43 Cal. 4th 201, 180 P.3d 321, 74 Cal. Rptr. 3d 570 Filed 4/7/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA ANTONINA LONICKI, Plaintiff and Appellant, S130839 v. Ct.App. 3 C039617 SUTTER HEALTH CENTRAL, ) Sacramento County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. No. 00AS02199 Under the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act (Gov. Code,1 ?? 12945.1, 12945.2; hereafter […]
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People v. Rundle
43 Cal.4th 76 original opinion 43 Cal.4th 705a modification Filed 4/3/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S012943 v. DAVID ALLEN RUNDLE, Placer County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 0636 A jury convicted defendant David Allen Rundle of the first degree murders of Caroline Garcia and Lanciann Sorensen, and […]
Johnson v. American Standard
43 Cal.4th 56 original opinion Filed 4/3/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA WILLIAM KEITH JOHNSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, S139184 v. Ct.App. 2/5 B179206 AMERICAN STANDARD, INC., Los Angeles County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. No. BC 287442 This product liability action raises a question of first impression in California; i.e., whether we should adopt […]
People v. Wilson
43 Cal.4th 1 original opinion Filed 3/27/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S070327 v. ANDRE GERALD WILSON, Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. NA029224 A jury convicted defendant Andre Gerald Wilson of the first degree murder and attempted robbery of Sary San, and found the robbery-murder […]
People v. French
43 Cal. 4th 36, 178 P.3d 1100, 73 Cal. Rptr. 3d 605 Filed 3/27/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S148845 v. Ct.App. 3 C050785 WESLEY DAVID FRENCH, ) Sacramento County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 02F07203 Defendant pleaded no contest to six counts of lewd and lascivious conduct […]
In re Smith
42 Cal.4th 1251 original opinion Filed 3/24/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA S145959 ) In re DAVID WOODROW SMITH Ct.App. 2/7 B184548 ) on Habeas Corpus. Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. ZM007064 NA052811 Under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVP Act), Welfare and Institutions Code section 6600 et seq., a person can be […]
In re Lawley
42 Cal.4th 1231 original opinion Filed 3/24/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re DENNIS HAROLD LAWLEY ) S089463 on Habeas Corpus. On January 22, 1989, Brian Seabourn shot and killed Kenneth Lawton Stewart. In the years that followed, three men were held criminally accountable for Stewart?s death. Petitioner Dennis Harold Lawley was tried, […]
People v. Gay
42 Cal. 4th 1195 original opinion Filed 3/20/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S093765 v. KENNETH EARL GAY, Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. A392702 After a joint trial before separate juries in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Raynard Paul Cummings and defendant Kenneth Earl […]
Marathon Entertainment v. Blasi
42 Cal. 4th 974, 174 P.3d 741, 70 Cal. Rptr. 3d 727, 42 Cal. 4th 1194a modification Filed 3/12/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA MARATHON ENTERTAINMENT, INC., ) Plaintiff and Appellant, S145428 v. Ct.App. 2/1 B179819 ROSA BLASI et al., Los Angeles County Defendants and Respondents. ) Super. Ct. No. BC290839 MODIFICATION OF OPINION […]
Jones v. Lodge at Torrey Pines
42 Cal.4th 1158 original opinion Filed 3/3/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA SCOTT JONES, Plaintiff and Appellant, S151022 v. Ct.App. 4/1 D046600 THE LODGE AT TORREY PINES PARTNERSHIP et al., San Diego County Defendants and Respondents. ) Super. Ct. No. GIC811515 In Reno v. Baird (1998) 18 Cal.4th 640 (Reno), we held that, although […]
Olson v. Automobile Club
42 Cal.4th 1142 original opinion Filed 2/28/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CARL OLSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, S143999 v. Ct.App. 2/2 B168730 AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ) Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. BC 244326 Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 provides, in pertinent part, that ?[u]pon motion, […]
Metcalf v. County of San Joaquin
42 Cal.4th 1121 original opinion Filed 2/21/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THOMAS METCALF, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, S144831 v. ) Ct.App. 3 C047734 COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, San Joaquin County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. No. CV018106 Government Code section 835, part of California?s Government Claims Act,1 generally provides that ?a […]
People v. Kelly
