• California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Tax | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-28
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Jon Diamond for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation, Jonathan M. Coupal, Trevor A. Grimm, Timothy A. Bittle, Brittany A. Sitzer; Jones & Mayer, James R. Touchstone and Krista MacNevin Jee for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number:

    Constitutional provision limiting government power to impose tax does not apply to voter initiatives (Cuéllar, J.)

  • Portland General Electric Company v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Energy
    Date Filed: 2017-07-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Marco A. Hernandez, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jay S. Bybee and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges, and Jed S. Rakoff,* Senior District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric D. Miller (argued), Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington; David Bledsoe, Perkins Coie LLP, Portland, Oregon; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: John Spencer Stewart (argued), Mario R. Nicholas, Thomas Ardell Larkin, and Jan D. Sokol, Stewart Sokol & Larkin LLC, Portland, Oregon, for Defendant-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 16-35628

    District court erred in deciding scope of arbitration clause (Rakoff, J.)

  • People v. Pina

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-06-22
    Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Medvei Law Group and Sebastian M. Medvei for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. BR 053105

    Statute barring solicitation of merchandise for sale at freeway off-ramps does not apply to panhandling (Ricciardulli, J.)

  • The Highway 68 Coalition v. County of Monterey (Omni Resources LLC)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-07-31
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Appellant, The Highway 68 Coalition: Douglas Philip Carstens, Amy Minteer, Chatten-Brown & Carstens, Michael W. Stamp, Molly Erickson, Stamp / Erickson.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants and Respondents, County of Monterey and Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey: Charles J. McKee, County Counsel, Wendy S. Strimling, Senior Deputy County Counsel, Jesse J. Avila, Deputy County Counsel, Office of the Monterey County Counsel.

    Case Number: No. H042891

    Interlocutory remand proper to determine non-CEQA issue of project consistency with local general plan (Bamattre-Manoukian, J.)

  • People v. Brooks

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steve Oetting, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Warren J. Williams, Deputy Attorney General for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Pauline E. Villanueva, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D070918

    Dismissed drug charges cannot support imposition of drug testing fee (Dato, J.)

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  • In re Marriage of Mendoza and Cuellar

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Worth L. Nicholl and Worth L. Nicholl for Appellant.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. G053820

    Spouse must request temporary support in order to be awarded spousal support retroactive to the date of filing for dissolution (Thompson, J.)

  • Ed H. v. Ashley C.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-24
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Patrick McCrary and Patrick L. McCrary for Appellants.
    for defendant: Bruce W. Cozart for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. D070346

    Great-grandparents not equivalent of "grandparents" for purposes of standing to seek visitation (O'Rourke, J.)

  • Mercury Casualty Company v. City of Pasadena

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-24
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Robert A. Stutman, Timothy E. Cary, Brian M. Wong, and Nathan R. Hurd, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Richards, Watson, & Gershon, Robert C. Ceccon, Saskia T. Asamura, T. Peter Pierce, and Stephanie Cao; Michelle Beal Bagneris, Ann S. Rider, and Javan N. Rad, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B266959 & B268452

    Municipality's mere ownership of tree did not make tree work of pubic improvement (Lavin, J.)

  • In re Miller

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Conrad, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Allison H. Chung, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B278902

    Evidence insufficient to show that aider and abettor acted with reckless indifference to human life (Baker, J.)

  • In re Charles G.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Joan Killeen and Amit Kurlekar, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Jamie M. Weyand, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A149593

    Statute prohibiting minor's possession of firearm capable of being concealed does not preempt statute prohibiting any person from carrying concealed firearm (Stewart, J.)