all - Opinion Summaries

California Public Utilities Commission v. California Department of Water Resources State Water Project

Civil Procedure, Administrative Law
Granting the petition for review of the California Public Utilities Commission and holding that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had...

Carter v. Fleming

Constitutional Law
Reversing and remanding a district court grant of summary judgment against a man who brought a pro se action alleging violation of his First Amendment...

Clews Land and Livestock, LLC v. City of San Diego

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Administrative Law
Affirming a judgment in favor of the defendant San Diego in a petition and complaint challenging the city's approval of a project to build a private...

Alameda County Deputy Sheriff's Association v. Alameda County Employees' Retirement Assn.

Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, ERISA
Partially affirming and partially reversing a case involving the tension between the interest in the government in maintaining the flexibility to...

Medical Board of California v. The Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco

Evidence, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Administrative Law
Granting a writ petition in the case of a doctor who contested the introduction of arrest records relating to his conviction for possession of cocaine...

P. v. Holzmann

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Constitutional Law
Affirming a probation order in the case of a man convicted of stalking his ex-wife when he pleaded no-contest, a deal that included the dismissal of...

Villavincencio v. Sessions

Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Granting the petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision and concluding that a Mexican national convicted of Nevada's conspiracy to...

Sanchez v. Elizondo

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Reversing the district court order vacating an arbitration award and remanding for new arbitration and further proceedings a case involving the...

Simers v. Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Affirming trial court orders granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict in the case of a longtime sports reporter whose writing allegedly suffered...

P. v. Financial Casualty and Surety, Inc.

Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirming the judgment that forfeiture should not have been declared at an earlier point in criminal proceedings where a surety posted a bond for a...