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  • Opinion of Xavier Becerra (16-801)

    Publication Date: 2017-07-28
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government | Construction
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: Ca. A.G.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: No. 16-801

    Health and Safety Code §13146 does not prohibit fire protection district chiefs from enforcing the State Fire Marshal's building standards and regulations as they relate to R-3 dwel

  • Friends of Eel River v. North Coast Railroad Authority (Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company)

    Publication Date: 2017-07-27
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-07-27
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shute Mihaly & Weinberger, Ellison Folk, Amy J. Bricker, Edward T. Schexnayder and Laura D. Beaton for Plaintiff and Appellant Friends of the Eel River.
    for defendant: Neary & O'Brien and Christopher J. Neary for Defendants and Respondents North Coast Railroad Authority and Board of Directors of North Coast Railroad Authority.
    Case Number:

    Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 does not preempt application of CEQA to state railroad project to a railroad project (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System

    Publication Date: 2017-07-27
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greene, Broillet & Wheeler, Mark T. Quigley, Scott H. Carr, Christian T.F. Nickerson; Esner, Chang & Boyer, Stuart B. Enser and Joseph S. Persoff for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Arent Fox, Lowell Brown, Debra J. Albin-Riley and Diane Roldan for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. G052367

    Hospitals' alleged retaliatory motive in initiating peer review proceedings not protected conduct (Ikola, J.)

  • Kizer v. Tristar Risk Management

    Publication Date: 2017-07-27
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2017-06-26
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, Norman B. Blumenthal and Kyle R. Nordrehaug for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Seyfarth Shaw, Jon D. Meer, Sheryl L. Skibbe and Leo Q. Li for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. G052558

    Class certification precluded by plaintiff's failure to show practice or policy impacting all members of proposed class (Aronson, J.)

  • Aanderud v. Superior Court (Vivint Solar Developer, LLC)

    Publication Date: 2017-07-27
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Contractual Disputes | Consumer Protection
    Industry: Energy | Consumer Products
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kostas Law Firm, James S. Kostas; Law Office of Eugene E. Siegel and Eugene E. Siegel for Petitioners.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Keith E. Eggleton and Dale R. Bish for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. F073277

    Delegation clause precluded trial court determination of pending claims' arbitrability (Gomes, J.)

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  • The Estuary Owners Association v. Shell Oil Company

    Publication Date: 2017-07-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-28
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Chapman & Intrieri, LLP, John W. Chapman, Mark G. Intrieri, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, Alan J. Lazarus, Jaime D. Walter.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Caldwell & Proctor, Eric S. Pettit, Kelly L. Perigoe, Boies, Schiller, Flexner LLP, Michael R. Leslie.
    Case Number: No. A145516

    Claims of soil and groundwater contamination not barred by statute of repose for construction defects (Kline, P.J.)

  • In re Palmer

    Publication Date: 2017-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: O'Melveny & Myers, Cara Gagliano, Megan L. Havstad, Geoffrey Yost for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Jessica N. Blonien and Julie A. Malone, Acting Assistant Attorneys General, Phillip J. Lindsay, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sara J. Romano and Denise A. Yates, Deputy Attorneys General for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. A147177

    Butler base term and adjusted base term requirements apply to youth offenders (Richman, J.)

  • In re David T.

    Publication Date: 2017-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Appellant: East Bay Community Law Center, Katherine R. Weisburd.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Attorney General of California, Kamala Harris, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General of California, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Huy T. Luong, Deputy Attorney General.
    Case Number: No. A148563

    Dismissed juvenile petition cannot be used as basis for denying motion to seal juvenile records. (Kline, P.J.)

  • People v. Farleigh

    Publication Date: 2017-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-06-01
    Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Richard Allen Baylis for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: Case No. 30-2016-00843760

    Driving with no hands on steering wheel violated Basic Speed Law (Hoffer, J.)

  • People v. Casillas

    Publication Date: 2017-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez, Caely E. Fallini, and Catherine Tennant Nieto, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Sylvia W. Beckham, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. F071951

    Prop 47 barred resentencing for person convicted of super strike offense at any time prior to ruling on resentencing petition (Detjen, Acting P.J.)