• Orange County Water District v. Alcoa Global Fasteners, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-02
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Manufacturing | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-06-01
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Connor, Fletcher & Hedenkamp, Edmond M. Connor, Douglas A. Hedenkamp; Miller & Axline, Duane C. Miller, Michael D. Axline and Justin Massey for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, R. Gaylord Smith, Malissa McKeith, Ernest Slome, Thomas Teschner and Brittany H. Bartold for Defendant and Respondent Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation.

    Case Number: No. D070771

    Water district may be able to recover some of future costs associated with groundwater protection program (Haller, J.)

  • Hart v. Darwish

    Publication Date: 2017-06-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-01
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mesisca Riley & Kreitenberg, Dennis P. Riley and Rena E. Kreitenberg for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Roy G. Weatherup, Bartley L. Becker and Caroline E. Chan for Defendants and Respondents Barbara Darwish, David Darwish, Gingko Rose Ltd. and Logerm LLC.

    Case Number: No. B270513

    Denial of defense motion for directed verdict precluded later claim of malicious prosecution (Hoffstadt, J.)

  • California Taxpayers Action Network v. Taber Construction, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-01
    Practice Area: Education Law | Government | Tax
    Industry: Construction | Education | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-05-02
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Appellants: Kevin R. Carlin, Carlin Law Group, A.P.C.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent, Taber Construction: Jason R. Thornton, Louis J. Blum, Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP

    Case Number: No. A145078

    Taxpayer association stated viable claim of conflict of interest with regard to lease-leaseback agreement (Miller, J.)

  • Heimlich v. Shivji

    Publication Date: 2017-06-01
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Civil Procedure | Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Date Filed: 2017-05-31
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Respondent, Alan Heimlich: Law Offices of Nicholas D. Heimlich, Nicholas D. Heimlich.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Appellant, Shiraz M. Shivji: Ellahie & Farooqui, Javed I. Ellahie, Omair Farooqui.

    Case Number: No. H042641

    Request for costs under Code Civ. Proc. §998 properly submitted to arbitrator following entry of award (Walsh, J.)

  • City of Morgan Hill v. Bushey (River Park Hospitality)

    Publication Date: 2017-05-31
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Election and Political Law | Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government | Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-05-30
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent, City of Morgan Hill: Katherine A. Alberts, Louis A. Leone, Ionan Mondescu, Leone & Alberts, Donald Alan Larkin, Office of the City Attorney.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant and Respondent, Shannon Bushey, as Registrar of Voters, etc.: James R. Williams, County Counsel, Steve Mitra, Assistant County Counsel, Danielle Luce Goldstein, Deputy County Counsel.

    Case Number: No. H043426

    State law did not bar voters from challenging city's proposed zoning designation for parcel (Mihara, J.)

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  • California Fair Plan Association v. Garnes

    Publication Date: 2017-05-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2017-05-26
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Raul L. Martinez, Elise D. Klein for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Hereford Kerley, Law Office of Dylan Schaffer, Kerley Schaffer, J. Edward Kerley, Dylan L. Schaffer for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A143190

    Measure of damages under fire insurance policy for partial loss not limited to fair market value of home (Stewart, J.)

  • People ex rel. Harris v. Aguayo

    Publication Date: 2017-05-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Business Torts | Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government | Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-04-26
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Nicklas A. Akers, Assistant Attorney General, Michele Van Gelderen, Steven De Salvo, and William R. Pletcher, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Ronald E. Wiksell; Law Offices of James T. Duff and James T. Duff for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. B262557

    Noerr-Pennington doctrine did not immunize sham lawsuits and unlawful conduct (Chavez, Acting P.J.)

  • Thompson v. Ioane

    Publication Date: 2017-05-26
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-05-25
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent: Richard L. Thompson, Law Office of James W. Duffy, James William Duffy, Trombadore Gonden Law Group, David M. Gonden, James J. Corbelli.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant: Briana C. Ioane, In propria persona.

    Case Number: No. H042104 No. H043112 No. H043350

    Claim preclusion barred relitigation of quiet title action (Elia, J.)

  • City and County of San Francisco v. Regents of the University of California

    Publication Date: 2017-05-26
    Practice Area: Tax | Government | Transportation
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation | Education
    Date Filed: 2017-05-25
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Appellant: Dennis J. Herrera; City Attorney, Jean H. Alexander; Chief Tax Attorney, Peter J. Keith; Deputy City Attorney.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris; Attorney General of California, Paul D. Gifford; Senior Assistant Attorney General, Joyce E. Hee; Supervising Deputy Attorney General, David Lew; Deputy Attorney General, Robert E. Asperger; Deputy Attorney General, Benjamin P. Fay, Gabriel McWhirter; Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, LLP, Elise Traynum, General Council; UC Hastings College of the Law, Charles F. Robinson, Karen J. Petrulakis, Margaret L. Wu; The Regents of the University of California Office of the General Counsel.

    Case Number: No. A144500

    State universities not required to collect and remit city parking tax on university-operated parking lots (Humes, P.J.)

  • In re Sunnyslope Housing Limited Partnership

    Publication Date: 2017-05-26
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-05-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: H. Russel Holland, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Alex Kozinski, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Susan P. Graber, Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman, Carlos T. Bea, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Andrew D. Hurwitz, John B. Owens, and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward K. Poor (argued), Quarles & Brady LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Brian Sirower and Walter J. Ashbrook, Quarles & Brady LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Susan M. Freeman (argued), Henk Taylor, and Justin Henderson, Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Bradley D. Pack, Scott B. Cohen, and David Wm. Engelman, Engelman Berger P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendant-Appellee Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 12-17241 No. 12-17327 No. 13-16164 No. 13-16180

    Cram-down valuation of building must be based upon building's actual proposed use rather than potential foreclosure value (Hurwitz, J.)