| Description | Date | Docket # |
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PEOPLE v. TORCH ENERGY SERV., INC.California Court of Appeal
Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
Although the Pipeline Safety Act expressly preempts the field of pipeline safety regulation, oil company is judicially estopped from challenging the...
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09/19/2002 | B151867 |
RUIZ v. SYLVACalifornia Court of Appeal
Elections
Elections Code section 11041(b) requires, in a recall petition, the use of a uniform typeface in both the statement of reasons for recall and the...
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09/19/2002 | B157433/157803 |
BIREN v. EQUAL. EMERGENCY MED. GROUP, INC.California Court of Appeal
Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
The business judgment rule may protect a director who acts, in a mistaken but good faith belief, on behalf of the corporation without obtaining...
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09/19/2002 | B146586 |
HUNTER v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL SERV. COMM'N (COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES)California Court of Appeal
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
The Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission lacks jurisdiction to hear and decide an appeal, brought by an individual covered by the Public Safety...
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09/19/2002 | B153508 |
IN RE DANNENBERGCalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Habeas petition held properly granted, and the Board of Prison Terms ordered to hold a parole suitability hearing and consider: 1) gravity and public...
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09/19/2002 | A095299 |
BROWN v. CITY OF LOS ANGELESCalifornia Court of Appeal
Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a police officer's challenge to a downgrade of his advanced paygrade position, officer had a property interest in his advanced paygrade, and...
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09/19/2002 | B148286 |
PEOPLE v. BARBERCalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure
A new criminal trial required where the trial court erred by: 1) asking a deadlocked jury questions that revealed the identity of the lone holdout...
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09/19/2002 | B146793 |
MARTIN v. SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCH. DIST.California Court of Appeal
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A teacher's diversion dismissal after a drug arrest fell within Education Code section 44940.5(c), and application of the reimbursement provision of...
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09/19/2002 | H023083 |
IN RE REEVESCalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Penal Code section 2933.1-s limitation on credits will apply only to a five-year term attributable to a violent felony within a felon's aggregate...
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09/19/2002 | G028823 |
PEOPLE v. RAECalifornia Court of Appeal
Criminal Law & Procedure, Elder Law
A unanimity instruction under CALJIC No. 17.01 was not required where an elder abuse defendant was engaged in a continuous course of conduct.
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09/19/2002 | A095637 |