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Supreme Court of California - May 2009 Opinion Summaries

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In re S.B.

Supreme Court of California
Family Law, Juvenile Law
Court of Appeals judgment is reversed where Welfare and Institutions Code sec. 366.26, which authorizes the juvenile court to find that adoption of a...
05/28/2009 S162156

Hernandez v. City of Pomona

Supreme Court of California
Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Court of Appeals judgment is reversed where: 1) the federal judgment in favor of defendants on their civil rights claim alleging excessive force...
05/28/2009 S149499

Strauss v. Horton

Supreme Court of California
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
California's Proposition 8, the initiative measure changing the official designation of the term "marriage" for the union of opposite-sex couples,...
05/26/2009 S168047

In re Tobacco II Cases

Supreme Court of California
Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law
In a class action involving the advertising practices of the tobacco industry, trial court order granting defendants' decertification motion is...
05/18/2009 S147345

People v. Curl

Supreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction for first degree murder and sentence of death is affirmed where: 1) the court's prior-murder special-circumstance finding was proper, as...
05/18/2009 S034072

Ste. Marie v. Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space Dist.

Supreme Court of California
Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Court of Appeals judgment is reversed where the "actual dedication" referred to in Public Resources Code sec. 5540 differs from the "dedication"...
05/14/2009 S159319

Smith v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Board

Supreme Court of California
Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving attorney's fees, Court of Appeals judgment is reversed where Labor Code sec. 4607 authorizes an award of attorney fees to...
05/11/2009 S150528

Keener v. Jeld-Wen, Inc.

Supreme Court of California
Civil Procedure
In a tort action, the Court of Appeals judgment is reversed where: 1) the trial court did not err in accepting the verdict as complete and discharging...
05/07/2009 S163430

People v. Burgener

Supreme Court of California
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Trial court judgment sentencing defendant to death is vacated where the court erred in granting defendant's motion to represent himself, as the record...
05/07/2009 S116882

Sentry Select Ins. Co. v. Fidelity & Guaranty Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of California
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
In an action clarifying whether an insured is engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles without operators under Ins. Code section...
05/04/2009 S145087

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