all - Opinion Summaries

K.R. v. Super. Ct.

Juvenile Law, Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Reversing the appellate court's denial of a petition for writ of mandate in a criminal conviction because the Arbuckle rule generally holds that when...

Jacks v. City of Santa Barbara

Public Utilities, Tax Law
In a case relating to a surcharge added to energy bills that the city claimed was a fee for the use of public services which taxpayers characterized...

Adams v. US

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Affirming the grant of the government's partial motion to dismiss in a case involving current and former employees of the United States Secret Service...

De Ritis v. McGarrigle

Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law
Reversing the denial of summary judgment and qualified immunity for the Public Defender in the case of an Assistant Public Defender who claimed their...

P. v. I.F.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
Reversing a juvenile court's order denying a motion to seal juvenile criminal records and granting the prosecution's contingent motion for disclosure...

Duarte v. Pacific Specialty Insurance Co.

Insurance Law
Reversing the trial court's grant of summary judgment to a defendant insurance company in a failure to defend suit where the insurer claimed...

Lambert v. Warden Green SCI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Constitutional Law
Vacating and remanding the conviction in a criminal case where an expert repeated a co-defendant's incriminating statements, which were stricken from...

Window Rock Unified School District v. Nez

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Reversing the district court's decision enjoining tribal forum proceedings in employment-related claims against two Arizona public school districts...

Sato v. Orange County Department of Education

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law
Affirming the district court's dismissal of a former Orange County Department of Education employee's Fourteenth Amendment and breach of contract...

US v. Calvillo-Palacios

Immigration Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In the case of a Mexican national contesting a sentence for illegal reentry after deportation and appealing the revocation of sentence and supervised...