42 Cal.4th 763 original opinion 42 Cal.4th 1120a modification Filed 2/20/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, S049973 Plaintiff and Respondent, Los Angeles County v. Super. Ct. No. LA015339 ) DOUGLAS OLIVER KELLY, ORDER MODIFYING OPINION [NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT] Defendant and Appellant. THE COURT: The majority opinion filed December 6, 2007, and […]
Grosset v. Wenaas
42 Cal.4th 1100 original opinion Filed 2/14/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA RICHARD GROSSET, Plaintiff, S139285 v. Ct.App. 4/1 D043684 ERIC P. WENAAS et al., San Diego County Defendants and Respondents; ) Super. Ct. No. GIC 775153 SIK-LIN HUANG, Intervener and Appellant. Richard Grosset originally filed this shareholder?s derivative action on behalf of JNI […]
Farm Raised Salmon Cases
42 Cal. 4th 1077, 175 P.3d 1170, 72 Cal. Rptr. 3d 112 Filed 2/11/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA FARM RAISED SALMON CASES. S147171 Ct.App. 2/3 B182901 Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. JCCP 4329 Plaintiffs filed a class and representative action alleging that various grocery stores violated state law by selling artificially colored […]
People v. Brasure
42 Cal.4th 1037 original opinion Filed 2/7/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S072949 v. SPENCER RAWLINS BRASURE, Ventura County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. CR424212A Defendant Spencer Rawlins Brasure was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1996 kidnap and torture murder of Anthony Guest (Pen. Code, ?? […]
People v. Howard
42 Cal.4th 1000 original opinion Filed 2/4/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S029489 v. ALPHONSO HOWARD, Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. A646953-01 Defendant Alphonso Howard was sentenced to death after a jury convicted him of first degree murder, rape, and a forcible lewd act upon […]
People v. Lopez
42 Cal. 4th 960, 175 P.3d 4, 71 Cal. Rptr. 3d 253 Filed 1/28/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S143615 v. Ct.App. 2/1 B182877 FERNANDO LOPEZ, Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. BA271983 In this case, a jury convicted defendant, a Catholic priest, of seven sex […]
Marathon v. Blasi
42 Cal. 4th 974, 174 P.3d 741, 70 Cal. Rptr. 3d 727, 42 Cal. 4th 1194a modification Filed 1/28/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA MARATHON ENTERTAINMENT, INC., ) Plaintiff and Appellant, S145428 v. Ct.App. 2/1 B179819 ROSA BLASI et al., Los Angeles County Defendants and Respondents. ) Super. Ct. No. BC290839 In Hollywood, talent […]
Adoption of Joshua S., Annette F. v. Sharon S
42 Cal. 4th 945, 174 P.3d 192, 70 Cal. Rptr. 3d 372 Filed 1/24/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA Adoption of JOSHUA S., a Minor. ANNETTE F., Plaintiff and Respondent, S138169 v. Ct. App. 4/1 D045067 SHARON S., San Diego County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. JA46053 In Sharon S. v. Superior Court […]
Ross v. Ragingwire Tel.
42 Cal.4th 920 original opinion Filed 1/24/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA GARY ROSS, Plaintiff and Appellant, S138130 v. ) Ct.App. 3 C043392 RAGINGWIRE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., ) Sacramento County Super. Ct. No. 02AS05476 Defendant and Respondent. The Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Health & Saf. Code, ? 11362.5, added by initiative, Prop. 215, as […]
In re James F.
42 Cal. 4th 901, 174 P.3d 180, 70 Cal. Rptr. 3d 358 Filed 1/17/08 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA In re JAMES F., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. ) LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, S150316 Plaintiff and Respondent, Ct.App. 2/7 B188863 v. Los Angeles County MARCUS M., […]
People v. Soper
45 Cal. 4th 759, 200 P.3d 816, 89 Cal. Rptr. 3d 188 Filed 2/19/09 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S152667 v. Ct.App. 4/1 D047875 JAMES DANIEL SOPER, ) San Diego County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. SCN193079 ___________________________________ ) Within approximately four months, two homeless men who camped […]
People v. Gutierrez
45 Cal. 4th 789, 200 P.3d 847, 89 Cal. Rptr. 3d 225 Filed 2/19/09 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S073253 v. ALFRED ANTHONY GUTIERREZ, ) Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. KA034049 A jury convicted Alfred Anthony Gutierrez of the second degree murder of Dawn Nakatani […]
People v. Scott
45 Cal. 4th 743, 200 P.3d 837, 89 Cal. Rptr. 3d 213 Filed 2/19/09 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE Plaintiff and Respondent, S136498 v. Ct.App. 3 C044964 ) ANDRE RENE SCOTT et al., Sacramento County Super. Ct. No. 01F03583 Defendants and Appellants. We granted review to resolve a conflict in the Courts […]