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People v. Canela
Robber receives 'great bodily injury' sentence increase for hitting pedestrian with vehicle while evading police officers by driving on wrong side of highway.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 12, 2014
Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States
Private landowner has unburdened access to abandoned right of way on land, which U.S. granted to railroad under General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875.
Real Property Mar. 11, 2014
Mosby v. May
Order
Mar. 11, 2014
Public Employees' Retirement v. IndyMac MBS, Inc., et al.
Order
Mar. 11, 2014
Turijan v. Holder
Lawful resident may not be removed to Mexico because California felony false imprisonment conviction did not constitute crime involving moral turpitude.
Immigration Mar. 11, 2014
U.S. v. Wilkes
Prosecution does not need to grant immunity to defense witness, who did not offer direct contradictions regarding scheme to acquire defense contracts by bribe.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 11, 2014
Carter v. Caleb Brett LLC
District court must provide better explanation for significant reduction of plaintiff’s attorney fee award by $8,000.
Civil Procedure Mar. 11, 2014
A.C., a Minor
Juvenile court must strike maximum confinement term from its order, after releasing minor offender to custody of parents on probation.
Juveniles Mar. 11, 2014
Mark Tanner Construction Inc. v. HUB International Insurance Services Inc.
General contractors may not sue their insurance broker for advising them to join self-insured workers' compensation program that later failed.
Insurance Mar. 11, 2014
A.M., a Minor
Juvenile court may exercise emergency jurisdiction over Mexican children after their mother was caught trying to smuggle heroin into U.S. with them.
Juveniles Mar. 11, 2014
Bergeron v. Boyd
Family court child custody evaluator avoids mother’s lawsuit based on his issuance of order, which allegedly deprived her of contact with children.
Torts Mar. 10, 2014
People v. Grewal
Internet cafes may not continue to operate ‘sweepstakes,’ where customers played games to win cash prizes, because those games constituted unlawful gambling.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 10, 2014
Montoya v. Holder
DHS may reinstate Mexican citizen’s removal order under IIRIRA, although her brother filed a Form I-130 relative visa for her before its enactment.
Immigration Mar. 10, 2014
Go v. Holder
Filipino national may not reopen asylum case under Convention Against Torture more than 90 days after receiving immigration judge’s decision against him.
Immigration Mar. 10, 2014
People v. Solis
Ex-boyfriend may not be convicted of two uncharged, lesser related crimes, stemming from attempted premeditated murder charge, for stabbing of ex-girlfriend.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 10, 2014
J.J. v. County of San Diego
Foster child, who was sexually molested by foster father, loses civil action against county because she filed her claim three years after abuse.
Torts Mar. 10, 2014
Brosio v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. (In re Brosio)
Debtor may not obtain attorney fees as a ‘prevailing party’ when creditor voluntarily decided to dismiss its own attorney fee claim against her.
Bankruptcy Mar. 10, 2014
Saffie v. Schmeling
Real estate buyer, who purchased property in earthquake study zone, may not sue seller or seller’s broker after discovering he could not build on property.
Real Property Mar. 10, 2014
In re Butler
Board of Parole Hearings must conduct new hearing after incorrectly denying parole to murderer based only on lack of insight and parole plans.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 7, 2014
Peralta v. Dillard
Jury may consider prison dentist’s lack of resources when deciding whether he should have to pay damages for failing to provide prisoner with necessary care.
Prisoners Rights Mar. 7, 2014
U.S. v. Bainbridge
Court may modify offender’s condition of supervised release to impose sexual deviancy evaluation, even if his underlying crime was not a sex offense.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 7, 2014
People v. Garcia
Gang member who fired shots at rival gang members evades sentence increase because prosecution could not establish gang’s ‘pattern of criminal activity.’
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 7, 2014
Rosemond v. U.S.
Trial court must reconsider drug dealer’s conviction for aiding use of gun during armed drug deal because jury was not instructed on when he learned of gun use.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 6, 2014
BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina
British company may arbitrate its dispute with Argentina over gas tariffs in U.S., despite failure to first file lawsuit in Argentina's courts.
International Law Mar. 6, 2014
Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez
Father may not receive extension of one-year deadline for filing petition for daughter’s return under Hague Convention, even if mother concealed her location.
International Law Mar. 6, 2014
People v. Fox
Trial court’s inaccurate comments about charged offense at pretrial hearing do not invalidate man’s exercise of right to self-representation.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 6, 2014
People v. Canizales
Trial court correctly instructs jury on ‘kill zone’ theory of attempted murder, in case where two gang members fired shots into a group of rival gang members.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 6, 2014
Clabourne v. Ryan
Capital prisoner’s failure to notify state appellate courts of ineffective assistance issue during resentencing does not prevent federal habeas review of murder case.
Criminal Law and Procedure Mar. 6, 2014
Esparza v. County of Los Angeles
Peace officers may not sue Los Angeles County due to decreases in pay stemming from decision to merge Office of Public Safety with County Sheriff's Dept.
Employment Law Mar. 6, 2014
Lawson v. FMR LLC
Whistleblower protection laws apply to employees of privately held companies that provided services to mutual funds, which were public companies.
Employment Law Mar. 5, 2014