CA Pub. Decisions

1. PEOPLE v. SHADDEN Part I
   Jun 7, 2007
   Owner consent defense to a charge of firing at an unoccupied vehicle requires the consent of all owners, so it was not error to convict defendant of firing at a vehicle co owned by himself and his wife where the wife did not consent. Imposition of upper term based on facts found …
2. PEOPLE v. SHADDEN Part II
   Jun 7, 2007
   Owner consent defense to a charge of firing at an unoccupied vehicle requires the consent of all owners, so it was not error to convict defendant of firing at a vehicle co owned by himself and his wife where the wife did not consent. Imposition of upper term based on facts found …
3. WOODWARD PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., v. CITY OF FRESNO Part I
   Jun 7, 2007
   City violated California Environmental Quality Act in approving a new commercial development on vacant land where it failed to demand any measures to ease project's impact on an already congested nearby freeway interchange; issued environmental impact report that measured pro…
4. WOODWARD PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., v. CITY OF FRESNO Part II
   Jun 7, 2007
   City violated California Environmental Quality Act in approving a new commercial development on vacant land where it failed to demand any measures to ease project's impact on an already congested nearby freeway interchange; issued environmental impact report that measured pro…
5. WOODWARD PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., v. CITY OF FRESNO Part III
   Jun 7, 2007
   City violated California Environmental Quality Act in approving a new commercial development on vacant land where it failed to demand any measures to ease project's impact on an already congested nearby freeway interchange; issued environmental impact report that measured pro…
6. PEOPLE v. GASTELLO
   Jun 7, 2007
   Accused is not guilty of bringing drugs into jail if he or she entered the jail only due to being arrested and brought there in custody.
7. PEOPLE v. SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY CORPORATION
   Jun 7, 2007
   Trial court lost jurisdiction to declare bail bond forfeited where the bond was exonerated by operation of law upon defendant's reinstatement to probation.0
8. In re S. W.
   Jun 7, 2007
   A modification decision.
9. PEOPLE v. KAPLAN
   Jun 7, 2007
   A modification decision.
10. LEVY v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Jun 7, 2007
    Where complaint alleged that insurer's repair estimates failed to follow industry standards because insurer routinely omitted certain labor and material costs from estimates and used its own contracted repair shops in its survey to determine the prevailing competitive repair …
11. INFINET MARKETING SERVICES, INC. v. AMERICAN MOTORIST INSURANCE COMPANY
    Jun 7, 2007
    Insurance broker who introduced client companies to employee leasing company was not third party beneficiary of contract between client companies and leasing company by which leasing company was to obtain worker's compensation insurance covering the leased workers, thus worke…
12. FLADEBOE v. AMERICAN ISUZU MOTORS INC., Part I
    Jun 7, 2007
    Where court following bench trial issued minute order finding that car dealers lacked standing to assert claims against car company over company's withholding of consent to their request to transfer dealership, and that dealers had unclean hands and suffered no damages arisin…
13. FLADEBOE v. AMERICAN ISUZU MOTORS INC., Part II
    Jun 7, 2007
    Where court following bench trial issued minute order finding that car dealers lacked standing to assert claims against car company over company's withholding of consent to their request to transfer dealership, and that dealers had unclean hands and suffered no damages arisin…
14. FLADEBOE v. AMERICAN ISUZU MOTORS INC.,
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
15. PEOPLE v. KROHN
    Jun 7, 2007
    Where police officer saw defendant carrying a beer can down an external flight of stairs connecting second story breezeway to ground floor courtyard within gated apartment complex, officer lacked reasonable suspicion to detain defendant for illegally drinking alcohol in a public …
16. PEOPLE v. PERRUSQUIA
    Jun 7, 2007
    Where defendant's car was parked with its engine idling near a street exit and away from the entrance of a convenience store that was part of a chain of stores that had been recently robbed, although spaces closer to the store were available; officer heard something in the ca…
17. In re Helen W.,
    Jun 7, 2007
    In dependency case, lack of client's signature on a notice of appeal that is signed by client's attorney is insufficient to justify an inquiry into client's authorization. Juvenile court's finding of adoptability was supported by substantial evidence where social …
18. In re LAUREN R.,
    Jun 7, 2007
    A modification decision.
19. STONELIGHT TILE, INC., v. CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION Part I
    Jun 7, 2007
    California Insurance Guarantee Association could not, under "other insurance" exception, be held liable for plaintiffs' injuries where plaintiff failed to present evidence from which a reasonable trier of fact might have concluded that insolvent insurer's scope of…
20. STONELIGHT TILE, INC., v. CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION Part II
    Jun 7, 2007
    California Insurance Guarantee Association could not, under "other insurance" exception, be held liable for plaintiffs' injuries where plaintiff failed to present evidence from which a reasonable trier of fact might have concluded that insolvent insurer's scope of…