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  • People v. Iraheta

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., and Stacy S. Schwartz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Marilee Marshall, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. B261606

    Gang expert's reliance on field identification cards prepared by non-testifying officers violated confrontation clause (Aldrich, J.)

  • Stoetzl v. State of California

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs and Appellants: Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP, Jack T. Friedman, Jonathan D. Yank, Laurie J. Hepler, and David M. Rice; Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP, Gregg McLean Adam; and Goyette and Associates, Inc., Gary G. Goyette.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants and Respondents: Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, David W. Tyra and Kristianne T. Seargeant; California Department of Human Resources, Joan A. Markoff, Chief Counsel, Frolan R. Aguiling, Deputy Chief Counsel, Christopher E. Thomas, Labor Relations Counsel, and David D. King, Labor Relations Counsel.
    Case Number: No. A142832

    State correctional officers' MOUs dictated that federal and not state law determined issue of compensable hours (Rivera, J.)

  • Aviles-Rodriguez v. Los Angeles Community College District

    Publication Date: 2017-08-31
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-29
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, André E. Jardini, Gwen Freeman, and K.L. Myles for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman, Stacey F. Blank, and Shannon M. Benbow for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. B278863

    Professor denied tenure has one year from last date of employment to file complaint with DFEH (Manella, J.)

  • People v. Drew

    Publication Date: 2017-08-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-29
    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, Charles C. Ragland and Alan L. Amann, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: David M. McKinney, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. G052949

    Felony murder rule properly applied to sexual assailant's failure to seek help for dying victim (Bedsworth, Acting P.J.)

  • Ed H. v. Ashley C.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-24
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Patrick McCrary and Patrick L. McCrary for Appellants.
    for defendant: Bruce W. Cozart for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. D070346

    Great-grandparents not equivalent of "grandparents" for purposes of standing to seek visitation (O'Rourke, J.)

  • In re Charles G.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Joan Killeen and Amit Kurlekar, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Jamie M. Weyand, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. A149593

    Statute prohibiting minor's possession of firearm capable of being concealed does not preempt statute prohibiting any person from carrying concealed firearm (Stewart, J.)

  • Sprunk v. Prisma LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-08-25
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Class Actions | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, André E. Jardini, Gwen Freeman and K. L. Myles for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Markun Zusman Freniere & Compton and Daria Dub Carlson for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. B268755

    Defendant's strategic delay in compelling arbitration against named plaintiff resulted in waiver of right to compel arbitration against class members (Lui, J.)

  • Rubenstein v. The Gap, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-25
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Retail
    Date Filed: 2017-08-24
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirtland & Packard, Behram V. Parekh and Joshua A. Fields for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Joseph Duffy and Esther K. Ro for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. B272356

    Clothing manufacturer's sale of lesser-quality clothing at factory stores not deceptive (Lui, J.)

  • Ramirez v. City of Gardena

    Publication Date: 2017-08-24
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Innabi Law Group, Abdalla J. Innabi and Amer Innabi for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester, Mildred K. O'Linn, Tony M. Sain and Ladell H. Muhlestein for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. B279873

    City's compliance with statutory vehicular pursuit policy entitled it to immunity for fatality (Lui, J.)

  • In re D.H.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-22
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory P. Priamos, County Counsel, James E. Brown, Guy B. Pittman, and Carole Nunes Fong, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Michelle L. Jarvis, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. E066818

    Father's rights violated by termination of parental rights without finding of unfitness or detriment (Slough, J.)