all - Opinion Summaries

Johnson v. Tennis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a case involving the joint bench trial of two alleged conspirators in a murder, in which the judge considered a confession by one defendant...

US v. Morena

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
Conviction and sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing an unregistered firearm are reversed, and a new trial ordered,...

McDonald v. Sun Oil Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit arising out of the sale of a property containing a disused mercury mine, alleging negligence, contribution, breach of contract and fraud as...

People v. Castillo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for rape, sodomy by force, and kidnap to commit rape is affirmed where substantial evidence supported the judgment that the prosecution...

People v. Belton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for corporal injury to a former cohabitant with an enhancement for personally inflicting great bodily injury and felony battery with...

Stover v. Hattiesburg Pub. Sch. Dist.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employee's suit alleging race and sex discrimination, retaliation, and violation of the Equal Pay Act, judgment for defendant and denial of a...

Hawkins v. Warden

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
In a death sentence for charges related to two felony-murders premised upon aggravated robbery, grant of writ of habeas corpus is reversed in part and...

US v. Jackson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and death sentence for a federal prisoner who murdered another inmate in a fight are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) the...

Goldstein v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim alleging that defendants wrongfully obtained plaintiff's conviction for murder based on their pattern and practice of misusing the...

Bell v. Kelly

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a death-penalty case in which petitioner contended he was denied the effective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase, and sought de novo...