• K.R. v. Superior Court (People)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paulino G. Duran, Public Defender, Arthur L. Bowie, Patricia Beza Contreras and David Lynch, Assistant Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Jesse Witt, Rachelle A. Newcomb, Michael A. Canzoneri and Eric L. Christoffersen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. S231709

    No factual showing needed to demand that same judge preside over both plea and disposition hearings (Werdegar, J.)

  • Jacks v. City of Santa Barbara

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Tax | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Huskinson, Brown & Heidenreich, David W.T. Brown and Paul E. Heidenreich for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Ariel Pierre Calonne, City Attorney, Tom R. Shapiro, Assistant City Attorney; Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, Michael G. Colantuono, Ryan Thomas Dunn, Leonard P. Aslanian; Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, Benjamin P. Fay, Rick W. Jarvis and Andrea Saltzman for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S225589

    Legality of surcharge added to utility bills depended on relationship to actual value of municipal property interest that surcharge was intended to compensate (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • 926 North Ardmore Avenue, LLC v. county of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: FisherBroyles, Goodson Wachtel and Petrulis, Lemoine Skinner III; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Daniel M. Kolkey, Julian W. Poon, Lauren M. Blas and Martie P. Kutscher for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: John F. Krattli, County Counsel, Mary C. Wickham, Interim County Counsel, and Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S222329

    Documentary transfer tax properly applied to transfer of majority interest in legal entity that held title to real property (Corrigan, J.)

  • People v. Superior Court (Sahlolbei)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-26
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-06-26
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul E. Zellerbach and Michael A. Hestrin, District Attorneys, Elaina Gambera Bentley, Assistant District Attorney, Kelli M. Catlett and Emily R. Hanks, Deputy District Attorneys, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Brown White & Newhouse, Brown White & Osborn and Kenneth P. White for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number:

    Independent contractor charged with transacting business on behalf of public entity may be held criminally liable for conflicts of interest (Liu, J.)

  • Scher v. Burke

    Publication Date: 2017-06-15
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-15
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cunningham & Treadwell, James H. Treadwell, Steven F. Kuehl; Aleshire & Wynder and June S. Ailin for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Law Offices of Robert S. Gerstein, Robert S. Gerstein; Law Offices of Bennett Kerns and Bennett Kerns for Defendants and Appellants John F. Burke, Germaine Burke and Bennett Kerns.

    Case Number:

    Nonrecreational use of property did not give rise to implied dedication (Kruger, J.)

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  • Ryan v. Rosenfeld

    Publication Date: 2017-06-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-15
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker and Robert Cooper for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: FisherBroyles and Daniel L. Alexander for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number:

    Denial of motion to vacate judgment is appealable order (Cuéllar, J.)

  • In re Bell

    Publication Date: 2017-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-08
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Habeas Corpus Resource Center, Miro F. Cizin, Kevin Bringuel, Eileen Connor, Anne D. Gordon and Paula Fog for Petitioner Steven M. Bell.
    for defendant: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons and Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorneys General, Holly D. Wilkens, Michael T. Murphy and Lynne G. McGinnis, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent State of California.

    Case Number:

    Jurors' testimony undermined defendant's claim of juror misconduct (Werdegar, J.)

  • Williams and Fickett v. County of Fresno

    Publication Date: 2017-06-05
    Practice Area: Tax | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-06-05
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dowling Aaron Incorporated, Lynne Thaxter Brown and Ronald A. Henderson for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Cederborg, County Counsel, Michal R. Linden and Peter Wall, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number:

    Taxpayer challenging ownership of assessed property must file administrative appeal (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • People v. Parker

    Publication Date: 2017-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-05
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Annie Featherman Fraser and Holly D. Wilkens, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, and Jeffrey J. Gale, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number:

    Custodial statements not obtained in violation of Miranda (Werdegar, J.)

  • Weatherford v. City of San Rafael

    Publication Date: 2017-06-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Tax | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-06-05
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark T. Clausen for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Bertrand, Fox & Elliot, Bertrand, Fox Elliot, Osman & Wenzel, Thomas F. Bertrand and Richard W. Osman for Defendant and Respondent City of Rafael.

    Case Number:

    Resident need not have paid property taxes in order to have standing to file taxpayer waste action (Cuéllar, J.)