2016 Slip Opinions Archives

Horiike v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Co. (Cal., 11/21/16) [SLIP COPY]

Issues: Real Estate Agents

Filed 11/21/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA HIROSHI HORIIKE,?Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL?BROKERAGE COMPANY et al.,? Defendants and Respondents. S218734 Ct.App. 2/5 B246606;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. SC110477 Counsel: Horvitz & Levy, Mitchell C. Tilner, Frederic D. Cohen; The Law Offices of David W. Macey, David W. Macey, Lindsay M. Alter; Higgs, […]

Centinela Freeman Emergency Medical Associates v. Health Net of California, Inc. (Cal., 11/14/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 11/14/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CENTINELA FREEMAN EMERGENCY?MEDICAL ASSOCIATES et al. v.?HEALTH NET OF CALIFORNIA, ?INC., et al. S218497 Counsel: Michelman & Robinson, Andrew H. Selesnick, Damaris L. Medina, Robin James and Jason O. Cheuk for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Francisco J. Silva, Long X. Do and Michelle Rubalcava for California Medical Association, […]

Harris v. Superior Court (Cal., 11/10/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 11/10/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA MORRIS GLEN HARRIS, JR. v. ?THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS?ANGELES COUNTY S231489 Counsel: Ronald L. Brown, Public Defender, Albert J. Menaster, Rourke Stacy and Mark Harvis, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner. Linda Lye, Micaela Davis; Peter Eliasberg; and David Loy for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of […]

Maas v. Superior Court (Cal., 11/7/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 11/7/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA MICHAEL EUGENE MAAS v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY S225109 Counsel: Russell S. Babcock, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner. No appearance for Respondent. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Edward C. DuMont, State Solicitor General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, […]

People v. Burgener (Cal., 10/12/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 10/12/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL RAY BURGENER, Defendant and Appellant. S179181 Riverside County?Super. Ct. No. CR 18088 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING THE COURT: The opinion in this case, filed on August 11, 2016, and appearing at 1 Cal.5th 461, is […]

People v. Nelson (Cal., 9/21/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 9/21/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ) ) Plaintiffs and Respondents,????? ) )???????????????????????????????? S048763 ) ) SERGIO DUJUAN NELSON ?????????????????????????? ) )?????????????????????? Los Angeles County Defendant and Appellant;??????? )????????????????? Super. Ct. No. KA019560 ) __________________________________ ) ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING THE COURT: The majority […]

Friends of the College of San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo Community College District (Cal. 9/19/16) [SLIP COPY]

Issues: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Environmental Law

Filed 9/19/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO GARDENS, Plaintiff and Respondent v. SAN MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, et al., Defendants and Appellants S214061 Ct.App. 1/1 A135892;? San Mateo County?Super. Ct. No. CIV 508656 Counsel: Eugene Whitlock, County Counsel; Remy Moose Manley, James G. Moose, Sabrina V. […]

People v. Covarrubias (Cal., 9/8/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 9/8/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE v. DANIEL SANCHEZ COVARRUBIAS S075136 Monterey County?Super. Ct. No. SC942212C Counsel: Thomas Lundy, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney […]

Department of Finance v. Commission on State Mandates (Cal., 8/29/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/29/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, et al. v. COMMISSION ON STATE MANDATES S214855 ? Ct.App. 2/1 B237153;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. BS130730 Counsel: Andrew R. Henderson for Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest and Appellants. Best Best & Krieger and […]

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v. Superior Court (Cal., 8/29/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/29/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY Bracy Anderson, et al.; Real Parties in Interest. S221038 San Francisco County Super. Ct. JCCP No. 4748 Documents: Opening Brief on the Merits Answer Brief on the Merits Reply Brief on the Merits Counsel: Lea Brilmayer; […]

People v. Grimes (Cal., 8/22/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/22/16; on rehearing IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE v. GARY LEE GRIMES S076339;?Shasta County?Super. Ct. No. 95F7785 Counsel: Cliff Gardner, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Catherine White and Lazuli Whitt for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, […]

People v. Rinehart (Cal., 8/22/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/22/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA PEOPLE v. BRANDON LANCE RINEHART S222620 ? Ct.App. 3 C074662;?Plumas County?Super. Ct. No. M1200659 Counsel: ?Murphy & Buchal and James L. Buchal for Defendant and Appellant. Damien M. Schiff, James S. Burling and Jonathan Wood for Pacific Legal Foundation, Western Mining Alliance and Siskiyou County as […]

