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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
10-16696	Perry v. Brown Proposition 8, which amended state constitution to eliminate right of same-sex couples to marry, violates Fourteenth Amendment of U.S. Constitution.	Constitutional Law			Feb. 8, 2012
B223024	People v. Murray Juvenile’s no-parole life sentence for multiple murders is constitutional because categorical prohibition is expressly limited to nonhomicide juvenile offenders.	Juveniles			Feb. 8, 2012
D058385	People v. Latham Evidence is sufficient to support finding of second degree murder where parents knew of daughter's potentially fatal condition, but did not seek medical attention.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 8, 2012
07-73592	Mendoza-Pablo v. Holder Infant is subjected to persecution where mother's persecution materially impeded her ability to provide for basic needs of her child.	Immigration			Feb. 8, 2012
10-17007	Secalt S.A. v. Wuxi Shenxi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. Traction hoist's design does not qualify for trade dress protection where it cannot be shown that design was nonfunctional.	Intellectual Property			Feb. 8, 2012
10-17636	Tri-Valley CAREs v. U.S. Dept. of Energy Dept. of Energy's environmental assessment is adequate where it provides convincing statement on environmental impacts of possible terrorist attacks on proposed laboratory.	Environmental Law			Feb. 8, 2012
10-99017	Farmer v. McDaniel Where initial sentence imposes death penalty that is later vacated, state may reimpose death penalty on another basis without violating double jeopardy.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 8, 2012
B231245	Long Beach Police Officers Association v. City of Long Beach (Los Angeles Times Communications LLC) Names of officers involved in officer-involved shootings must be disclosed under California Public Records Act absent showing of interests served by nondisclosure.	Government			Feb. 8, 2012
edwards	Public Admonishment of Judge Anthony C. Edwards Judge abuses authority by cancelling court reporter in another judge's cases based on claimed desire to manage court’s expenses.	Judges			Feb. 8, 2012
B228314	Maaso v. Signer Arbitration award is properly vacated where one party arbitrator sends ex parte post-arbitration brief without allowing opponent opportunity to respond.	Civil Procedure			Feb. 8, 2012
B224456	Hotels Nevada v. L.A. Pacific Center Inc. Court properly compels arbitration of dispute where party agreed to arbitrate dispute if it failed to prove its affirmative defense to arbitration.	Civil Procedure			Feb. 8, 2012
C065094	Getchell v. Rogers Jewelry Where plaintiff presents evidence from which reasonable inference can be drawn that defendant or employees created dangerous condition, defendant is charged with notice of condition.	Torts			Feb. 8, 2012
S080947	People v. Enraca Defendant waives his right to invoke counsel when he initiated conversation with officer after interrogation ended and freely confessed to committing murders.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 7, 2012
S055652	People v. Fuiava Trial court properly excludes defendant’s proferred evidence that had only marginal relevance to his claim that his shooting of deputy was justified.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 7, 2012
06-74444	Rodriguez v. Holder Order				Feb. 7, 2012
09-72910	San Agustin v. Holder Order				Feb. 7, 2012
09-74038	Jex v. Holder Order				Feb. 7, 2012
10-70629	Pocasangre Holder Order				Feb. 7, 2012
10-15167	Miranda v. Braatz Tribal courts may impose up to one-year term of imprisonment for each discrete criminal violation even though crimes arose out of single transaction.	Native American Affairs			Feb. 7, 2012
10-50361	U.S. v. Reyes-Bonilla In prosecution for illegal reentry, defendant seeking to exclude prior removal order, which violated due process right to counsel, must prove actual prejudice.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 7, 2012
10-71869	Mata-Fasardo v. Holder Order				Feb. 7, 2012
A125557	Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association Use of representative sampling of class members in class action suit limits defendant's ability to prove affirmative defense and thus, violates due process.	Civil Procedure			Feb. 7, 2012
B230595	Lewow v. Surfside III Condominium Owners' Assn. Inc. Good cause allows motion for attorney fees despite failure to timely file based on extension of statutory period following dismissal of bankruptcy proceedings.	Civil Procedure			Feb. 6, 2012
04-55831	Smith v. Cavazos Order				Feb. 6, 2012
08-17565	Pacific Rivers Council v. United States Forest Service U.S. Forest Service fails to take requisite 'hard look' at environmental consequences of changes to Sierra Nevada Forest Plan with respect to fish species.	Environmental Law			Feb. 6, 2012
10-55642	Sauer v. U.S. Dept. of Education State agency has no statutory obligation to sue federal government for failing to comply with Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act arbitration award.	Administrative Agencies			Feb. 6, 2012
11-55587	Biller v. Toyota Motor Corp. Arbitrator's final award is valid because arbitrator did not manifestly disregard law by implicitly addressing and denying defendant's affirmative defenses.	Civil Procedure			Feb. 6, 2012
A132589	Gabriel K., a Minor Juvenile court may deny reunification services to mother who made no progress toward mitigating drug issues that led to child’s removal.	Juveniles			Feb. 6, 2012
B228244	People v. Gabriel Prior felony convictions for possession of assault weapon and cultivation of marijuana involve moral turpitude and are admissible to impeach defendant's credibility.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Feb. 6, 2012
S198491	In re Daniel C. Order				Feb. 3, 2012