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Keep Our Mountains Quiet v. County of Santa Clara

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case concerning the County's grant of a use permit to allow property in the Santa Cruz mountains to be used to host a limited number of weddings...

In re Alejandro B.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Juvenile Law
The decision in People v. Vargas, (2014) 59 Cal.4th 635, that two prior convictions arising out of a single act against a single victim cannot...

In re Cipro Cases I & II

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Within the intersection of antitrust law and patent law, parties illegally restrain trade when they privately agree to substitute consensual monopoly...

Harrington v. A.K. Scribner

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner's civil rights action arising from a lockdown imposed on African American inmates at a California state prison, the district court...

Pat Huval Restaurant & Oyster Bar, Inc. v. International Trade Commission

Constitutional Law, International Trade
In a case challenging the constitutionality of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, 19 U.S.C. section 1675c(a) (2000), known as the...

Biogen MA, Inc. v. Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit brought in district court, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. section 146, to challenge an interference decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...

Boyer-Liberto v. Fontainebleau Corp.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging discrimination and hostile work environment in violation of both the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C....

American Civil Liberties Union v. Clapper

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law
In an appeal concerning the legality of the bulk telephone metadata collection program, the district court's judgment granting defendants' motion to...

In Re Marriage of Honer

Family Law
In this dissolution of a 27-year marriage. the court's division of community property and spousal support are affirmed over the ex-wife's claims of...

T.W. v. Super. Ct. (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Juvenile Law
In a mandamus proceeding, a writ compelling respondent superior court to vacate its order denying minor's petition for modification, filed pursuant to...