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Category: California Supreme Court Opinions
CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION v. STATE WATER RESOURCES, No. S226753 (Cal. App. 5/7/2018)
Filed 5/7/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ????? ) ASSOCIATION,???????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiff and Appellant,???????????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S226753 v.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? […]
PEOPLE v. SOTO, No. S236164 (Cal. App. 4/30/2018)
Filed 4/30/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent, ) ) S236164 v. ) ) Ct.App. 6 H041615 JUAQUIN GARCIA SOTO, ) ) Monterey County Defendant and Appellant. ) Super. Ct. No. SSC120180A ) A conviction of murder requires a finding of malice, which may be either express or […]
DYNAMEX OPERATIONS WEST, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT, No. S222732 (Cal. 4/30/2018)
Filed 4/30/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA DYNAMEX OPERATIONS WEST, INC.,Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY,?Respondent; CHARLES LEE et al., Real Parties in Interest. S222732 Ct.App. 2/7 B249546; Los Angeles County?Super Ct. No. BC332016 Counsel: Judith A. Scott; Altshuler Berzon, Michael Rubin, Barbara J. Chisholm, P. Casey Pitts; Nicole G. Berner; […]
IN RE I.C., No. S229276 (Cal. 4/26/2018)
Filed 4/26/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re I.C., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. ALAMEDA COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ALBERTO C.,?Objector and Appellant. S229276 Ct.App. 1/2 A141143;?Alameda County?Super. Ct. No. SJ12019578 Counsel: Louise E. Collari, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Objector and Appellant. Aida Aslanian […]
PEOPLE v. DAVEGGIO, No. S110294 (Cal. 4/26/2018)
Filed 4/26/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES ANTHONY DAVEGGIO and?MICHELLE LYN MICHAUD,?Defendants and Appellants. S110294 Counsel: David H. Goodwin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant James Anthony Daveggio. Janyce Keiko Imata Blair, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant […]
PEOPLE v. CHAVEZ, No. S238929 (Cal. 4/26/2018)
Filed 4/26/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Lorenzo Chavez, Defendant and Appellant S238929 Ct.App. 3 C074138;?Yolo County?Super. Ct. No. CRF042140 Counsel: Matthew A. Siroka, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. […]
ALVARADO v. DART CONTAINER CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, No. S232607 (Cal. 4/25/2018)
Filed 4/25/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA HECTOR ALVARADO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DART CONTAINER CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Respondent. ?S232607 Ct.App. 4/2 E061645;?Riverside County?Super. Ct. No. RIC1211707 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION THE COURT: The opinion in this matter filed on March 5, 2018, and appearing in the California Official Reports at 4 Cal.5th […]
HECKART v. A-1 SELF STORAGE, INC., No. S232322 (Cal. 4/23/2018)
Filed 4/23/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA SAMUEL HECKART,?Plaintiff and Appellant, v. A-1 SELF STORAGE, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents. S232322 Ct.App. 4/1 D066831;?San Diego County?Super. Ct. No. 37-2013-00042315-CU-BT-CTL Counsel: Finkelstein & Krinsk, Jeffrey R. Krinsk, William R. Restis, David J. Harris, Jr., and Trenton R. Kashima for Plaintiff and Appellant. Dale E. […]
PEOPLE v. CONTRERAS, No. S224564 (Cal. 4/11/2018)
Filed 4/11/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEONEL CONTRERAS and WILLIAM STEVEN RODRIGUEZ,?Defendants and Appellants. S224564 Ct.App. 4/1 D063428;?San Diego County?Super. Ct. No. SCD236438 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION THE COURT: The opinion in this matter, which was filed February 26, 2018, and appears at 4 Cal.5th 349, is modified as […]
IN RE BUTLER, No. S237014 (Cal. 4/2/2018)
Filed 4/2/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA IN RE ROY BUTLER,?on Habeas Corpus. S237014 Ct.App. 1/2 A139411 Alameda County Super. Ct. No. 91694B Counsel: Keker & Van Nest, Keker, Van Nest & Peters, Jon B. Streeter, Susan J. Harriman, Benita A. Brauhmbhatt, Sharif E. Jacob, Steven A. Hirsch and Andrea Nill Sanchez for Petitioner […]
PEOPLE v. BUZA, No. S223698 (Cal. 4/2/2018)
Filed 4/2/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARK BUZA,?Defendant and Appellant. S223698 Ct.App. 1/2 A125542; San Francisco County?Super. Ct. No. SCN 207818 Counsel: Jan Scully, District Attorney (Sacramento), Anne Marie Schubert, Deputy District Attorney; W. Scott Thorpe, Mark Zahner and Albert C. Locher for California District Attorneys Association as […]
PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ, No. S231826 (Cal. 3/29/2018)
Filed 3/29/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARIO MARTINEZ,?Defendant and Appellant. S231826 Ct.App. 4/2 E063107;?Riverside County?Super. Ct. No. RIF136990 Counsel Counsel: Cindi Beth Mishkin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Sylvia W. Beckham, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and […]
NEWPORT HARBOR VENTURES, LLC v. MORRIS CERULLO WORLD EVANGELISM, No. S239777 (Cal. App. 3/22/2018)
Issues: anti-SLAPP Statute (CCP 425.16)
