| Description | Date | Docket # |
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IN RE: KAREN R.California Court of Appeal
Family Law
Under Welfare and Institutions Code section 300(d), a young child, who saw his sibling being physically abused and heard the sibling tell him that she...
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01/09/2002 | B149292 |
BIALO v. W. MUT. INS. CO.California Court of Appeal
Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
Code of Civil Procedure section 340.9, which extends the limitations period for some Northridge-related cases, applies to cases where the otherwise...
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01/09/2002 | B146336 |
SMITH v. HOPLAND BAND OF POMO INDIANSCalifornia Court of Appeal
Indian Law
Indian tribe that enters into contract with arbitration and choice of law provisions waives its sovereign immunity, even if it did not adopt a tribal...
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01/09/2002 | A093277 |
HUNTINGTON BEACH CITY COUNCIL v. SUPERIOR COURT (BLACKFORD)California Court of Appeal
Elections
Ballot pamphlet stating that voting in favor of initiative would result in certain taxpayers "pay[ing] their [sic] fair share" is not misleading since...
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01/09/2002 | G030042, G030075 |
SUSAG v. CITY OF LAKE FORESTCalifornia Court of Appeal
Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
A person convicted of resisting or obstructing a peace officer under Pen. Code 148(a) may not maintain an action for excessive force during an arrest...
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01/08/2002 | D038608 |
PEOPLE v. SENECA INS. CO.California Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
Penal Code section 1166, which requires a defendant on bail to go into custody after a guilty verdict, also requires a defendant on bail to go into...
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01/07/2002 | B148121 |
SANDOVAL v. BANK OF AM. NT & SACalifornia Court of Appeal
Injury & Tort Law
Legal causation for negligence does not require certainty that injury would not have occurred but for breach of duty, just that the breach was a...
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01/07/2002 | D035974 |
MALDONADO v. SUPERIOR COURT (ICG TELECOM GROUP, INC.)California Court of Appeal
Bankruptcy Law
Under Code of Civil Procedure section 2025(d)(6), loss of employees with knowledge of facts in underlying litigation due to defendant's bankrutpcy...
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01/07/2002 | B153616 |
PEOPLE v. SOTELLOCalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
A case may be remanded for retrial where the trial court's finding of the existence of a prior strike is found to be unsupported by substantial...
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01/07/2002 | F035027 |
PEOPLE v. COXCalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
A defendant who forgot to register as a sex offender has the requisite "wilful" intent under Pen. Code 290(g)(3).
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01/07/2002 | D032205 |