| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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12-15807
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Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness Inc. v. Cable News Network Inc.
Ninth Circuit asks California Supreme Court to analyze whether CNN’s lack of online video captioning for the hearing-impaired violates California’s Disabled Persons Act. |
Civil Rights |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
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11-16779
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Graham-Sult v. Clainos
Sons of successful Bay Area concert promoter may maintain lawsuit against their late father’s business partner based on sale of property and company. |
Torts |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
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12-15807o
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Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness Inc. v. Cable News Network Inc.
Order |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | ||
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B247493
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Dodd v. Cruz
Third-party medical lien purchaser must hand over documents regarding plaintiff’s medical liens and health care costs during discovery. |
Torts |
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Feb. 6, 2014 | |
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11-56843
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Robins v. Spokeo Inc.
Unemployed man may sue Spokeo for providing misleading information about him on its website, which allegedly hurt his employment prospects. |
Business Law |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
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12-56203
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Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. v. Team Equipment Inc.
Insurance company gets another chance to sue companies in various states, even though it did not yet know specific details of their states of citizenship. |
Civil Procedure |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
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B245558
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Market Lofts Community Association v. 9th Street Market Lofts LLC
Homeowners association of upscale mixed-use development in downtown Los Angeles may sue developers in relation to contractual parking rights. |
Real Property |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
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D060146
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Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District (Imperial County Farm Bureau)
Imperial Irrigation District may conduct one protest election concerning proposed water rate increase, even if proposed fees created different rate classes. |
Government |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
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A137802
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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 |
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Feb. 5, 2014 | |
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12-35323
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Washington Environmental Council v. Bellon
Order |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | ||
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12-30353
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U.S. v. Williams
District court may not revoke man’s federal supervised release after he pleaded guilty to Washington assault charge while maintaining his innocence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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12-16846
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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 |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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11-55592
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Berger v. Home Depot USA Inc.
Class action against Home Depot over allegedly deceptive 10 percent surcharge fails because class members agreed to various sales contracts. |
Business Law |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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C065913
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Chaidez v. Board of Administration of California Public Employees' Retirement System
Public Employees’ Retirement System may calculate retirement benefits for city council member by dividing his time as city employee and council member. |
Employment Law |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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A136502
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Reynolds v. City of Calistoga
San Diego resident may not sue to challenge City's use of Napa County sales tax revenue because he was not a Napa County taxpayer. |
Taxation |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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B243609
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Coleman v. Medtronic Inc.
Patient may continue to pursue claim that medical device manufacturer was negligent by not reporting problems with one of its devices to FDA. |
Torts |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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A137140
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Branscomb v. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
Lenders' liens on company's property may not be knocked out of their positions after man's loan mistakenly obtained priority after refinancing. |
Real Property |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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D061665
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Brewer Corp. v. Point Center Financial Inc.
Contractors' ‘stop notice’ claims to project funds take priority over construction lender’s right to reimburse itself for fees. |
Real Property |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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G047615
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In re Marriage of J.Q. and T.B.
Wife does not have to prove her husband abused her in application for domestic violence restraining order to be entitled to spousal support. |
Family Law |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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S204582
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In re Lira
Prisoner who was kept in prison for additional year due to Governor’s decision may not receive credit against his parole for that period of incarceration. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | |
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11-17454
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C.B. v. City of Sonora
Order |
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Feb. 4, 2014 | ||
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A139102
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Dews v. Superior Court (People)
Driver suspected of DUI may retry claim that 19-month delay between arrest warrant and arraignment violated his speedy trial right. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Feb. 3, 2014 | |
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E051500
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City of Riverside v. Horspool
City of Riverside does not overstep its authority by seizing and selling dilapidated property, which constituted a public nuisance and fire hazard. |
Real Property |
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Feb. 3, 2014 | |
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A129914
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Airline Pilots Association International v. United Airlines Inc.
United Airlines cannot use federal law to circumvent California law that allows employees to use sick leave to care for sick family members. |
Labor Law |
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Feb. 3, 2014 | |
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12-15572
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Republic of Ecuador v. Mackay
Chevron may no longer withhold thousands of documents prepared by its expert witnesses in long-standing dispute over oil drilling in Ecuador. |
Civil Procedure |
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Feb. 3, 2014 | |
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G048249
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Sharifpour v. Le
Defendants must pay undertaking along with their request to curb judgment’s enforcement, even if winning plaintiffs failed to file an opposition to request. |
Civil Procedure |
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Feb. 3, 2014 | |
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H036548
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Cheal v. El Camino Hospital
Fired diet technician may continue her age discrimination suit against hospital because hospital failed to show she performed below its own accepted standards. |
Employment Law |
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Feb. 3, 2014 | |
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H038918
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St. Mary v. Superior Court (Schellenberg)
Woman suing over investment fraud evades discovery penalties for missing filing deadline, which would have effectively defeated her case. |
Civil Procedure |
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Feb. 3, 2014 | |
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B243159
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St. Cyr v. California FAIR Plan Association
Insureds who lost homes in wildfires and received full amount of policy limits under California FAIR Plan may not seek additional payments. |
Insurance |
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Feb. 3, 2014 | |
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A138468
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Edward C., a Minor
Juvenile sex offender’s commitment to Dept. of Juvenile Facilities is not unconstitutionally retroactive because it was not an increase in punishment. |
Juveniles |
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Feb. 3, 2014 |