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Hacienda Ranch Homes, Inc. v. Superior Court (Elissagaray)

Civil Procedure, Construction, Property Law & Real Estate
In a petition for a writ of mandate seeking to vacate the trial court's denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment in an action to quiet title,...

Charter Communications Properties v. County of San Luis Obispo

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court affirming the determination of the fair market value of a television cable franchise, California Code...

Yatauro v. Mangano

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the appellate division concerning whether new, county legislative boundaries adopted post-reapportionment apply to the...

Lyon v. Chase Bank USA, N.A.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Remedies, Attorney's Fees, Banking Law
In an appeal of a district court judgment dismissing the plaintiffs' Unlawful Debt Collection Practices Act (UDCPA) complaint for failure to state a...

Salas v. California Department of Transportation

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court granting summary adjudication to defendant in a survivor's action for wrongful death based on a...

Tuli v. Brigham and Women's Hosp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court awarding plaintiff damages and a permanent injunction in a Title VII and state law action for...

Curet-Velazquez v. ACEMLA De Puerto Rico, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies, Sanctions
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting in part the plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment and finding that defendant infringed...

Hatch v. Trail King Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court in favor of the defendant on plaintiffs' products liability claims for negligence and the breach of...

Nolan v. CN8

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In an appeal from the grant of summary judgment against plaintiff in his wrongful termination action alleging speech-motivated retaliation, Mass. Gen....

Sonoma County Employees Retirement Assn. v. Superior Court (The Press Democrat)

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a petition for a writ of mandate to overturn the trial court's order compelling petitioner to disclose the names of all persons receiving county...