CA Pub. Decisions

1. GREENWICH v.WONG Part-I
   Feb 25, 2011
   The primary questions presented in this case are whether lost profits may be awarded as consequential damages under Civil Code section 3306 for breach of a real property sale agreement where the buyer intended to renovate and sell the property at a profit and, if so, whether lost…
2. PEOPLE v. MAE POLK Part-IV
   Feb 25, 2011
   Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of her husband following a trial at which she acted as her own attorney. The husband's body had been found in a cottage at their home, stabbed repeatedly. Defendant admitted the stabbing but testified she acted in self-defen…
3. PEOPLE v. MAE POLK Part-III
   Feb 25, 2011
   Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of her husband following a trial at which she acted as her own attorney. The husband's body had been found in a cottage at their home, stabbed repeatedly. Defendant admitted the stabbing but testified she acted in self-defen…
4. PEOPLE v. MAE POLK Part-II
   Feb 25, 2011
   Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of her husband following a trial at which she acted as her own attorney. The husband's body had been found in a cottage at their home, stabbed repeatedly. Defendant admitted the stabbing but testified she acted in self-defen…
5. PEOPLE v. MAE POLK Part-I
   Feb 25, 2011
   Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of her husband following a trial at which she acted as her own attorney. The husband's body had been found in a cottage at their home, stabbed repeatedly. Defendant admitted the stabbing but testified she acted in self-defen…
6. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION CENTER v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OFFORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION
   Feb 25, 2011
   A modification decision.
7. CORTEZ v. ABICH
   Feb 24, 2011
   Under the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (Cal-OSHA or the Act) (Lab. Code, § 6300 et seq.; all further unlabeled statutory references are to this code), employers are required to â€
8. PEOPLE v. SOTO Part-II
   Feb 24, 2011
   The Legislature has made it a crime to commit a lewd or lascivious act on a child under age 14. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a).) It has mandated additional penal consequences when the act is committed â€
9. PEOPLE v. SOTO Part-I
   Feb 24, 2011
   The Legislature has made it a crime to commit a lewd or lascivious act on a child under age 14. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a).) It has mandated additional penal consequences when the act is committed â€
10. CATLIN v. SUPERIOR COURT OF KERN COUNTY
    Feb 24, 2011
    After petitioner Steven D. Catlin was sentenced to death, the Legislature enacted Penal Code section 1054.9.[1] That statute permits a defendant who has been sentenced either to death or to life imprisonment without parole to obtain discovery of â€
11. PEOPLE v. DIAZ Part-II
    Feb 24, 2011
    Court granted review in this case to decide whether the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution permits law enforcement officers, approximately 90 minutes after lawfully arresting a suspect and transporting him to a detention facility, to conduct a warrantless search o…
12. PEOPLE v. DIAZ Part-I
    Feb 24, 2011
    Court granted review in this case to decide whether the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution permits law enforcement officers, approximately 90 minutes after lawfully arresting a suspect and transporting him to a detention facility, to conduct a warrantless search o…
13. AMERON INTERNATIONALCORPORATION v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Feb 24, 2011
    A modification decision.
14. CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD Part-II
    Feb 24, 2011
    The California Constitution provides that any act to increase taxes must be passed by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature.[1] On the other hand, statutes that create or raise regulatory fees need only the assent of a simple majority.[2] In 2003, the Legislature passed amendments…
15. CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION v. STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD Part-I
    Feb 24, 2011
    The California Constitution provides that any act to increase taxes must be passed by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature.[1] On the other hand, statutes that create or raise regulatory fees need only the assent of a simple majority.[2] In 2003, the Legislature passed amendments…
16. PEOPLE v. NELSON Part-II
    Feb 24, 2011
    A jury convicted defendant Bernard Albert Nelson of the first degree murder, robbery, and attempted carjacking of Richard Dunbar. It concluded, as a special circumstance, that the murder was committed in the course of the other two felonies. It also convicted him of robbing, infl…
17. PEOPLE v. NELSON Part-I
    Feb 24, 2011
    A jury convicted defendant Bernard Albert Nelson of the first degree murder, robbery, and attempted carjacking of Richard Dunbar. It concluded, as a special circumstance, that the murder was committed in the course of the other two felonies. It also convicted him of robbing, infl…
18. KWIKSET CORPORATION v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE Part-III
    Feb 24, 2011
    This case arises from Kwikset Corporation's (Kwikset) manufacturing of locksets it labeled as â€
19. KWIKSET CORPORATION v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE Part-I
    Feb 24, 2011
    This case arises from Kwikset Corporation's (Kwikset) manufacturing of locksets it labeled as â€
20. KWIKSET CORPORATION v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE Part-II
    Feb 24, 2011
    We apply these principles to plaintiffs' pleadings. â€