• Vandermost v. Bowen

    Publication Date: 2012-01-27
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    Date Filed: 2012-01-27
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, Charles H. Bell, Jr., Thomas W. Hiltachk, Colleen C. McAndrews, Paul T. Gough, Brian T. Hildreth and Ashlee N. Titus for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods, Assistant Attorney General, Peter A. Krause and George Waters, Deputy Attorneys General; and Lowell Finley for Respondent. Morrison & Foerster, James J. Brosnahan, George C. Harris and Benjamin J. Fox for Intervener. Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Robin Johansen and Thomas A. Willis for Senator Darrell Steinberg as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent and Intervener. Kathay Feng for California Common Cause as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Intervener. Nielson Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni, Margueirte Mary Leoni and James R. Parrinello for Charles T. Munger, Jr., as Amicus Curiae.

    Case Number: No. S198387

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S.1119 JULIE VANDERMOST, Petitioner, v. DEBRA BOWEN, as Secretary of State, etc., Respo

  • Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum)

    Publication Date: 2012-04-12
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke, Johanna R. Shargel; Morrison & Foerster, Karen J. Kubin; Hunton & Williams, Laura M. Franze, M. Brett Burns and Susan J. Sandidge for Petitioners. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Fred W. Alvarez and Michael D. Schlemmer for TechNet as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Yi-Chin Ho, Michael M. Berger, Benjamin G. Shatz and Andrew L. Satenberg for Chinese Daily News, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. William B. Sailer; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Paul W. Crane, Jr., Katherine C. Huibonhoa and Rishi Sharma for California Employment Law Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Kirsten R. Galler, David S. Han, Blaine H. Evanson; National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Robin S. Conrad and Shane Brennan Kawka for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and California Chamber of Commerce as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Law Office of Robin L. Unander and Robin L. Unander for California Automotive Business Coalition as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Lawrence Foust; Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt and Christine T. Hoeffner for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Littler Mendelson, Julie A. Dunne, Lena K. Sims, Matthew S. Dente, Richard R. Rahm and Allan G. King for the National Retail Federation, National Council of Chain Restaurants, Contain-A-Way, Inc., USA Waste of California, Inc., California Building Industry Association, California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors, Western Growers Association, American Staffing Association, California Hotel & Lodging Association and National Association of Manufacturers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for the American Trucking Associations, Inc., and the California Trucking Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Richard J. Simmons, Julie A. Dunne and Guylyn R. Cummins for Employers Group, California Retailers Association, California Hospital Association, California Restaurant Association, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, National Council of Chain Restaurants and National Retail Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Robert R. Roginson for the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Jackson Lewis, Robert M. Pattison, Joel P. Kelly, JoAnna L. Brooks and Timothy C. Travelstead for San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, San Diego Chapter, Sacramento Chapter, Southern California Chapter and Employment and Labor Law Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Cox, Castle & Nicholson, John S. Miller, Jr., and Dwayne P. McKenzie for the Associated General Contractors of California, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, Lee Burdick and John Morris for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Greenberg Traurig, Gregory F. Hurley and Stacey Hertler for National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. S166350

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 3976 BRINKER RESTAURANT CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Res

  • American Nurses Association v. Torlakson

    Publication Date: 2013-08-12
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-12
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pamela Allen, Brendan White; Alice L. Bodley, Jocelyn Winston, Maureen E. Cones; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, John S. Poulos, Carrie L. Bonnington and Kevin M. Fong for Plaintiffs and Respondents. Lisa C. Demidovich for United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals NUHHCE, AFSCME, AFL-CIO as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Robin B. Johansen and Kari Krogseng for Defendants and Appellants. Reed Smith, James M. Wood, Paul D. Fogel, Dennis Peter Maio; Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., Arlene Mayerson and Larisa Cummings for Intervener and Appellant. Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Robin B. Johansen and Kari Krogseng for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson and California Department of Education as Amici Curiae on behalf of Intervener and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. S184583

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8794 AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,

  • Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Sierra Pacific Industries)

    Publication Date: 2008-05-22
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-22
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: MacKenzie & Albritton and James A. Heard for Sierra Club and Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Michele Dias for California Forestry Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

    Case Number: S143689

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 6184EBBETTS PASS FOREST WATCH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,v.CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION, Defendant and Respondent;SIE

  • Ralphs Grocery Company v. United Food and Commercial Works Union Local 8

    Publication Date: 2012-12-27
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    Date Filed: 2012-12-27
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morrison & Foerster, Miriam A. Vogel, Timothy F. Ryan and Tritia M. Murata for Plaintiff and Appellant. Littler Mendelson, William J. Emanuel and Natalie Rainforth for Employers Group, California Grocers Association and California Hospital Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Jones Day, Willis J. Goldsmith, Amanda M. Betman, Craig E. Stewart; National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Robin S. Conrad and Shane B. Kawka for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Michael M. Berger and Matthew P. Kanny for California Retailers Association, California Business Properties Association and International Council of Shopping Centers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Davis, Cowell & Bowe, Richard G. McCracken, Steven L. Stemerman, Elizabeth A. Lawrence, Andrew J. Kahn, Paul L. More, Sarah Grossman-Swenson for Defendant and Respondent. David L. Llewellyn, Jr., for the Missionary Church of the Disciples of Jesus Christ as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Judith A. Scott; Altshuler Berzon, Stephen P. Berzon, Scott A. Kronland and P. Casey Pitts for Service Employees International Union as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Lynn Rhinehart, James B. Coppess; Altshuler Berzon and Michael Rubin for American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Alan L. Schlosser for American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Catherine L. Fisk for Labor Law Professors as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Reich, Adell & Cvitan and J. David Sackman for Korean Immigrant Workers Alliance as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. DeCarlo, Connor & Shanley and Daniel M. Shanley for Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, J. Matthew Rodriquez, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Louis Verdugo, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Angela Sierra and Antonette Benita Cordero, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S185544

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 14131RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant,v.UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORK