all - Opinion Summaries

Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Environmental Law
In an environmental action, alleging that defendant disperses wood treatment chemicals from its facilities into San Francisco and Humboldt Bays via...

Huhmann v. Federal Express Corp.

Military Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor law action, brought by a FedEx Express pilot returning from active duty service in the Air Force and seeking payment of a larger signing...

Zion v. County of Orange

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a civil rights action, alleging that a police officer used excessive force when he shot the deceased Connor Zion nine times at close range while he...

Axiom Foods, Inc. v. Acerchem Int'l

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Cyberspace Law
In a civil procedure action, arising from a copyright infringement action brought by plaintiffs, American companies in the natural foods industry,...

Two-Way Media v. Comcast Cable Communications

Intellectual Property, Patent, Cyberspace Law
In a patent action relating to a series of patents concerning a system for streaming audio/visual data over a communications system like the internet,...

Bayer Pharma AG v. Watson Laboratories, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In a patent infringement action, the district court's judgment for plaintiff Bayer is reversed where it clearly erred in determining that a skilled...

People v. Francis

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence of twenty-five years for assault with a semiautomatic firearm is affirmed as modified. The court held that the gang enhancement for 'other...

People v. Lee

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence of twenty-five years to life for four felonies after defendant was found driving a stolen car is vacated where the trial court erred in...

The Kennedy Commission v. City of Huntington Beach

Property Law & Real Estate, Construction, Government Law
In a fair housing action, the trial court's grant of a petition for a writ of mandate invalidating defendants' reduction of the number of housing...

Micha v. Group Disability Benefits Plan

ERISA, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney's fees action, arising from an ERISA case, the district court's denial of appellate attorney's fees under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(g)(1)...