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  • Briggs v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-24
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Christina Von der Ahe Rayburn and Lillian Jennifer Mao for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods, Assistant Attorney General, Marc A. LeForestier and Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondents.
    Case Number:

    Prop 66's five-year time limit on resolution of death penalty appeals and habeas petitions must be deemed directive rather than mandatory (Corrigan, Acting C.J.)

  • Parrish v. Latham and Watkins

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Trade Secrets
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2017-08-10
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eagan Avenatti, Michael J. Avenatti, Scott H. Sims; Panish, Shea & Boyle, Brian J. Panish, Adam K. Shea, Kevin R. Boyle; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Jeremy S. Smith; McKool Smith Hennigan, J. Michael Hennigan and Michael Swartz for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number:

    Denial of defendant's summary judgment motion trigger interim adverse judgment rule despite later finding of plaintiffs' bad faith (Kruger, J.)

  • Jacks v. City of Santa Barbara

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Tax | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Huskinson, Brown & Heidenreich, David W.T. Brown and Paul E. Heidenreich for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Ariel Pierre Calonne, City Attorney, Tom R. Shapiro, Assistant City Attorney; Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, Michael G. Colantuono, Ryan Thomas Dunn, Leonard P. Aslanian; Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, Benjamin P. Fay, Rick W. Jarvis and Andrea Saltzman for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. S225589

    Legality of surcharge added to utility bills depended on relationship to actual value of municipal property interest that surcharge was intended to compensate (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • 926 North Ardmore Avenue, LLC v. county of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: FisherBroyles, Goodson Wachtel and Petrulis, Lemoine Skinner III; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Daniel M. Kolkey, Julian W. Poon, Lauren M. Blas and Martie P. Kutscher for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: John F. Krattli, County Counsel, Mary C. Wickham, Interim County Counsel, and Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. S222329

    Documentary transfer tax properly applied to transfer of majority interest in legal entity that held title to real property (Corrigan, J.)

  • Association of California Insurance Companies v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2017-01-23
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2017-01-23
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greenberg Traurig, Gene Livingston , Gregory Sperla, Stephen E. Paffrath; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Vanessa C. Adriance and Jennafer M. Tryck for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Edward C. DuMont, State Solicitor General, Paul D. Gifford and Diane S. Shaw, Assistant Attorneys General, Janill L. Richards and Linda Berg Gándara, Deputy State Solicitors General, W. Dean Freeman, Stephen Lew and Lisa W. Chao, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number:

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 640 ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMPANIES et al., Plaintiffs and Respondent

  • Kesner v. Superior Court (Pneumo Abex, LLC)

    Publication Date: 2016-12-01
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-12-01
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Weitz & Luxenberg, Benno Ashrafi, Cindy Saxey, Josiah W. Parker; Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood and Ted W. Pelletier for Petitioner and for Plaintiff and Appellant Cecelia Kesner.
    for defendant: Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet, Robert H. Wright, Curt Cutting; Brydon Hugo & Parker, Hugo Parker, Edward R. Hugo, James C. Parker and Jeffrey Kaufman for Real Party in Interest and for Defendant and Respondent Pneumo Abex, LLC.
    Case Number:

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 12641 CECELIA KESNER, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA C

  • Centinela Freeman Emergency Medical Associates v. Health Net of California, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-11-14
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2016-11-14
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelman & Robinson, Andrew H. Selesnick, Damaris L. Medina, Robin James and Jason O. Cheuk for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Reed Smith, Kurt C. Peterson, Kenneth N. Smersfelt, Zareh A. Jaltorossian; Grignon Law Firm and Margaret M. Grignon for Defendant and Respondent Blue Cross of California doing business as Anthem Blue Cross.
    Case Number:

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 11965 CENTINELA FREEMAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v.

  • Kilby v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-04-04
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    Date Filed: 2016-04-04
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. McInerney; Arias Ozzello & Gignac, Mark A. Ozzello, Mike M. Arias; Capstone Law, Raul Perez, Suzy E. Lee; Sullivan Law Group, Eric K. Yaeckel, Altshuler Berzon, Michael Rubin, Connie K. Chan; Dostart Hannick & Coveney, James T. Hannink, Zach P. Dostart; Clapp Legal, James F. Clapp; Righetti Glugoski and Matthew Righetti for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Timothy J. Long, Michael D. Weil and Leah L. Spero for Defendant and Respondent CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    Case Number: 9th Cir. Nos. 12-56130/13-56095

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 3577 NYKEYA KILBY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CVS PHARMACY, INC., D

  • Hartford Casualty Insurance Company v. J.R. Marketing, LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-08-10
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    Date Filed: 2015-08-10
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad, Emily V. Cuatto, Andrea A. Ambrose; Mendes & Mount, Dean B. Herman, Catherine L. Rivard; Edwards Wildman Palmer, Ira G. Greenberg; Wiggin and Dana and Jonathan M. Freiman for Cross-complainant and Appellant.
    for defendant: Squire Sanders (US), Squire Patton Boggs (US), Mark C. Dosker, Ethan A. Miller, Barry D. Brown, Jr., Michelle M. Full, Pierre H. Bergeron; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., and Julian W. Poon for Cross-defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No: S211645

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8727 HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Cross-complainant and Appella

  • Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association

    Publication Date: 2014-05-29
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    Date Filed: 2014-05-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger, Timothy M. Freudenberger, Alison L. Tsao and Kent J. Sprinkle for Defendant and Appellant.
    for defendant: Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd and Kevin K. Green for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. S200923

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 5864 SAMUEL DURAN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. U.S. BANK N