Category: California Supreme Court Opinions

DOMINIQUE LOPEZ, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SONY ELECTRONICS, INC., Defendant and Respondent. No. S235357.Supreme Court of California. Filed July 5, 2018.Appeal from the Superior Court Los Angeles County, Super. Ct. No. BC476544. Appeal from the Ct.App. 2/8 B256792. Review Granted 247 Cal.App.4th 444. Waters Kraus & Paul and Michael B. Gurien for […]

Filed 7/2/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA DAWN L. HASSELL et al.,?Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. AVA BIRD, Defendant; YELP INC., Objector and Appellant. S235968 Ct.App. 1/4 A143233; San Francisco County Super. Ct. No. CGC 13530525 Counsel: Greenberg Traurig, Ian C. Ballon and Lori Chang for Glassdoor, Inc., and TripAdvisor LLC as Amici Curiae on […]

Filed 7/2/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH ADAM MORA and RUBEN?RANGEL,?Defendants and Appellants. S079925 Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TA037999 Counsel: Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Peter R. Silten, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant Joseph […]

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC., et al.,?Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA,?Defendant and Respondent. S239397 Ct.App. 5 F072310;?Fresno County?Super. Ct. No. 14CECG00068 Counsel: Lawrence G. Keane; Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Daniel C. DeCarlo and Lance A. Selfridge for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, […]

Filed 6/28/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL AUGUSTINE LOPEZ,?Defendant and Appellant. S099549 Alameda County Super. Ct. No.?H28492A Counsel: Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Evan Young and Janet R. Gilger, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and […]

Filed 6/28/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ERIC ANDERSON,?Defendant and Appellant. S138474 San Diego County?Super. Ct. No. SCE230405 Counsel: Joanna McKim, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Holly D. Wilkens, Theodore […]

Filed 6/25/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA Rana Samara,?Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Haitham Matar,?Defendant and Respondent. S240918 Ct.App. 2/7 B265752;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. EC056720 Counsel: Curd, Galindo & Smith, Alexis Galindo and Tracy Labrusciano for Plaintiff and Appellant. Ford, Walker, Haggerty & Behar, Katherine M. Harwood; Tardiff Law Offices and Neil S. Tardiff […]

Filed 6/25/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,?Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FINANCIAL CASUALTY &?SURETY, INC.,?Defendant and Respondent. S230213 Ct.App. 2/4 B257660;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. Nos. BA404239, SJ3898 Counsel: Mary C. Wickham, County Counsel, Ruben Baeza, Jr., Assistant County Counsel, Joanne Nielsen, Principal Deputy County Counsel, and Lindsay Yoshiyama, Deputy County Counsel, […]

Filed 6/21/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN SAMUEL GHOBRIAL,?Defendant and Appellant. S105908 Orange County?Super. Ct. No. 98NF0906 Counsel: Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Denise Anton and Anne W. Lackey, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and […]

Filed 6/21/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RANDOLPH D. FARWELL,?Defendant and Appellant. S231009 Ct.App. 2/5 B257775;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. TA130219 Counsel: Jonathan B. Steiner, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Jasmine Patel, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and […]

Filed 6/18/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re Robert Wesley Cowan?on Habeas Corpus. S158073 Counsel: Mark Goldrosen, under appointment by the Supreme Court; Weinberg & Wilder and Nina Wilder for Petitioner Robert Wesley Cowan. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, […]

Filed 6/4/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA LIBERTY SURPLUS INSURANCE?CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents v. LEDESMA & MEYER?CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants. S236765 9th Cir. No. 14-56120 Counsel: Shernoff Bidart Echeverria, Michael J. Bidart, Ricardo Echeverria; The Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey I. Ehrlich for Defendants and Appellants. Steven W. […]

Filed 6/4/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent v. JORGE GONZALEZ, et al., Defendants and Appellants. S234377 Ct.App. 2/4 B255375;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. YA076269 Counsel: Robert Franklin Howell, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Jorge Gonzalez. Valerie G. Wass, under appointment by the Supreme Court, […]

