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Cordero-Sacks v. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Governmental entity employer may be liable under False Claims Act for retaliatory discharge of employee following her assistance in investigation of false claim.
Administrative Agencies Nov. 21, 2011
People v. Sample
Child pornography possession offenses occurring at different times and locations are separate and distinct acts supporting separate convictions.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 21, 2011
Janopaul+Block Companies LLC v. Superior Court (St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.)
Issues concerning insurer's duty to defend and bad faith must be decided in trial court prior to arbitration of dispute over attorney fees.
Insurance Nov. 21, 2011
Community Water Coalition v. Santa Cruz County Local Agency Formation Commission (City of Santa Cruz)
Prospective recipient of city services may apply for approval of services if city indicates willingness to provide services and is party to agreement for which approval is sought.
Government Nov. 21, 2011
Ortiz v. Uribe
Based on totality of circumstances, confession to deputy is voluntary despite deputy’s failure to reveal identity and showing of empathy.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 21, 2011
Lopez-Cardona v. Holder
Residential burglary is particularly serious crime with substantial risk of physical force, making alien ineligible for withholding of removal.
Immigration Nov. 21, 2011
Stein v. Ryan
State's Dept. of Corrections does not have duty to review legality of sentencing order imposed by competent court.
Civil Rights Nov. 21, 2011
Vargas v. City of Salinas
Award of attorney fees to prevailing government defendant under anti-SLAPP law does not unconstitutionally infringe right of petition.
Civil Procedure Nov. 21, 2011
People v. Voit
Defendant is precluded from challenging sufficiency of evidence where trial court conducted inquiry and counsel stipulated to papers forming factual basis of plea.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 21, 2011
Veterans for Common Sense v. Shinseki
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Rhoades v. Reinke
State’s lethal injection execution protocol does not violate Eighth Amendment where protocol includes safeguards to ensure there is no substantial risk of serious harm.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2011
People v. Bryant
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
People v. Torres
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
In re Lamour L.
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Woodard v. Crane Co.
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Macy v. Superior Court (People)
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Salas v. Sierra Chemical
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Fluor Corporation v. S.C. (Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company)
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Lewis v. Pepper Construction Company Pacific
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Yanez v. Soma Environmental Engineering
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
King v. Willmett
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Cabrera v. E. Rojas Properties
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Perry v. Brown
Proponents of Proposition 8 have standing to assert state's interest in initiative’s validity when public officials charged with that duty refused to do so.
Government Nov. 18, 2011
Durand v. U.S. Dept. of Labor
Federal Employee Compensation Act beneficiary may not deduct litigation costs from refund of benefits owed to United States following settlement of civil action.
Employment Law Nov. 18, 2011
Rhoades v. Blades
Stay of execution, which petitioner sought pending Supreme Court decision, is not appropriate where motion was untimely and there was no substantial likelihood of success.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 18, 2011
Felix v. Aronson
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Iversen v. California Village Homeowners Association
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Tverberg v. Fillner Construction
Order
Nov. 18, 2011
Rock Creek Alliance v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service properly relies on large-scale analysis in evaluating mine's impact on threatened trout where impacts were also considered in detail.
Environmental Law Nov. 17, 2011
U.S. v. Gonzalez-Aparicio
Plain-error standard applies in determining sentencing error where defendant failed to object to enhancement in prior proceedings.
Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 17, 2011