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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
08-99016	James v. Schriro Counsel’s failure to investigate and present mitigating evidence of defendant’s life history, mental incapacity, and substance abuse constitutes deficient performance.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 12, 2011
B226848	People v. Valenzuela Trial court does not have duty to give instruction on imperfect self-defense because defendant’s fear of harm from gang members was not unreasonable.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 12, 2011
G044105	Nicholas Laboratories LLC v. Chen Employer is not required to indemnify former employee for attorney fees incurred by employee during successful defense of action brought by employer.	Employment Law			Oct. 12, 2011
C061536	People v. Davis Reports prepared by nontestifying physicians are not 'testimonial' out-of-court statements and as such, they are admissible under Sixth Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 12, 2011
10-1320	Blueford v. Arkansas Order				Oct. 11, 2011
10-1042	Freeman v. Quicken Loans, Inc. Order				Oct. 11, 2011
10-10652	Johnson v. Obama Order				Oct. 11, 2011
11-5094	Replogle v. United States Order				Oct. 11, 2011
07-70638	Meza-Vallejos v. Holder Petitioner may file motion affecting request for voluntary departure on first business day following voluntary departure period where expiration date fell on Saturday.	Immigration			Oct. 11, 2011
B225796	Ross v. California Coastal Commission (Malibu Bay Co.) Five-foot buffer for dune environmentally sensitive habitat area adjacent to beachfront development does not conflict with city’s development standards.	Environmental Law			Oct. 11, 2011
B232495	Western Heritage Insurance Co. v. Superior Court (Parks) As intervener, insurer has right to assert all defenses that otherwise would be available to insured parties whether as to liability or damages.	Insurance			Oct. 11, 2011
B230791	Johnson v. Metropolitan News Co. Newspaper need not be 'printed' exclusively in one city to qualify as newspaper of general circulation, and is 'printed' where circulation copies are mechanically produced.	Government			Oct. 11, 2011
D057997	In re Rodriguez Board’s finding of unsuitability for parole is supported by some evidence where defendant refused to speak about crime and lacked insight into motivation for murder.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 10, 2011
H035576	Dollinger DeAnza Associates v. Chicago Title Insurance Co. Title insurer properly denies coverage for losses incurred when purchaser withdrew from agreement to buy parcel after learning of notice of merger.	Insurance			Oct. 9, 2011
F059511	In re Cabrera Inmate’s possession of drawings signed by gang affiliate does not show direct link between two to support inmate’s validation as gang member.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 9, 2011
F060219	Greg Opinski Construction Inc. v. City of Oakdale Based on required procedure for requesting extension, contractor must give notice of intent to avoid effect of failure to perform due to other party's failure.	Contracts			Oct. 6, 2011
E051131	People v. Quiroz Probation condition requiring defendant to submit record of income and expenditures is not overbroad where imposed to assure defendant makes progress in paying restitution.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 6, 2011
B228781	Pack v. Superior Court (City of Long Beach) Federal law preempts provisions of city's ordinance, which permit and regulate medical marijuana collectives, rather then merely decriminalizing specific acts.	Government			Oct. 5, 2011
09-55233	Starr v. County of Los Angeles Order				Oct. 5, 2011
B226977	Yuin University v. Korean Broadcasting System Broadcast’s statements describing school as ‘vacant, suspected degree factory’ are not defamatory where used as hyperbolic speech in support of program’s opinion.	Torts			Oct. 5, 2011
08-99007	Carrera v. Ayers Ineffective assistance claim fails where petitioner did not prove that failure to raise challenge to discharge venire based on alleged group-based peremptory challenges was unreasonable.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 4, 2011
09-56498	Rickley v. County of Los Angeles Successful civil rights plaintiff may recover reasonable attorney fee award for legal services performed by attorney-spouse.	Civil Rights			Oct. 4, 2011
H035333	Kerkeles v. City of San Jose Officer is not entitled to qualified immunity from civil rights action based on use of false report in preliminary hearing, even if plaintiff was never incarcerated.	Civil Rights			Oct. 4, 2011
H035246	Fresh Express Inc. v. Beazley Syndicate 2623/623 at Lloyd’s E. coli outbreak is not ‘insured event’ under policy where policy’s plain language restricted recoverable losses to those incurred as direct result of insured’s error.	Insurance			Oct. 4, 2011
B228686	Lanigan v. City of Los Angeles Waiver of right to protections under Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act is permissible in context of settlement of pending disciplinary action.	Government			Oct. 4, 2011
E050725	People v. Larkins Lay opinion testimony identifying defendant in videos has sufficient foundation for admissibility where identifier matched photo and name to videos.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Oct. 4, 2011
10-755	Dallas County, TX, et al. v. TX Democratic Party Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-1183	Dallas County, TX, et al. v. TX Democratic Party Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-1202	Chinese Daily News, Inc. v. Wang Order				Oct. 3, 2011
10-1262	China Terminal v. Willemsen Order				Oct. 3, 2011