Filed 5/31/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S095076 ) ) RICHARD PENUNURI,??????????????????????????????????? ) )?????????????????????? Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant.???????? )????????????????? Super. Ct. No. BA189633 __________________________________ ) A jury convicted defendant Richard Penunuri of the first degree murder of Brian Molina, Michael Murillo, and Jaime […]

Filed 5/31/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,??? ) )?????????????????????????????????? S113421 ) ) WARREN JUSTIN HARDY,???????? ) )?????????????????????? ???? Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant.?? )?????????????????????? Super. Ct. No. NA039436-02 ___________________________ ) A jury convicted defendant, Warren Justin Hardy, of the first degree murder of Penny Sigler with […]

Filed 5/31/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S057156 ) ) ????????????????????? Sacramento County CHARLES EDWARD CASE,????????????????????????? ) ????????????????? Super. Ct. No. 93F05175 ) Defendant and Appellant.???????? ) ____________________________________) Defendant Charles Edward Case was sentenced to death for murdering two people during the commission of a […]

Filed 5/24/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re ROBERT LEWIS, JR.,?????????????????????????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S117235 on Habeas Corpus.???????????????????? ) __________________________________ ) Petitioner Robert Lewis, Jr., seeks habeas corpus relief, urging that he is ineligible for execution because he is intellectually disabled[1] and that his counsel failed to investigate and present mitigating evidence as to […]

Filed 5/24/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA FACEBOOK, INC., et al., ?????????????????????????? ?????) ) Petitioners,??????????????????????????????????????? ???? ) ) ???? )????????????????? ????? S230051 ) THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY??? ) AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO???? ??? ??)???? ???? ?Ct.App. 1/5 A144315 ) Respondent;????????????????????????????????????? ???? ) )????? San Francisco City and County DERRICK D. HUNTER […]

Filed 5/24/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) DELANO FARMS COMPANY et al.,????????????? )????????????????????????????? S226538 Plaintiffs and Appellants,???????? ) ) ) Ct.App. 5 F067956 ) CALIFORNIA TABLE GRAPE???????????????????????? )????????????????? ?? ??County of Fresno COMMISSION,?????????????????????????????????????????????????? )???? ????? Super. Ct. Nos. 636636-3, 642546, Defendant and Respondent.???? )??????????? 01CECG01127, 01CECG02292,??????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????? )???????????????????????????????????????? 01CECG02289, 11CECG00178 __________________________________ […]

Filed 5/21/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,???????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S065233 v.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?) ) FLOYD DANIEL SMITH,???????????????????????????????? )??????????????????? San Bernardino County )????????????????? Super. Ct. No. FWV08607 Defendant and Appellant.???????? ) __________________________________ ) A jury convicted defendant Floyd Daniel […]

Filed 5/16/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,???????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S104144 v.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? […]

Filed 5/17/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,???????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S235556 v.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ) )??????????????????????? Ct.App. 5 F068737 FELIZ CORRAL RUIZ II,????????????????????????????????? ) )??????????????????????????? […]

Filed 5/17/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent,???????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S239713 v.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ) )??????????????????????? Ct.App. 5 F065807 JESUS […]

  Filed 5/14/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA UNITED RIGGERS & ERECTORS, INC.,?????? ) ) Plaintiff and Appellant,???????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S231549 ) )????????????????????? Ct.App.?2/1 B258860 COAST IRON & STEEL CO.,?????????????????????????? ) )?????????????????????? Los Angeles County Defendant and Respondent.???? )????????????????? Super. Ct. No. VC062679 __________________________________ ) This case is about construction ?? both physical and […]

  Filed 5/10/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Appellant,???????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S237602 ) )????????????????????? Ct.App. 4/2 E064099 STEVEN ANDREW ADELMANN,??????????????? ) )???????????????????????? Riverside County Defendant and Respondent.????? )??????????????? Super. Ct. No. SWF1208202 __________________________________ ) Proposition 47 lowered the penalty for several crimes and provided a mechanism for resentencing […]