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Supreme Court of California - July 2006 Opinion Summaries

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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

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