Filed 3/22/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA NEWPORT HARBOR VENTURES, LLC, et al.,?Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. MORRIS CERULLO WORLD EVANGELISM et al., ?Defendants and Appellants. S239777 Ct.App. 4/3 G052660;?Orange County Super. Ct. No. 30-2013-00665314 Counsel: Galuppo & Blake, Louis A. Galuppo, Steven W. Blake, Andrew E. Hall and Daniel T. Watts for Defendants and […]
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA v. SUPERIOR COURT, No. S230568 (Cal. 3/22/2018)
Issues: Negligence, Torts
Filed 3/22/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA et al.,?Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY,?Respondent; KATHERINE ROSEN, Real Party in Interest. S230568 Ct.App. 2/7 B259424;?Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. SC108504 Counsel: Maranga Morgenstern, Kenneth A. Maranga, Paul A. Elkhort, Morgan A. Metzger, Dennis Newitt; […]
PEOPLE v. DeHOYOS, No. S228230 (Cal. 3/12/2018)
Filed 3/12/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE,?Plaintiff and Respondent, v. VERONICA LORRAINE DeHOYOS et al.,?Defendants and Appellants. S228230 Ct.App. 4/1 D065961;?San Diego County?Super. Ct. No. SCD252670 Counsel: Leslie Ann Rose, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Valerie G. Wass, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Howard C. Cohen for Defendant […]
IN RE FIGUEROA, No. S111336 (Cal. 3/12/2018)
Filed 3/12/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA IN RE VICENTE BENAVIDES FIGUEROA, on Habeas Corpus S111336 Kern County?Super. Ct. No. 48266 Counsel: Michael Laurence, Cristina Bord?, Melissa R. Hooper, Michael J. Hersek, Miro F. Cizin, Monica Oth?n Espinosa and Paula Fog for Petitioner Vincente Benavides Figueroa. Bill Lockyer, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Kamala D. […]
ALVARADO v. DART CONTAINER CORP. OF CAL., No. S232607 (Cal. 3/5/2018)
Filed 3/5/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA HECTOR ALVARADO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DART CONTAINER CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Respondent. S232607 Ct.App. 4/2 E061645; Riverside County Superior Court No. RIC1211707 In this case, we decide how an employee?s overtime pay rate should be calculated when the employee has earned a flat sum […]
PEOPLE v. GARTON, No. S097558 (Cal. 3/5/2018)
Filed 3/5/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TODD JESSE GARTON, Defendant and Appellant. S097558 A jury in Shasta County convicted defendant Todd Jesse Garton of first degree murder and conspiracy to murder his wife, Carole Garton, and her fetus, and conspiracy to murder his codefendant?s husband, Dean […]
HELLER EHRMAN LLP v. DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, No. S236208 (Cal. 3/5/2018)
Filed 3/5/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA HELLER EHRMAN LLP, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP, Defendant and Respondent. AND RELATED CASES. S236208 9th Cir. Nos. 14-16314,?14-16315, 14-16317, 14-16318 Counsel: Diamond McCarthy, Christopher D. Sullivan, Matthew S. Sepuya, Christopher R. Murray, Andrew B. Ryan, James Sheppard, Karen K. Diep; Valle Makoff, Jeffrey […]
PEOPLE v. PEREZ, No. S104144 (Cal. 3/1/2018)
Issues: Criminal Law, Death Penalty
Filed 3/1/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH ANDREW PEREZ, JR., Defendant and Appellant. S104144 Contra Costa County Superior Court No. 990453-3 Counsel: A. Richard Ellis, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and […]
PEOPLE v. CONTRERAS, No. S224564 (Cal. 2/26/2018)
Filed 2/26/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEONEL CONTRERAS and WILLIAM STEVEN RODRIGUEZ, Defendants and Appellants. S224564 Ct.App. 4/1 D063428 San Diego County Super. Ct. No. SCD236438 Defendants Leonel Contreras and William Rodriguez were convicted in a joint trial of kidnapping and sexual offenses they committed as […]
CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA v. UNITED WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, No. S226036 (Cal. 2/21/2018)
Filed 2/21/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA City of San Buenaventura,?Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Appellant, ) v. United Water Conservation District et al.,?Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants. S226036 Ct.App. 2/6 B251810 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION, DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING, AND GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE THE COURT: The opinion herein, appearing at 3 Cal.5th 1191, is modified […]
SOLUS INDUSTRIAL INNOVATIONS, LLC v. SUPERIOR COURT, No. S222314 (Cal. 2/8/2018)
Filed 2/8/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA SOLUS INDUSTRIAL?INNOVATIONS, LLC, et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE?COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. S222314 Ct.App. 4/3 G047661; Orange County Super. Ct. No. 30-2012-00581868 Counsel: Fox Rothschild, David F. Faustman; Jones Day, Brian A. Sun and Frederick D. Friedman for Petitioners. […]
KURWA v. KISLINGER, No. S234617 (Cal. 1/31/2018)
Filed 1/31/18 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA BADRUDIN KURWA,?Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARK B. KISLINGER et al.,?Defendants and Respondents. S234617 Ct.App. 2/5 B264641;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. KC045216 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION ON THE COURT?S OWN MOTION THE COURT: The opinion in this matter, which was filed December 18, 2017, and appears at 4 […]