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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
S092240	People v. Boyce Capital defendant is entitled to resentencing on aspect of determinate sentence where trial court imposed upper term on robbery count without true finding by jury.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 24, 2014
G048132	People v. Shapiro California man may be convicted of contacting 16-year-old victim on Internet to commit sex crime when victim was in Indiana, where age of consent is 16.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 24, 2014
E056132	People v. Sweeney Operators of online business engage in unlawful ‘endless chain scheme’ by selling memberships with promises of compensation based on recruitment of new members.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 24, 2014
S218597	DKN Holdings v. Faerber Order				Jul. 24, 2014
S218712	People v. Safety National Casualty Insurance Co. Order				Jul. 24, 2014
S219178	People v. Arroyo Order				Jul. 24, 2014
S219167	People v. Gonzalez Order				Jul. 24, 2014
S215927	People v. Cook Order				Jul. 24, 2014
S208843	People v. Whitmer Defendants may be convicted of many grand theft counts based on separate and distinct acts of theft committed pursuant to single overarching scheme.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 24, 2014
13-50182	U.S. v. Kiefer Application of two-level sentence increase for use of computer does not result in double counting where defendant was convicted for receiving child pornography.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 24, 2014
B247151	Demetriades v. Yelp Inc. Yelp may not use anti-SLAPP statute to dismiss false advertising action claiming its review filter actually suppressed unbiased and trustworthy reviews.	Business Law			Jul. 24, 2014
C070877	Town of Atherton v. California High-Speed Rail Authority California High-Speed Rail Authority properly refuses alternatives to laying track for trains traveling from Central Valley to Bay Area through Pacheco Pass.	Environmental Law			Jul. 24, 2014
G049344	William Jefferson & Co. Inc. v. Assessment Appeals Board Homeowner's lawsuit seeking property tax reduction by challenging base year value assigned by assessor must be brought against county, not assessment appeals board.	Real Property			Jul. 23, 2014
A138480	Rufini v. CitiMortgage Inc. Homeowner must be allowed to amend his wrongful foreclosure complaint against CitiMortgage where his allegations could potentially support HAMP claims.	Real Property			Jul. 23, 2014
C074384	Guardianship of A.L. Trial court fails to conduct full evidentiary hearing before terminating guardianship of two minors where no evidence, witness testimony or arguments were presented.	Family Law			Jul. 23, 2014
B247088	People v. Rader Defendant who paid for meal at restaurant with counterfeit bills may be convicted of felony petty theft, instead of misdemeanor charge of defrauding innkeeper.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 23, 2014
10-71236	Juarez Alvarado v. Holder Legal permanent resident who pleaded guilty to attempted possession of methamphetamine in Arizona is removable because conviction related to controlled substance.	Immigration			Jul. 23, 2014
13-50331	U.S. v. Daniels District court must address supervised releasee personally to ask if he wants to make a statement in mitigation before imposing a post-revocation sentence.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 23, 2014
B252864	J.F., a Minor Juvenile court may continue to maintain jurisdiction over child, despite recommendation by Dept. of Children and Family Services to terminate jurisdiction.	Juveniles			Jul. 23, 2014
B252864	J.F., a Minor Juvenile court may continue to maintain jurisdiction over child, despite recommendation by Dept. of Children and Family Services to terminate jurisdiction.	Juveniles			Jul. 23, 2014
B252864	J.F., a Minor Juvenile court may continue to maintain jurisdiction over child, despite recommendation by Dept. of Children and Family Services to terminate jurisdiction.	Juveniles			Jul. 23, 2014
B249236	Settle v. State of California Plaintiff’s counsel is not required to pay defense costs after court finds plaintiff lacked reasonable cause and good faith in filing tort action against public entity.	Torts			Jul. 23, 2014
B251693	Los Angeles Unified School District v. Superior Court (Los Angeles Times Communications LLC) LAUSD need not reveal unredacted scores of each teacher’s effect on his or her students' performance due to strong public interest served by nondisclosure of names.	Government			Jul. 23, 2014
S049626	People v. Hajek and Vo Death sentence is upheld for men who held entire family hostage for hours and tortured elderly grandmother before killing her.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 23, 2014
E054618	Golden State Boring & Pipe Jacking Inc. v. Eastern Municipal Water District Subcontractor’s action against surety for nonpayment is untimely in light of three cessations of labor that triggered duty to file stop notice, or to file suit.	Contracts			Jul. 23, 2014
S049626	People v. Hajek & Vo Order				Jul. 23, 2014
C066262	People v. Brown California's ban on shotguns with an overall length of less than 26 inches, or short-barreled shotguns, does not violate Second Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 22, 2014
14-16310	Wood v. Ryan Order				Jul. 22, 2014
D064276	People v. Chenault Support dog may be present while child sexual abuse victims testify at trial where dog could assist them to recall events and give clearer testimony.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jul. 22, 2014
B248941	Ganoe v. Metalclad Insulation Corp. Survivors of utility man who died due to asbestos exposure may continue suit against insulation contractor that performed work at decedent’s workplace.	Torts			Jul. 22, 2014