• The Estuary Owners Association v. Shell Oil Company

    Publication Date: 2017-07-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-28
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Chapman & Intrieri, LLP, John W. Chapman, Mark G. Intrieri, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, Alan J. Lazarus, Jaime D. Walter.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Caldwell & Proctor, Eric S. Pettit, Kelly L. Perigoe, Boies, Schiller, Flexner LLP, Michael R. Leslie.

    Case Number: No. A145516

    Claims of soil and groundwater contamination not barred by statute of repose for construction defects (Kline, P.J.)

  • Duarte v. Pacific Specialty Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2017-07-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-12
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Matthew R. Stall, Felipe R. Parker.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Lee J. Danforth, Kathryn C. Klaus, Coddington, Hicks & Danforth.

    Case Number: No. A143828

    Ambiguity of questions on insurance application precluded finding that applicant knowingly withheld responsive information (Miller, J.)

  • People v. Nguyen

    Publication Date: 2017-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-07
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant, The People: Xavier Becerra, 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, Leif M. Dautch, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant/Respondent, Kevin Nguyen: Law Office of Jeremy D. Blank, Jeremy D. Blank.

    Case Number: No. H042795

    Search warrant for primary residence and "outbuildings" did not include separate residence on property (Premo, J.)

  • Clary v. City of Crescent City

    Publication Date: 2017-05-02
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-03-30
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven R. Meeks for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Black & Rice, Martha D. Rice, Robert N. Black, Autumn E. Luna for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. A143684

    City not estopped from enforcing nuisance laws against recalcitrant property owner (Stewart, J.)

  • Cuevas v. Contra Costa County

    Publication Date: 2017-04-28
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Damages | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-27
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Veen Firm, William L. Veen, Elinor Leary; Alan Charles Dell'Ario for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Horvitz & Levy, H. Thomas Watson, Karen M. Bray, Robert H. Wright; Craddick, Candland & Conti, W. David Walker; Mauro Lilling Naparty, Richard J. Montes for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A143440 & A144041

    Future ACA benefits not so speculative as to preclude evidence of such benefits on the issue of future medical damages (Dondero, J.)

  • People v. Tovar

    Publication Date: 2017-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-04-10
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Lawrence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric D. Share, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Elizabeth W. Hereford, Deputy Attorney General.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Appellant: Candace Hale.

    Case Number: No. A145498

    No connection needed be shown between gang subset and umbrella gang where all crimes directly benefited subset (Humes, P.J.)

  • California Chamber of Commerce v. State Air Resources Board

    Publication Date: 2017-04-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Regulation
    Industry: Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-04-06
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni, James R. Parrinello, Steven A. Merksamer, Kurt R. Oneto, Christopher E. Skinnell and Eric J. Miethke for Plaintiffs and Appellants California Chamber of Commerce and Larry Dicke.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Molly K. Mosley, Deputy Attorney General, David A. Zonana, Robert E. Asperger, M. Elaine Meckenstock, and Bryant B. Cannon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. C075930 No. C075954

    State Air Resources Board's "cap-and-trade" auction program not unlawful tax (Duarte, J.)

  • People v. Garcia

    Publication Date: 2017-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-03-06
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Victoria B. Wilson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Theresa A. Patterson, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Patricia S. Lai, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B266889

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 2100 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ENOC M. GARCIA, Defenda

  • People v. Lara

    Publication Date: 2017-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-03-06
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorneys General, Daniel B. Bernstein and Tia M. Coronado, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Cara DeVito, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Alberto Francisco Ortega Lara.

    Case Number: No. C072355

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 2064 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALBERTO FRANCISCO ORTEGA L

  • Citizens for Odor Nuisance Abatement v. City of San Diego

    Publication Date: 2017-02-10
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-02-09
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik, Norman B. Blumenthal and Kyle R. Nordrehaug for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Jan I. Goldsmith and Mara W. Elliott, City Attorneys, and Glen T. Spitzer, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. D068086

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 1307 CITIZENS FOR ODOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. C