| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
PEOPLE v. HOWARDCalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
The offense of eluding a pursuing peace officer, under Vehicle Code section 2800.2, is an inherently dangerous felony which supports a conviction for...
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06/10/2002 | F036961 |
TRAHAN v. TRAHANCalifornia Court of Appeal
Corporation & Enterprise Law
When shareholders sought to purchase others' shares in a corporation to avoid dissolution, court did not err in confirming an appraiser's award where...
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06/10/2002 | A095792 |
PALESTINI v. GEN. DYNAMICS CORP.California Court of Appeal
Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Dismissal of a complaint, seeking damages for exposure to carcinogenic chemicals, was improper where sufficient facts stated a cause of action for...
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06/10/2002 | D037590 |
PEOPLE v. GARCIACalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
A misdemeanor theft count based on the theft of drugs, the possession of which is charged as a felony, is "related to the use of drugs" under Penal...
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06/10/2002 | C038797 |
LOW v. GOLDEN EAGLE INS. CO.California Court of Appeal
Class Actions, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
An insurer shall not be required to provide a third party defense to a lawsuit for damages from diet products, where the underlying complaint is...
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06/10/2002 | A091934 |
CASE v. CITY THRIFT & LOAN ASS'NCalifornia Court of Appeal
Civil Procedure
Code of Civil Procedure section 1008 does not restrict a trial court on its own motion, from reconsidering one of its own interim orders, but...
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06/10/2002 | B143295 |
PEOPLE v. WRIGHTCalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
Trial court exceeded its authority by overruling a prosecutor's initial determination of defendant's ineligibility for diversion, granting a motion to...
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06/10/2002 | H022452 |
PEOPLE v. SMITHCalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
The trial court did not have a duty to instruct sua sponte that consent is a defense to larceny, and any failure to so instruct was not prejudicial;...
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06/10/2002 | B142943 |
PEOPLE v. HAWKINSCalifornia Court of Appeal
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law
The crime of "knowingly" accessing and taking data from a computer system, Penal Code section 502(c)(2), contains a mens rea requirement and is...
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06/06/2002 | H021902 |
WATSON COGENERATION CO. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESCalifornia Court of Appeal
Contracts, Government Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Tax Law
It was proper for the Los Angeles County Assessor to consider the actual income stream resulting from an above-market price, government-facilitated...
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06/06/2002 | B147752 |