| Description | Date | Docket # |
| City of Marina v. Bd. of Trustees of the California State Univ. Supreme Court of California Administrative Law, Construction, Education Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Military Law In a challenge to an environmental impact report (EIR) prepared by the Board of Trustees of the California State University involving a plan to expand... |
07/31/2006 | S117816 |
| S. B. Beach Props. v. Berti Supreme Court of California Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate Defendants who do not file a special motion to strike pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute, before plaintiffs- voluntary dismissal of their SLAPP suit,... |
07/31/2006 | S127513 |
| People v. Cottle Supreme Court of California Criminal Law & Procedure A trial court lacks discretion under the Trial Jury Selection and Management Act to reopen jury selection after the trial jury has been impaneled, but... |
07/27/2006 | S126550 |
| Flatley v. Mauro Supreme Court of California Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law A defendant whose assertedly protected speech or petitioning activity was illegal as a matter of law, and therefore unprotected by constitutional... |
07/27/2006 | S128429 |
| Soukup v. Law Offices of Herbert Hafif Supreme Court of California Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions Although defendants, litigants whose prior action was dismissed under the anti-SLAPP statute, may, in turn, invoke the statute as a defense to a... |
07/27/2006 | S126715, S126864 |
| Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil Supreme Court of California Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law Article XIII C of the California Constitution, which provides that "the initiative power shall not be prohibited or otherwise limited in matters of... |
07/24/2006 | S127535 |
| Branick v. Downey Sav. & Loan Ass'n Supreme Court of California Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, False Advertising Proposition 64, which limited standing to sue under California's statutory unfair competition and false advertising laws, does not affect the ordinary... |
07/24/2006 | S132433 |
| Californians for Disability Rights v. Mervyn's LLC Supreme Court of California Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, False Advertising (Industry: Retail) Proposition 64, which limited standing to sue under California's statutory unfair competition and false advertising laws, governs pending cases. This... |
07/24/2006 | S131798 |
| In re the Marriage of Fellows Supreme Court of California Civil Procedure, Family Law (Industry: Retail) Family Code section 4502(c) applies retroactively and bars a parent from relying on laches to defend an action to enforce a child support order. |
07/20/2006 | S127874 |
| Kibler v. N. Inyo County Local Hosp. Dist. Supreme Court of California Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law (Industry: Retail) The procedure for striking complaints in harassing lawsuits, commonly known as SLAPP suits, set forth in Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 is... |
07/20/2006 | S131641 |