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  • Sukumar v. City of San Diego

    Publication Date: 2017-08-16
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-15
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Friedhofer PC and James E. Friedhofer for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Mara W. Elliott, City Attorney, George F. Schaefer, Assistant City Attorney, and Catherine A. Richardson, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. D071527

    Petitioner "prevailed" in Public Records Act litigation for purposes of fee award despite ultimate denial of petition (Nares, J.)

  • Ponte v. County of Calaveras

    Publication Date: 2017-08-16
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-07-17
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Kenneth M. Foley and Kenneth M. Foley for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Caulfield Law Firm and Andrew T. Caulfield for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. C079180

    Attorney fees properly awarded against plaintiff attempting to collect from county for work performed without contract (Duarte, J.)

  • County of Orange v. Cole

    Publication Date: 2017-08-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-15
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Julie Weng-Gutierrez, Assistant Attorney General, Linda M. Gonzalez and Ricardo Enriquez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.
    for defendant: The Law Offices of Saylin & Swisher, Brian G. Saylin, Lindsay L. Swisher and Daniela A. Laakso for Appellant.
    Case Number: No. G053375

    Sperm donor's conduct warranted finding of presumed parent status (Fybel, J.)

  • Sviridov v. City of San Diego

    Publication Date: 2017-08-15
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-07-28
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Milton J. Silverman and Milton J. Silverman, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Mara W. Elliott, City Attorney, George Schaefer, Assistant City Attorney and Meghan A. Wharton, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. D069785

    Costs properly awarded to prevailing government defendant in employment action based on plaintiff's repeated rejection of settlement offers (McConnell, P.J.)

  • Towery v. State of California

    Publication Date: 2017-08-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Desai Law Firm, Aashish Y. Desai and Adrianne De Castro for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, William C. Kwong, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General, Thomas S. Patterson, Jay C. Russell and Jon S. Allin, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, and Jill Vander Borght, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. B269387

    Governmental immunity barred inmate's Bane Act claim arising from failure to protect him from known risk of dangerous disease (Lui, J.)

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  • Light v. California Department of Parks and Recreation

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-08
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stewart and Musell, Wendy E. Musell and Elisa J. Stewart for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Chris A. Knudsen, Assistant Attorney General, Christine Mersten and Jodi L. Cleesattle, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent California Department of Parks and Recreation.
    Case Number: No. D070361

    Reduction of employee's hours to zero could constitute adverse employment action (McConnell, P.J.)

  • Harris v. Superior Court (People)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Legal Services
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Miriam T. Lyle, Public Defender, Nelson C. Lu, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent Superior Court.Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez and Kari Ricci Mueller, Deputy Attorneys General for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. C083669

    Order of restitution was "significant adverse collateral consequence" of misdemeanor conviction warranting appointment of appellate counsel (Murray, J.)

  • Andres v. Marshall

    Publication Date: 2017-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana M. Sabraw, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Edward Leavy, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Lamarr Andres, Imperial, California, pro se Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Sylvie P. Snyder, Deputy Attorney General; Neah Huynh, Acting Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; William C. Kwong, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General; Xavier Becerra, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 15-56057

    Prison officials' failure timely to respond to inmate grievance rendered administrative remedies unavailable (per curiam)

  • City of Culver City v. Cohen

    Publication Date: 2017-08-08
    Practice Area: Tax | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-07
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kane, Ballmer & Berkman, Murray O. Kane, Joan S. Smyth, Edward B. Kang for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Douglas J. Woods, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Marc A. LeForestier and Sylvia A. Cates, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. C077799

    Department of Finance may not resort to "self-help" to force city's repayment of funds improperly transferred to it by former redevelopment agency (Nicholson, Acting P.J.)

  • Russell City Energy Company, LLC v. City of Hayward

    Publication Date: 2017-08-08
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-07
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Winston & Strawn, Robb C. Adkins, Charles J. Moll III, Krista M. Enns and Benjamin J. Kimberley for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Office of City Attorney, Michael S. Lawson; Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, Benjamin P. Fay and Gabriel J. McWhirter, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. A144749

    City may not contract away power to impose local taxes (Jones, P.J.)