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  • City of Galt v. Cohen (Callander Associates Landscape Architecture, Inc.)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-05
    Practice Area: Government | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-06-02
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Best Best & Krieger, Iris P. Yang, Kimberly E. Hood for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Douglas J. Woods, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark R. Beckington, Susan K. Smith, and John W. Killeen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. C075897

    City's agreement with former redevelopment agency did not create enforceable obligations (Nicholson, Acting P.J.)

  • 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.)

  • Chango Coffee, Inc. v. Applied Underwriters, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Accounting
    Date Filed: 2017-05-26
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Thomas M. Hall and Thomas Montague Hall for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Fine, Boggs & Perkins, Michael K. Perkins, Cory J. King and William D. Wheelock for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. B267358

    Denial of renewed motion not appealable order (M. Johnson, 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.)

  • Friends of Outlet Creek v. Mendocino County Air Quality Management District (Grist Creek Aggregates, LLC)

    Publication Date: 2017-05-26
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Date Filed: 2017-05-25
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greenfire Law, PC, Rachel S. Doughty for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Terry N. Gross, Esq.; Office of the County Counsel for Mendocino County, Katharine L. Elliottand Michael John Makdisi; Law Offices of Rapport and Marston, David Joseph Rapport for Defendants and Respondents.
    Case Number: No. A148508

    Local environmental group could sue county air quality management district under CEQA for issuance of "Authority to Construct" (Banke, J.)

  • In re Marriage of Janes

    Publication Date: 2017-05-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-23
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hanson, Gorian, Bradford & Hanich and Erik J. Bradford for Appellant.
    for defendant: Walker Trial Lawyers, Barry M. Walker and Amy M. Oakden for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. E065668

    Spouse's entitlement to fixed dollar share of retirement account also entitled her to all earnings and losses on that amount (Miller, J.)

  • People v. Edwards

    Publication Date: 2017-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-16
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Victoria Ratnikova, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant and Appellant: Marcia Rachel Clark, Under Appointment by the Sixth District Appellate Program.
    Case Number: No. H042144

    Accused's illegally obtained inconsistent statements properly used to impeach defense mental health expert during sanity phase of trial (Mihara, J.)

  • In re A.V.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-12
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler and Jeffrey M. Laurence, Assistant Attorneys General, Donna M. Provenzano and Christina Vom Saal, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Sidney S. Hollar, under appointment by the Court of Appeal under the First District Appellate Assistant Case System, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. A148307

    Minor's substantial compliance with probation warrants both dismissal and sealing of juvenile records (Dondero, J.)

  • People v. Figueroa

    Publication Date: 2017-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-05-09
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Appellant, The People: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Bridget Billeter, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant and Respondent, Rafael Villanueva Figueroa: Laurie Wilmore, under appointment by the Court of Appeal for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. H043204

    Reinstatement of proceedings trigger's defendant's right to preliminary examination within 60 days only if arraignment or plea hearing preceded suspension of proceedings (Rushing, P.J.)