Filed 2/10/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA TARRANT BELL PROPERTY, LLC et al., ) Petitioners, S179378 v. Ct.App. 1/4 A125496 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA ) COUNTY, Alameda County Respondent. Super. Ct. No. HG08418168 REYNALDO ABAYA et al., Real Parties in Interest. SPANISH RANCH I, L.P., Petitioner, S179378 v. Ct.App. 1/4 A125714 THE SUPERIOR […]
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Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma
Filed 2/10/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA JESSICA PINEDA, Plaintiff and Appellant, S178241 v. Ct.App. 4/1 D054355 WILLIAMS-SONOMA STORES, INC., San Diego County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. No. ____________________________________) 37-2008-00086061-CU-BT-CTL The Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (Credit Card Act) (Civ. Code, ? 1747 et seq.) is ?designed to promote consumer protection.? (Florez […]
People v. Ary
Filed 2/3/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S173309 v. Ct.App. 1/2 A113020 JAMES ARY, JR., Contra Costa County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 5-980575-5 A state that puts a mentally incompetent criminal defendant on trial violates the due process clause of the federal Constitution?s Fourteenth Amendment. This constitutional […]
People v. Thomas
Filed 2/3/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S093456 v. Sonoma County ALEX DALE THOMAS, Super. Ct. No. SCR-29622 Defendant and Appellant. ____________________________________) Defendant Alex Dale Thomas, a substitute janitor at Rio Linda High School, raped and murdered 18-year-old student Michelle Montoya. Defense counsel did not contest that defendant killed […]
Cal. Farm Bur. v. State Water Res. Control Bd.
Filed 1/31/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION et al. Plaintiffs and Appellants, S150518 v. Ct.App. 3 C050289 STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, Sacramento County Defendant and Respondent. Super. Ct. Nos. 03CS1776 & 04CS00473 The California Constitution provides that any act to increase taxes must be passed by a two-thirds vote […]
People v. Moore
Filed 1/31/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S081479 v. RONALD WAYNE MOORE, Monterey County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. SS980646 Ronald Wayne Moore was convicted of and sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of 11-year-old Nicole Carnahan, which occurred during the commission of burglary and robbery. (Pen. […]
People v. Jones
Filed 1/31/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S056364 v. ALBERT JONES, Riverside County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. CR 53009 A jury convicted defendant Albert Jones of the first degree murders of James H. Florville and Madalynne Florville with personal use of a deadly weapon and, as to […]
Kwikset Corp. v. Super. Ct.
Filed 1/27/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA KWIKSET CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, S171845 v. Ct.App. 4/3 G040675 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE ) COUNTY, Orange County Super. Ct. No. 00CC01275 Respondent; JAMES BENSON et al., Real Parties in Interest. This case arises from Kwikset Corporation?s (Kwikset) manufacturing of locksets it labeled as ?Made in […]
Catlin v. Super. Ct.
Filed 1/27/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA STEVEN DAVID CATLIN, Petitioner, S167148 v. Ct.App. 5 F053705 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF KERN COUNTY, Kern County Respondent; Super. Ct. No. 30594 THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. ____________________________________) After petitioner Steven D. Catlin was sentenced to death, the Legislature enacted Penal Code section 1054.9.1 That statute […]
International Assn. of Fire Fighters v. Public Employment Relations Bd.; City of Richmond
Filed 1/24/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL 188, AFL-CIO, ) Plaintiff and Appellant, S172377 v. Ct.App. 1/3 A114959 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, Contra Costa County Defendant and Respondent; Super. Ct. No. N05-0232 CITY OF RICHMOND, Real Party in Interest and Respondent. ____________________________________) Facing a budget crisis, the City […]
Cortez v. Abich
Filed 1/24/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA OCTOVIANO CORTEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, S177075 v. Ct.App. 2/4 B210628 LOURDES ABICH et al., Los Angeles County Defendants and Respondents. ) Super. Ct. No. GC038444 Under the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 (Cal- OSHA or the Act) (Lab. Code, ? 6300 et seq.; all […]
People v. Soto
Filed 1/20/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S167531 v. Ct.App. 6 H030475 JAIME VARGAS SOTO, Santa Clara County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. EE504317 The Legislature has made it a crime to commit a lewd or lascivious act on a child under age 14. (Pen. Code, ? 288, […]
People v. Nelson
Filed 1/20/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S085193 v. BERNARD ALBERT NELSON, Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. BA162295 A jury convicted defendant Bernard Albert Nelson of the first degree murder, robbery, and attempted carjacking of Richard Dunbar. It concluded, as a special circumstance, that the […]
People v. Booker
Filed 1/20/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S083899 v. RICHARD LONNIE BOOKER, Riverside County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. CR67502 A jury convicted defendant Richard Lonnie Booker of the first degree murders of Tricia Powalka, Amanda Elliot, and Corina Gandara. (Pen. Code, ? 187, subd. (a).)1 It also […]
Ameron Internat. Corp. v. Ins. Co. etc.
Filed 1/19/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, S153852 v. Ct.App.1/5 A109755 INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA et al., San Francisco County Super. Ct. No. 419929 Defendants and Respondents. ) ____________________________________) AMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Ct.App.1/5 A112856 HARBOR INSURANCE COMPANY, San Francisco County Super. […]
Cassel v. Super. Ct.
Filed 1/13/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA MICHAEL CASSEL, Petitioner, S178914 v. Ct.App. 2/7 B215215 THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Los Angeles County Respondent; Super. Ct. No. LC070478 WASSERMAN, COMDEN, CASSELMAN & PEARSON, L.L.P., et al., Real Parties in Interest. ____________________________________) In order to encourage the candor necessary to a successful mediation, […]
People v. Diaz
Filed 1/3/11 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, S166600 v. Ct.App. 2/6 B203034 GREGORY DIAZ, Ventura County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. 2007015733 We granted review in this case to decide whether the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution permits law enforcement officers, approximately 90 minutes after lawfully […]