| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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S193493
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Ceja v. Rudolph & Sletten, Inc.
Order |
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Aug. 12, 2011 | ||
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S193997
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Hayes v. County of San Diego
Order |
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Aug. 12, 2011 | ||
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S194388
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Harris (People ex rel.) v. PAC Anchor Transportation
Order |
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Aug. 12, 2011 | ||
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S194501
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DiCampli-Mintz v. County of Santa Clara
Order |
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Aug. 12, 2011 | ||
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S194150
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Diaz v. Bukey
Order |
|
Aug. 12, 2011 | ||
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S193545
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People v. Nguyen
Order |
|
Aug. 12, 2011 | ||
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E050631
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Plancich v. United Parcel Service Inc.
In action for overtime compensation, Labor Code Section 1194 does not preclude prevailing employers from recovering costs. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Aug. 12, 2011 | |
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H036190
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Foust v. San Jose Construction Co. Inc.
Court refuses to reconsider appeal where appellant fails to carry burden of providing record on appeal or any prejudicial error. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Aug. 11, 2011 | |
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06-73345
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Soriano-Vino v. Holder
Information obtained from permanent residency card, and not application for Special Agricultural Workers program, does not violate confidentiality provision under program. |
Immigration |
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Aug. 11, 2011 | |
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08-99018
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Fairbank v. Ayers
Defendant’s right to counsel is not violated when jail inmate who received incriminating notes from defendant was not acting under government’s guise. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 11, 2011 | |
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09-56808
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Viewtech Inc. v. United States
Assessed taxpayer and his fiduciary lack standing to challenge summons issued to bank by Internal Revenue Service. |
Taxation |
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Aug. 11, 2011 | |
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09-99003
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Woods v. Sinclair
Defendant’s Sixth Amendment right is not violated where he expresses frustration over process but otherwise fails to unequivocally invoke right to self-representation. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 11, 2011 | |
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10-15165
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McComish v. Bennett
Order |
|
Aug. 11, 2011 | ||
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10-35764
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Brandt v. American Bankers Insurance Co. of Florida
Finding of defendant’s culpability allows, but does not require, court to deny defendant’s motion to set aside default judgment. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Aug. 11, 2011 | |
|
B219485
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City of Industry v. City of Fillmore
City, as ‘real party in interest,’ has standing to sue for another’s city’s alleged diversion of taxes and need not establish taxpayer standing. |
Government |
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Aug. 11, 2011 | |
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G043598
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Corrales v. Corrales
Court relies on erroneous buyout theory where partnership ceases to exist by law when partner of a two-person partnership withdrew from partnership. |
Corporations |
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Aug. 11, 2011 | |
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G043716
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Boschma v. Home Loan Center Inc.
Borrowers adequately plead material facts for fraud where loan documents fail to clearly state that payments under schedule would definitely result in negative amortization. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Aug. 11, 2011 | |
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10-16666
|
DISH Network Corp. v. FCC
Court properly finds statute adjusting timetable for providing high-definition formatted programming is content-neutral restriction. |
Constitutional Law |
|
Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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10-15965
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Pitts v. Terrible Herbst Inc.
Defendant’s unaccepted offer to satisfy individual claim made before plaintiff filed motion for class certification does not moot case, if plaintiff may still file timely motion. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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A129543
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Brown v. Crandall
County owes duty to provide medical care where plaintiff is medically indigent, regardless of previous ability to pay for private insurance. |
Government |
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Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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A131449
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Professional Engineers in California Government v. Dept. of Transportation
CalTrans is not required to perform actual work on public-private partnership project under amendment to Streets and Highway Code Section 143. |
Government |
|
Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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C064627
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Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co.
After-acquired-evidence doctrine bars employee’s claims where employer would have refused to hire employee based on use of counterfeit Social Security card. |
Employment Law |
|
Aug. 10, 2011 | |
|
F058414
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Pantoja v. Anton
‘Me-too’ evidence is erroneously excluded where acts of defendant’s harassment show discriminatory or biased intent based on gender. |
Employment Law |
|
Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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C063012
|
People v. Battle
Use of peremptory challenge to strike African-American prospective juror does not violate defendant's rights because record did not show discriminatory intent. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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A126914
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H.C., a Minor
Parent does not have due process right to appointed counsel in probationary guardianship proceeding. |
Juveniles |
|
Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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D057570
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People v. Bryant
Court must instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter where substantial evidence showed that defendant did not subjectively appreciate that her conduct endangered victim's life. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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B223780
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County of Los Angeles v. American Contractors Indemnity Co.
No defense to bail forfeiture exists on ground that surety’s risk has been materially increased due to additional charges included in later-filed complaint. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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B224203
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Misik v. D’Arco
Plaintiff’s failure to allege alter ego theory does not preclude motion to amend judgment where alter ego had virtual representation in underlying litigation. |
Corporations |
|
Aug. 10, 2011 | |
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10-50168
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U.S. v. Porta
Court decision to allow supplemental arguments does not result in impermissible coercion where court did not inquire into reasons for jury’s deadlock. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Aug. 9, 2011 | |
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10-10216
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U.S. v. Aguilar-Reyes
Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(a), district court does not have jurisdiction to resentence defendant over 14 days after initial sentencing. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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Aug. 9, 2011 |