CA Pub. Decisions

1. CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CASINO, INC. v. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
   Mar 20, 2007
   A modification decision.
2. YOUNG v. KATHY JAYNE MC COY
   Mar 20, 2007
   Court lacks authority under Probate Code to direct that trust funds be applied to payment of restitution to victim of crime committed by beneficiary where trustee has made no payments to beneficiary, and trustee's declining to do so is consistent with trustor's intent.
3. PEOPLE v. MERFIELD
   Mar 20, 2007
   Where convict waived his right to a hearing contesting Board of Prison Terms determination that he suffered from a severe mental disorder and should be committed for mental health treatment, he could not, after his initial term of commitment expired, contest board's determina…
4. In re ROBERT A.,
   Mar 20, 2007
   Compliance with Indian Child Welfare Act notice requirements in a separate case involving half sibling of child who was subject of dependency proceedings did not render failure to comply harmless.
5. SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
   Mar 20, 2007
   A modification decision.
6. LANDWATCH MONTEREY COUNTY v. COUNTY OF MONTEREY Part I
   Mar 20, 2007
   Approval of development project with mitigated negative declaration did not violate CEQA where evidence suggesting proposed project might contribute to a severe groundwater overdraft consisted largely of opinions of persons with little technical expertise and failed to discredit …
7. LANDWATCH MONTEREY COUNTY v. COUNTY OF MONTEREY Part II
   Mar 20, 2007
   Approval of development project with mitigated negative declaration did not violate CEQA where evidence suggesting proposed project might contribute to a severe groundwater overdraft consisted largely of opinions of persons with little technical expertise and failed to discredit …
8. MT. SAN JACINTO COMMU. COLLE. DISTRICT v. SUP. COURT OF RIVERSIDE COUN Part I
   Mar 20, 2007
   Under state eminent domain law, a statutory property valuation date that occurs at the time the condemner deposits the probable compensation in court, when litigation in the eminent domain action is not expected to end until several years after the deposit is made, does not deny …
9. MT. SAN JACINTO COMMU. COLLE. DISTRICT v. SUP. COURT OF RIVERSIDE COU Part II
   Mar 20, 2007
   Under state eminent domain law, a statutory property valuation date that occurs at the time the condemner deposits the probable compensation in court, when litigation in the eminent domain action is not expected to end until several years after the deposit is made, does not deny …
10. MUNOZ v.CITY OF UNIONCITY
    Mar 19, 2007
    Where jury in wrongful death action found defendants, a city and its police officer, liable for negligence and battery, apportioning the negligence 45 percent to the city, 50 percent to the officer, and 5 percent to decedent; and where court of appeal upheld the finding of liabil…
11. California Family Bioethics Council v. Cali. Inst. for Regenerative Med Part I
    Mar 19, 2007
    Initiative that established, and provided for the funding of, public entity to conduct stem cell research did not violate constitutional requirement that initiative deal with a single subject, since provisions permitting funding of "vital research opportunities" beyond th…
12. California Family Bioethics Council v. Cali. Inst. for Regen. Med Part I I
    Mar 19, 2007
    Initiative that established, and provided for the funding of, public entity to conduct stem cell research did not violate constitutional requirement that initiative deal with a single subject, since provisions permitting funding of "vital research opportunities" beyond th…
13. California Family Bioethics Council v. Cali. Inst. for Regen. Med Part III
    Mar 19, 2007
    Initiative that established, and provided for the funding of, public entity to conduct stem cell research did not violate constitutional requirement that initiative deal with a single subject, since provisions permitting funding of "vital research opportunities" beyond th…
14. PEOPLE v. ZAIDI, PART I
    Mar 19, 2007
    Trial court inadequately advised defendant of the consequences of pleading no contest to a sex offense where he was told that he must register as a sex offender pursuant to Penal Code Sec. 290 but was not specifically told that the registration obligation is lifelong.
15. PEOPLE v. ZAIDI PART II
    Mar 19, 2007
    Trial court inadequately advised defendant of the consequences of pleading no contest to a sex offense where he was told that he must register as a sex offender pursuant to Penal Code Sec. 290 but was not specifically told that the registration obligation is lifelong.
16. PEARL O NEILL v. NOVARTIS CONSUMER HEALTH, INC., PART I
    Mar 19, 2007
    Rejection of proposed jury instruction that compliance with government standards cannot be considered as a basis for assessing the safety of a product in a design defect claim was not error; trial court correctly told jurors that "FDA action or inaction, though not dispositiv…
17. PEARL O NEILL v. NOVARTIS CONSUMER HEALTH, INC., PART II
    Mar 19, 2007
    Rejection of proposed jury instruction that compliance with government standards cannot be considered as a basis for assessing the safety of a product in a design defect claim was not error; trial court correctly told jurors that "FDA action or inaction, though not dispositiv…
18. ASFAW v. WOLDBERHAN Part I
    Mar 19, 2007
    In calculating child support, depreciation on rental properties is not deductible from annual gross income.
19. ASFAW v. WOLDBERHAN Part II
    Mar 19, 2007
    In calculating child support, depreciation on rental properties is not deductible from annual gross income.
20. PEOPLE v. GUEVARA
    Mar 19, 2007
    Where custodian of records did not produce the entire personnel file for the court's review in response to discovery request and record did not indicate that trial court actually reviewed the list submitted by city attorney in support of the custodian's decision to produc…