• United States v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2017-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Richard A. Paez and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and Jon S. Tigar,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cyndee L. Peterson (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Missoula, Montana, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Chad Wright (argued), Wright Legal P.C., Helena, Montana, for Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 15-30148

    Defense counsel improperly barred from arguing that post on closed internet bulletin board did not necessarily constitute "notice or advertisement" (Tigar, J.)

  • United States v. Gila Valley Irrigation District

    Publication Date: 2017-06-13
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Mining and Resources
    Date Filed: 2017-06-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Ronald M. Gould, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Smeltzer (argued), Katherine J. Barton, F. Patrick Barry, and Yosef Negose, Attorneys, and John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Scott Bergstrom and Andrew Engel, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee United States.
    for defendant: Sean T. Hood (argued) and Rhett Billingsley, Fennemore Craig P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Freeport Minerals Corporation.

    Case Number: Nos. 14-16942 14-16943, 14-16944, 14-17047, 14-17048, 14-17185

    Failure to present evidence regarding potential adverse impacts of water transfers warranted denial of transfer applications (O'Scannlain, J.)

  • People v. Sperling

    Publication Date: 2017-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-08
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Noah P. Hill, David A. Voet, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Eisner Gorin, Alan Eisner and Dmitry Gorin for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: 2d Crim. No. B272275

    No abuse of discretion in sentencing of professional masseur who sexually assaulted developmentally disabled client (Yegan, Acting P.J.)

  • People v. Superior Court (Walker)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-08
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Hestrin, District Attorney, and Donald W. Ostertag, Deputy District Attorney for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Robert J. Booher, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. D071461

    Prop 57 not effective retroactively (Aaron, J.)

  • People v. Campbell

    Publication Date: 2017-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-08
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Victoria B. Wilson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Theresa A. Patterson, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Matthew D. Alger, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: 2d Crim. No. B267280

    Defendant's due process rights not violated by use of post-Miranda silence to impeach claim of cooperation (Tangeman, J.)

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  • United States v. Ubaldo

    Publication Date: 2017-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Michael Pellettieri (argued), Attorney, Appellate Section; Sung-Hee Suh, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General; Kim Dammers, Deputy Chief of Litigation, Organized Crime & Gang Division; Margaret Vierbuchen, Attorney, Organized Crime & Gang Division; Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: David S. McLane (argued), Kaye McLane Bednarski & Litt LLP, Pasadena, California, for Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 14-50093

    Statutes criminalizing smuggling of weapons into U.S. properly applied to acts committed outside U.S. territory (Rawlinson, J.)

  • People v. Nguyen

    Publication Date: 2017-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-07
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant, The People: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Bridget Billeter, Deputy Attorney General, Leif M. Dautch, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant/Respondent, Kevin Nguyen: Law Office of Jeremy D. Blank, Jeremy D. Blank.

    Case Number: No. H042795

    Search warrant for primary residence and "outbuildings" did not include separate residence on property (Premo, J.)

  • People v. Woods

    Publication Date: 2017-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-16
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bonnie M. Dumanis, District Attorney, James E. Atkins and Brooke E. Tafreshi, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Russell S. Babcock, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. D070477

    Trial court erred in dismissing term of imprisonment stipulated to in plea agreement as "just about eaten up by credits" (Haller, J.)

  • In re Jesse S.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-07
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon J. Page, County Counsel, Karen L. Christensen and Aurelio Torre, Deputies County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Marsha F. Levine, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. G054169

    Foster care transitional assistance unavailable for 19-year old whose estranged adopted patents continued to receive benefits on his behalf (Bedsworth, Acting P.J.)

  • Casiopea Bovet, LLC v. Chiang

    Publication Date: 2017-06-08
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Corporate Entities | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-05-17
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirby & McGuinn, Kimberley V. Deede and Elaine L. Chan, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods, Assistant Attorney General, Marc A. LeForestier and Nancy J. Doig, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. D070797

    Assignee of suspended corporation's rights to escheated property had no right to claim that property (McConnell, P.J.)