| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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B284002
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Risperdal and Invega Cases
State-law failure-to-warn claims concerning prescription drugs are preempted only where there is clear evidence that FDA would have rejected proposed label change. |
Torts |
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H. Dhanidina | Jun. 5, 2020 |
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19-70115
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National Family Farm Coalition v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Substantial evidence did not support EPA's decision to grant registration for dicamba herbicides as required under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. |
Environmental Law |
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W. Fletcher | Jun. 5, 2020 |
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15-72942
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Roy v. Barr
Petitioner failed to establish equal protection violation with respect to 8 U.S.C. Section 1432(a)(3), the applicable derivative-citizenship statute. |
Immigration |
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S. Graber | Jun. 5, 2020 |
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B291116
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Rubinstein v. Fakheri
The fact that companies' corporate powers were suspended at time of assignment did not affect assignee's standing to sue. |
Contracts |
|
E. Lui | Jun. 4, 2020 |
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A156411
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Jarboe v. Hanlees Auto Group
Company affiliation and relatedness of arbitrable claims alone do not establish third-party beneficiary relationships or compel application of equitable estoppel. |
Arbitration |
|
P. Siggins | Jun. 4, 2020 |
|
B296331
|
People v. Tarkington
If petitioner is ineligible for resentencing under Senate Bill No. 1437, their requested appointment of counsel is not required. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
L. Edmon | Jun. 4, 2020 |
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B303804
|
In re B.P.
Orders issued before dispositional order on Welfare and Institutions Code Section 342 petition are interlocutory and not appealable. |
Dependency |
|
T. Bigelow | Jun. 4, 2020 |
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A156062
|
Hernandez v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Under Vehicle Code Section 13365 DMV must receive express notification of violation of Misdemeanor Statute before suspending driver's licenses. |
statutory_interpretation |
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M. Simons | Jun. 4, 2020 |
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19-15399
|
N.L. v. Credit One Bank
Companies calling customers without consent with the intent to call previous consenting customers are not exempt from TCPA liability. |
Consumer Law |
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D. Bress | Jun. 4, 2020 |
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19-35122
|
Brady v. AutoZone Stores
When class representative voluntarily settles his individual claims, he must do more than expressly leave class claims unresolved to avoid mootness. |
Civil Procedure |
|
R. Nelson | Jun. 4, 2020 |
|
B299798
|
The California Gun Rights Foundation v. Superior Court (Dept. of Justice)
CPRA Section 6259 does not limit jurisdiction over CPRA dispute to superior court of county where disputed records are located. |
Civil Procedure |
|
L. Edmon | Jun. 3, 2020 |
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B298122
|
McGee v. Torrance Unified School District
Completion of public works project moots challenges to validity of contracts under which project was carried out. |
Civil Procedure |
|
T. Bigelow | Jun. 3, 2020 |
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A157663
|
Owens v. City of Oakland Housing, Residential Rent
Single-family homeowner renting out rooms to multiple persons transforms single-unit dwelling into multi-unit dwelling; thus, that portion of home is not exempt from local rent regulations. |
Real Property |
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P. Siggins | Jun. 3, 2020 |
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18-15937
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In re Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
Congress intended to allow states to enforce anti-tampering rules related to post-sale vehicles, and such rules are not impliedly preempted. |
Environmental Law |
|
S. Ikuta | Jun. 3, 2020 |
|
B293290
|
Harris v. University Village Thousand Oaks, CCRC, LLC
Statutory scheme for continuing care residential communities does not conflict with arbitration provisions of Civil Code Section 1953. |
Arbitration |
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M. Tangeman | Jun. 3, 2020 |
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B290929
|
Kon v. City of Los Angeles
Plaintiff's conviction of disturbing the peace did not bar his suit for excessive force, because there was no inconsistency between the two cases. |
Civil Procedure |
|
J. Wiley | Jun. 3, 2020 |
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B297171
|
Wicks v. Antelope Valley Healthcare Dist.
Hospital was not liable for negligence of doctors because evidence showed decedent was notified that physicians were not hospital employees. |
Torts |
|
E. Grimes | Jun. 3, 2020 |
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18-73167
|
Lepe Moran v. Barr
Petitioner's conviction for felony vehicular flight from pursuing police car while driving against traffic is categorically a crime involving moral turpitude that made him removable. |
Immigration |
|
S. Graber | Jun. 3, 2020 |
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16-73652
|
Grigoryan v. Barr
Government violated petitioners' due process rights by failing to provide them full and fair opportunity to rebut government's fraud allegations. |
Immigration |
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M. Murguia | Jun. 3, 2020 |
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19-831
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Jarchow v. State Bar of Wisconsin
Order |
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Jun. 2, 2020 | ||
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19-7007
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Furlow v. U.S.
Order |
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Jun. 2, 2020 | ||
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18-1432
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Nasrallah v. Barr
8 U.S.C. Sections 1252(a)(2)(C) and (D) do not preclude judicial review of noncitizen's factual challenges to Convention Against Torture order. |
Immigration |
|
B. Kavanaugh | Jun. 2, 2020 |
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17-1712
|
Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A.
Participants in defined-benefit retirement plan lacked standing under Employee Retirement Income Security Act because they did not have concrete stake in lawsuit. |
Constitutional Law |
|
B. Kavanaugh | Jun. 2, 2020 |
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18-6943
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Banister v. Davis
Habeas courts must entertain Rule 59(e) motions as attendant to initial habeas application, rather than dismiss them as successive. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
E. Kagan | Jun. 2, 2020 |
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18-1334
|
Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC
Financial Oversight and Management Board members' selection was not subject to constraints of Appointments Clause because members had primarily local duties. |
Constitutional Law |
|
S. Breyer | Jun. 2, 2020 |
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18-1048
|
GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC
Nothing in text of Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards conflicted with application of domestic law. |
statutory_interpretation |
|
C. Thomas | Jun. 2, 2020 |
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A155459
|
People v. Best
Defendant's lack of knowledge of criminal law and courtroom procedure was not a basis to deny the right to self-representation. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
A. Tucher | Jun. 2, 2020 |
|
F076252
|
Modification: People v. Son
Imposing court assessments without first giving defendant opportunity to request ability to pay hearing is unconstitutional. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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M. Smith | Jun. 2, 2020 |
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18-60059
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In re Richard R. Lane
Bankruptcy court could not void lien when claim relating to lien was disallowed because creditor who filed proof of claim did not prove that it was entitled to enforce debt. |
Bankruptcy |
|
L. Adelman | Jun. 2, 2020 |
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A157186
|
People v. Duarte-Lara
'People v. Mayberry' instructions are not warranted unless defendant's mistake of consent was subjectively and objectively reasonable under circumstances. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
I. Petrou | Jun. 1, 2020 |