Supreme Court of California - November 2010 Opinion Summaries

Ameron Int'l Corp. v. Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's suit against defendant-insurers, alleging causes of action for breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair...

People v. Foster

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for first degree murder, second degree burglary, and second degree robbery and a sentence of death are affirmed in its...

Pineda v. Bank of Am., NA

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer, seeking to represent a class of former Bank of America employees whose final wages were untimely...

Martinez v. Regents of the Univ. of California

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
In a suit brought by U.S. citizens, who are or were students paying nonresident tuition at a California public university or college, claiming that...

People v. Russell

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for the murders of two county sheriff's deputies and a sentence of death are affirmed over claims of: 1) alleged instructional...

Conservatorship of Whitley

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In petitioner's request for attorney fees following successful litigation involving a challenge to the transfer of her disabled brother into a...

People v. Hajjaj

Criminal Law & Procedure
Court of appeal's reversal of a trial court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss, one day after the last day established by Penal Code section...