People v. Rodriguez (Cal., 8/22/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/22/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE v. ADAM SERGIO RODRIGUEZ S223129;?Ct.App. 6 H038588;?Santa Clara County?Super. Ct. No. C1110340 Counsel: Jonathan E. Berger, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Victoria Hobel Schultz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette […]

People v. Vidana (Cal., 8/18/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/18/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE v. JUANITA VIDANA S224546 Counsel: Valerie G. Wass, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Steven T. Oetting and Linda G?ndara, Deputy State Solicitor Generals, […]

McLean v. State of California (Cal., 8/18/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/18/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA JANIS S. McLEAN v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA S221554 Counsel: Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff, William A. Kershaw, Lyle W. Cook, Stuart C. Talley and Ian J. Barlow for Plaintiff and Appellant. Barbara A. Jones and Laurie McCann for AARP as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and […]

City of Perris v. Stamper (Cal., 8/15/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/15/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CITY OF PERRIS v. RICHARD C. STAMPER S213468 Ct.App. 4/2 E053395 Counsel: Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, K. Erik Friess and Nisha Verma for Defendants and Appellants. Luke A. Wake; Paul J. Beard II, Jennifer F. Thompson and Jonathan W. Williams for Pacific Legal […]

People v. Nelson (Cal., 8/15/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/15/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE v. SERGIO DUJUAN NELSON S048763 Counsel: Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Joseph E. Chabot and Nina Wilder, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant. Bill Lockyer and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant […]

People v. Armstrong (Cal., 8/11/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/11/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE v. CRAIGEN LEWIS ARMSTRONG S130659 Counsel: Patricia A. Scott, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Jaime L. Fuster and Eric J. Kohm, Deputy […]

People v. Burgener (Cal., 8/11/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/11/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE v. MICHAEL RAY BURGENER S179181 Riverside County?Super. Ct. No. CR 18088 Counsel: Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Harry Gruber and Elias Batchelder, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, […]

Laffitte v. Robert Half International, Inc. (Cal. 8/11/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/11/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA MARK LAFFITTE, et al. v. ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al. S222996 Ct.App. 2/7 B249253;? Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. BC321317 Counsel: Law Office of Lawrence W. Schonbrun and Lawrence W. Schonbrun for Plaintiff and Appellant. Law Offices of Kevin T. Barnes, Kevin T. Barnes, Gregg Lander; […]

City of Montebello v. Vasquez (Cal., 8/8/16) [SLIP COPY]

Issues: anti-SLAPP Statute (CCP 425.16)

Filed 8/8/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CITY OF MONTEBELLO v. ROSEMARIE VASQUEZ, et al. S219052 Ct.App. 2/1 B245959;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. BC488767? Counsel: Revere & Wallace and Frank Revere for Defendants and Appellants. AlvaradoSmith, Raul F. Salinas, Mary M. Monroe; Leibold McClendon & Mann, Leibold McClendon and John G. McClendon for Plaintiff […]

People v. Moran (Cal., 8/4/16) [SLIP COPY]

Filed 8/4/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE v. JEFFREY MICHAEL MORAN S215914 Ct.App. 6? H039330; THE PEOPLE,?Santa Clara County??Super. Ct. No. C1243366 Counsel: Joshua H. Schraer, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant […]

People v. Jackson (Cal. 8/1/16) [SLIP COPY]

?Filed 8/1/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE v. BAILEY LAMAR JACKSON S139103 Riverside County?Super. Ct. No. RIF97839 Counsel: Richard I. Targow, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant […]

Baral v. Schnitt (Cal., 8/1/16) [SLIP COPY]

Issues: anti-SLAPP Statute (CCP 425.16), Civil Procedure

Filed 8/1/16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA ROBERT C. BARAL v. DAVID SCHNITT S225090 Ct.App. 2/1 B253620;?Los Angeles County?Super. Ct. No. BC475350 Counsel: Kerr & Wagstaffe, James M. Wagstafffe, Kevin B. Clune; Ervin Cohen & Jessup, Michael C. Lieb and Leemore L. Kushner for Defendant and Appellant. Davis Wright Tremaine, Thomas R. Burke, […]

Gaines v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Co., 62 Cal.4th 1081 (2016)

Issues: 5-year Deadline to Bring Action to Trial, Civil Procedure

62 Cal.4th 1081 (2016)199 Cal. Rptr. 3d 137365 P.3d 904 MILTON HOWARD GAINES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents. No. S215990.Supreme Court of California. February 25, 2016.*1086 Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt, W. Keith Wyatt and Antonio K. Kizzie for Plaintiff and Appellant. Fidelity National Law Group, Kevin […]