CA Pub. Decisions

1. STATE ROUTE 4 BYPASS AUTHORITY v. THE SUPERIOR COURT Part I
   Aug 21, 2007
   Right of way dedication requirement applicable to properties lying along the route of a planned highway did not violate Fifth Amendment takings clause or any other provision of state or federal law.<br />
2. STATE ROUTE 4 BYPASS AUTHORITY v. THE SUPERIOR COURT Part II
   Aug 21, 2007
   Right of way dedication requirement applicable to properties lying along the route of a planned highway did not violate Fifth Amendment takings clause or any other provision of state or federal law.<br />
3. Matter of T.T.
   Jun 20, 2007
   An appeal from the order of the juvenile court that terminated parental rights. the trial court erred by failing to find appellant's difficult to place under section 366.26, subdivision (c)(3). court affirm the order.<br /> <br /> <br />
4. CORAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Part I
   Jun 7, 2007
   Ordinance granting specific preferences to minority owned and women owned businesses with respect to public contracts violates Proposition 209, which amended the state constitution to bar such preferences. Proposition 209 is not preempted by the International Convention on the El…
5. CORAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Part II
   Jun 7, 2007
   Ordinance granting specific preferences to minority owned and women owned businesses with respect to public contracts violates Proposition 209, which amended the state constitution to bar such preferences. Proposition 209 is not preempted by the International Convention on the El…
6. CORAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Part III
   Jun 7, 2007
   Ordinance granting specific preferences to minority owned and women owned businesses with respect to public contracts violates Proposition 209, which amended the state constitution to bar such preferences. Proposition 209 is not preempted by the International Convention on the El…
7. CORAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Part IV
   Jun 7, 2007
   Ordinance granting specific preferences to minority owned and women owned businesses with respect to public contracts violates Proposition 209, which amended the state constitution to bar such preferences. Proposition 209 is not preempted by the International Convention on the El…
8. PEOPLE v. LINDSEY
   Jun 7, 2007
   A modification decision.
9. PEOPLE v. KARRIKER
   Jun 7, 2007
   A modification decision.
10. In re JACLYN S.
    Jun 7, 2007
    Appointment of guardian ad litem for mother of dependent child was error where mother's agreement to the appointment was secured without a clear explanation to her of the consequences and where there was no convincing evidence that mother either lacked the capacity to underst…
11. CITIZENS FOR A MEGAPLEX-FREE ALAMEDA v. CITY OF ALAMEDA
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
12. PEOPLE v. DIAZ Part I
    Jun 7, 2007
    Appellate challenge to sentence as being based on judicial factfinding in violation of federal constitutional right to jury trial was not waived by lack of objection in trial court, where such objection would have been futile according to then-controlling California Supreme Court…
13. PEOPLE v. DIAZ Part II
    Jun 7, 2007
    Appellate challenge to sentence as being based on judicial factfinding in violation of federal constitutional right to jury trial was not waived by lack of objection in trial court, where such objection would have been futile according to then-controlling California Supreme Court…
14. HEIMAN v. WORKERS COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
15. JORDAN v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
16. VAN HORN v. WATSON
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
17. PEOPLE v. TOWERS
    Jun 7, 2007
    Conviction for oral copulation was not a "strike" under Three Strikes Law where record did not negate possibility that offense was classified as a felony solely because it was committed by threatening retaliation, in which case it was not a serious felony as defined by st…
18. In re IMRAN Q.
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
19. CASTILLO v. PACHECO
    Jun 7, 2007
    Cause of action against a person arising from an act of that person in furtherance of his or her right of free exercise of religion is not subject to special motion to strike under anti SLAPP statute, which does not import First Amendment protections wholesale but specifically de…
20. BENACH v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Paqrt I
    Jun 7, 2007
    Undisputed evidence that peace officer was transferred from one bureau to another at the same rank and rate of pay for the purpose of improving harmony and cooperation among employees who had complained about transferred officer's personality established as a matter of law th…