• Asarco LLC v. Atlantic Richfield Company

    Publication Date: 2017-08-14
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Evans (argued), Laura G. Brys, and Daphne Hsu, Integer Law Corporation, Los Angeles, California; Linda R. Larson, Marten Law PLLC, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Shannon Wells Stevenson (argued), William J. Duffy, and Mave A. Gasaway, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, Colorado; Elizabeth H. Temkin, Temkin Wielga & Hardt LLP, Denver, Colorado; Randy J. Cox and Randy J. Tanner, Boone Karlberg P.C., Missoula, Montana; for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-35723

    Settlement agreement entered into under authority other than CERCLA could give rise to CERCLA contribution action (Callahan, J.)

  • Curci Investments, LLC v. Baldwin

    Publication Date: 2017-08-11
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Corporate Entities | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brown Rudnick, Ronald Rus, Joel Miliband, Randall A. Smith and Justin S. Morgan for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Broker & Associates and Jeffrey W. Broker; Matthews Law Firm, Inc. and Arturo E. Matthews, Jr., for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. G052764

    Reverse veil piercing potentially available in California for judgment creditor (Thompson, J.)

  • People v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2017-08-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon, Peter W. Thompson, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: The Law Offices of Janelle Caywood and Janelle E. Caywood, Retained Counsel for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. C078620

    Hearsay statements of uncharged co-conspirator properly admitted at trial (Duarte, 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.)

  • People v. Financial Casualty and Surety, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2017-07-14
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, Cheryl Adams, Chief Trial Deputy, Diana Rosenstein, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondent.
    for defendant: John Mark Rorabaugh, Alan E. Nunez, Robert Tomlin White, Adam Phillip Sostrin, for Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A145568, A146916

    Trial court erred in denying motion to set aside summary judgment in bond forfeiture case (Siggins, J.)

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  • Energy Insurance Mutual Limited v. Ace American Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2017-08-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Construction
    Date Filed: 2017-07-11
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Appellant: Baker & McKenzie LLP, Ronald L. Ohren, Michael A. Pollard, Teresa Lauren Michaud.
    for defendant: Counsel for Respondents: Clyde & Co. US LLP, William J. Hapiuk, Paul R. Koepff, Erica J. Kerstein, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Jonathan D. Hacker.

    Case Number: No. A140656

    No coverage where common law negligence was "inseparably intertwined" with professional services (Reardon, J.)

  • United States v. Van Dyck

    Publication Date: 2017-08-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Garland E. Burrell, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judge, and Jon P. McCalla,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colleen M. Kennedy (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Phillip A. Talbert, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Sacramento, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Jeremy L. Friedman (argued), Law Office of Jeremy L. Friedman, Oakland, California; Tatiana Filippova and Gary B. Callahan, Clayeo C. Arnold APLC, Sacramento, California; for Intervenors-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 16-10160

    Relators lacked standing to intervene in criminal forfeiture action (Thomas, C.J.)

  • PGA West Residential Association, Inc. v. Hulven International, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-08-09
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peters & Freedman, David M. Peters and Zachary R. Smith for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Sam Walker for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. E064270

    Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act's seven-year statute of limitations barred lawsuit challenging alleged fraudulent transfer of interest in real estate to sham entity (McKinster, J.)

  • 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.)

  • Bridges v. Mt. San Jacinto Community College District (Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Education
    Date Filed: 2017-08-08
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Robert A. Pool and Robert A. Pool for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, John W. Dietrich, David D. Boyer, and Jennifer D. Cantrell for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. E065213

    CEQA plaintiffs failed to exhaust administrative remedies (Slough, J.)