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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
06-74309	Haile v. Holder Alien is eligible for deferral removal despite terrorist involvement where alien demonstrated likelihood of torture by government if returned to country of citizenship.	Immigration			Sep. 26, 2011
08-15620	Silva v. Di Vittorio Prisoner may proceed ‘in forma pauperis’ where orders of dismissal were filed months after instant appeal and thus, did not count as ‘strike.’	Prisoners Rights			Sep. 26, 2011
09-17477	Earl v. Nielsen Media Research Inc. Summary judgment is improper where plaintiff raises triable issue that employer’s reason for termination was pretext for unlawful age discrimination.	Employment Law			Sep. 26, 2011
09-99004	Stokley v. Ryan Defendant is not entitled to habeas relief where, regardless of admissibility of new evidence, he fails to show counsel’s representation fell below standard of reasonableness.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 26, 2011
10-10571	U.S. v. Perelman First Amendment overbreadth challenge to statute prohibiting unauthorized wearing of military medals fails because statute requires intent to deceive.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 26, 2011
10-16916	Team Enterprises LLC v. Western Investment Real Estate Trust Under CERCLA, manufacturer does not ‘arrange for disposal’ of hazardous substances where purpose of product is to recover hazardous substances, not disposal.	Environmental Law			Sep. 26, 2011
10-50074	U.S. v. Chung Sufficient evidence supports defendant's conviction for espionage where proprietary documents, which were considered ‘trade secrets,’ were found in his possession.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 26, 2011
10-50399	U.S. v. Sykes Modification of sentence that imposes statute’s mandatory minimum, falling within amended sentencing range, does not constitute new sentence.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 26, 2011
10-56465	American Trucking Associations Inc. v. The City of Los Angeles Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts provision in concession agreements between port and motor carriers, which required carriers to hire employee drivers over time.	Government			Sep. 26, 2011
H035902	People v. Nottoli Warrantless searches of vehicle and cell phone discovered in vehicle following traffic stop are justified as searches incident to arrest.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 26, 2011
B227019	People v. Aguirre Federal indictment is not ‘direct consequence’ of guilty plea in state court where federal charge and state conviction are different offenses.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 26, 2011
B226338	Shugart v. The Regents of the University of California Summary judgment is improper where declaration does not include documents relied on by expert, but is already before court and raises triable issues.	Civil Procedure			Sep. 25, 2011
G044493	People v. Gari 'Coram nobis' writ relief is unavailable to petitioner who failed to show existence of fact that was not presented at trial and would have prevented his conviction.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 25, 2011
04-16688	Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Order				Sep. 25, 2011
07-10607	U.S. v. Fitch Following fraud and money laundering convictions, sentencing court may consider uncharged premeditated murder to support drastic upward departure from Sentencing Guidelines.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 25, 2011
10-35032	Al Haramain Islamic Foundation v. U.S. Dept. of the Treasury Substantial evidence supports Office of Foreign Assets Control's designation of nonprofit organization as 'specially designated global terrorist,' justifying freeze on organization's assets.	Government			Sep. 25, 2011
10-35776	Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation v. Gregoire Washington cigarette tax requiring Indian tribe to collect tax from non-Indian purchasers is valid because 'legal incidence' of tax does not fall on tribe.	Native American Affairs			Sep. 25, 2011
10-50313	U.S. v. Rivera Eight-level offense level increase is proper where theft offense qualified as aggravated felony based on judicially-noticeable documents.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Sep. 25, 2011
10-55379	Gonzales v. Arrow Financial Services LLC Cumulative recovery is allowed under complementary federal and state statutes, which protect consumers from unlawful debt collection practices.	Constitutional Law			Sep. 25, 2011
S194928	Magness v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S195003	People v. Butler Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S190276	Duong (Senh) on Habeas Corpus Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S194530	Wright v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S194896	Davis v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S195176	Page v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S195818	Villa v. Superior Court (People) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
S194079	Communities for a Better Environment v. P.U.C. (Pacific Gas & Electric) Order				Sep. 23, 2011
D057004	Golden Hill Neighborhood Association Inc. v. City of San Diego City’s failure to show proportionality of assessments charged against its park and open areas invalidates votes establishing creation of special district.	Government			Sep. 22, 2011
10-1412	Winterton v. Humitech of Northern California LLC (In re Blue Pine Group Inc.) Bankruptcy court's imposition of sanctions against attorney is appropriate where he filed bankruptcy without corporate authorization and failed to conduct reasonable inquiry.	Bankruptcy			Sep. 22, 2011
09-73625	Cole v. Holder Denial of application for relief under Convention Against Torture is improper because BIA failed to give reasoned consideration to potentially dispositive expert testimony.	Immigration			Sep. 22, 2011