinion: Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corp.
State law cannot circumscribe federal court's equitable powers even when state law affords the rule of decision. 		Remedies 9th Aug. 21, 2020
Biel v. St. James School
Order 		9th Aug. 21, 2020
People v. Ochoa
Trial court abused its discretion by failing to consider youth-related mitigating factors before imposing life without parole for murder committed when defendant was 17 years old. 		Juveniles 2DCA/7 Aug. 20, 2020
Modification: Pasos v. Los Angeles County Civil Service Com.
Trial court erred by substituting its own discretion for that of Sheriff's Department in determining appropriate penalty for deputy sheriff's failure to report another deputy's use of force against inmate. 		Employment Law 2DCA/7 Aug. 20, 2020
U.S. v. State of Washington
HB 1723 falls within 40 U.S.C. Section 3172's waiver of federal government's immunity from state workers' compensation laws and thus did not violate doctrine of intergovernmental immunity. 		Government 9th Aug. 20, 2020
U.S. v. Valencia-Lopez
In allowing special agent to testify, district court abused its discretion by not properly fulfilling its gatekeeping role under 'Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.' 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Aug. 20, 2020
U.S. v. Swenson
District court erred by concluding that defendant's wife's social security benefits were subject to garnishment to satisfy his restitution order. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Aug. 20, 2020
Cheneau v. Barr
Petitioner's burglary conviction was not a crime-of-violence aggravated felony that rendered him removable. 		Immigration 9th Aug. 20, 2020
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