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  • In re Big Thorne Project and 2008 Tongass Forest Plan

    Publication Date: 2017-05-23
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Date Filed: 2017-05-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Ralph R. Beistline, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Anne Harris (argued), Thomas S. Waldo, and Eric P. Jorgensen, Earthjustice, Juneau, Alaska, for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Allen M. Brabender (argued), Emily Polachek, and David Glazer, Attorneys; John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; James Ustasiewski and Kate Baldridge, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture; for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 15-35232 No. 15-35233 No. 15-35244

    National Forest Management Act required protection of "viable" population only (Kozinski, J.)

  • Kutzke v. City of San Diego

    Publication Date: 2017-05-23
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-05-17
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire, Vincent J. Bartolotta, Jr., and Karen R. Frostrom, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Jan I. Goldsmith, City Attorney, and Glenn T. Spitzer, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. D070288

    Substantial evidence supported city council's rejection of proposed residential subdivision (McConnell, P.J.)

  • Grappo v. McMills

    Publication Date: 2017-05-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-23
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Kathleen Aberegg, Kathleen Aberegg, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Hartog, Baer & Hand, Ryan J. Szczepanik, for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. A147522

    Allegations of complaint failed to support default judgment (Richman, Acting P.J.)

  • Southern Insurance Company v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board

    Publication Date: 2017-05-23
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Transportation
    Industry: Insurance | Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-05-10
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stockwell, Harris, Woolverton & Muehl, Alexander G. Abdoulin and George Woolverton for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Margaret W. Hosel and Anne Schmitz for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.
    Case Number: No. B278412

    Workers' compensation insurance policy may be rescinded (Chavez, Acting P.J.)

  • Hardwick v. Wilcox

    Publication Date: 2017-05-23
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Date Filed: 2017-05-22
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Appellant: Berokim & Duel, Kousha Berokim.
    for defendant: Counsel for Respondent: Law Office of Richard van't Rood, Richard van't Rood, Craig J. Bassett.
    Case Number: No. A147944

    Forbearance agreement did not waive usury claim (Ruvolo, P.J.)

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  • People v. Fernandez

    Publication Date: 2017-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-19
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Ivan P. Marrs, Lewis A. Martinez and Amanda D. Cary, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Rachel Varnell, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. F071338

    Penal Code §667(d)(3) criteria must be considered in determining whether juvenile adjudication for sex offense renders offender ineligible for Prop 47 relief (Gomes, Acting P.J.)

  • Van Audenhove v. Perry

    Publication Date: 2017-05-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-19
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Trial Lawyers, Barry M. Walker, and Amy M. Oakden for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Hitzeman & Evenson and Donald W. Hitzeman for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. E065418

    Mere arrest insufficient to support cause of action for malicious prosecution (Ramirez, P.J.)

  • In re Marriage of Minkin

    Publication Date: 2017-05-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-24
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Melissa M. Kelley, Melissa M. Kelley; Law Offices of William J. Kopeny, William J. Kopeny; Law Offices of Dorie A. Rogers, Dorie A. Rogers and Lisa R. McCall for Appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Temko and Dennis Temko for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. G052947

    "Annual bonus" provision in support agreement properly construed as limited to employers' discretionary payments (Aronson, J.)

  • Ho v. ReconTrust Company, NA

    Publication Date: 2017-05-22
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Date Filed: 2016-10-19
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman,* Senior District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicolette Glazer, Esq. (argued), Law Offices of Larry R. Glazer, Century City, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret M. Grignon (argued) and Kasey J. Curtis, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, California; Carolee A. Hoover and David C. Powell, McGuire Woods LLP, San Francisco, California; for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 10-56884

    Trustee pursuing nonjudicial foreclosure not "debt collector" for purposes of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Kozinski, J.)

  • Demetrius v. Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO

    Publication Date: 2017-05-22
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-05-22
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Vince G. Chhabria, District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Ronald M. Gould, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Caddell (argued), Cynthia B. Chapman, and Amy E. Tabor, Caddell & Chapman, Houston, Texas, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Connie K. Chan (argued) and Stephen P. Berzon, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California; Richard Edelman, Mooney Green Saindon Murphy and Welch PC, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO.
    Case Number: No. 15-15229 No. 15-15529

    Union did not violate duty of fair representation in distributing proceeds of bankruptcy settlement to its members unevenly (O'Scannlain, J.)