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  • People v. Sanford

    Publication Date: 2017-04-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Catherine A. Rivlin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Allan Yannow, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Appellant: Maureen M. Bodo, by appointment through First District Appellate Project.
    Case Number: No. A145156

    Evidence linking suspect to robbery merely speculative (Humes, P.J.)

  • City of Santa Maria v. Cohen

    Publication Date: 2017-04-25
    Practice Area: Government | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-25
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aleshire & Wynder, June S. Ailin and Lona N. Laymon for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stepan A. Haytayan, Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Rich, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. C081190

    Redevelopment property tax trust fund could not be used to make payments due on bonds (Robie, Acting P.J.)

  • City of Los Angeles v. AECOM Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-04-25
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government | Civil Rights | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation | State and Local Government | Construction | Federal Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-24
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and GARY FEINERMAN, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy T. Coates (argued) and Edward L. Xanders, Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California; Kevin Gilbert, Lozano Smith, Walnut Creek, California; Kerrin Tso, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Noel Eugene Macaulay (argued) and Steven H. Schwartz, Schwartz & Janzen LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee AECOM Services, Inc.
    Case Number: No. 15-56606

    No federal preemption of claims for contribution against contractors who breached duties to construct handicapped-accessible facility (M.D. Smith, J.)

  • Lewis v. Clarke

    Publication Date: 2017-04-25
    Practice Area: Native American Law | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-04-25
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: No. 15–1500

    Tribal sovereign immunity not implicated in suit brought against tribal employee in individual capacity (Sotomayor, J.)

  • California Public Utilities Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and M. Margaret McKeown and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stan Berman (argued) and Eric Todderud, Sidley Austin LLP, Seattle, Washington; Mark D. Patrizio and Joshua S. Levenberg, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; for Petitioner Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
    for defendant: Beth Guralnick Pacella (argued), Deputy Solicitor; Robert H. Solomon, Solicitor; Max Minzner, General Counsel; Washington, D.C., for Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    Case Number: No. 01-71934

    Shortfall in settlement clearing account needed to be allocated among all market participants (Thomas, C.J.)

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  • People v. Costella

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, and Eric A. Swenson and Lynne G. McGinnis, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Christopher Nalls, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. E064374

    Evidence supported finding that area of dirt, grass, and small brush qualified as "forest land" (Ramirez, P.J.)

  • Nautilus, Inc. v. Yang

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Creditors
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thompson Coburn and Samuel R. Watkins for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant, and Appellant.
    for defendant: No appearance for Defendants, Cross-defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. G051956

    Inquiry notice insufficient to defeat transferee's good faith defense to claim of fraudulent conveyance (Fybel, J.)

  • Sierra Club v. County of Sonoma (Ohlson)

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-04-21
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs and Appellants: Mark R. Wolfe; M.R. Wolfe & Associates, P.C. (Sierra Club), Justin Augustine; Center for Biological Diversity.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Respondents: Bruce D. Goldstein; County Counsel, Jeffrey M. Brax; Chief Deputy Counsel.
    Case Number: No. A147340

    County's approval of erosion-control permit for new vineyard not discretionary act subject to CEQA. (Humes, P.J.)

  • John v. Superior Court (Chan)

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-05-05
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aleyamma John, in pro. per., for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Zakari Law, Raymond Zakari; Law Offices of Brian J. Ward and Brian J. Ward for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number:

    Vexatious litigant statute's prefiling requirements do not apply to defendant appealing adverse judgment (Chin, J.)

  • In re Kirchner

    Publication Date: 2017-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-24
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randy Mize, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Abbey J. Noel and Troy Anthony Britt, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner Kristopher Kirchner.
    for defendant: Bonnie M. Dumanis, District Attorney, James E. Atkins, Jennifer Kaplan and Craig E. Fisher, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent the People.
    Case Number:

    Juvenile offender's statutory right to petition for recall and resentencing after serving 15 years of LWOP sentence does not satisfy Eighth Amendment (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)