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Conservatorship of McQueen

Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
The judgment of the Court of Appeal holding that plaintiff's motions for attorney's fees brought after prevailing in an elder abuse action and after...

North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Westlands Water District

Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
The trial court properly denied plaintiff's petition for writ of mandate challenging defendant-water districts' determination that certain interim...

Kismet Acquisition, LLC v. Diaz-Barba

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court properly affirmed the bankruptcy court's judgment invalidating the transfer to the Diaz defendants of a Mexican coastal villa owned...

Citizens Against Airport Pollution v. City of San Jose

Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation, Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The trial court properly denied plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandamus brought pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)...

Decon Group, Inc. v. Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. LLC

Banking Law, Construction, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment in favor of plaintiff in a suit brought to foreclose its mechanic's lien, after the property at issue had been foreclosed upon and sold to a...

Cooperstown Holstein Corporation v. Town of Middlefield

Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Towns may ban oil and gas production activities, including hydrofracking, within municipal boundaries through the adoption of local zoning laws, where...

Boyd v. New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal

Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Administrative Law, Government Law
Defendant's determination denying petitioner-tenant's petition for administrative review was not arbitrary or capricious, as petitioner failed to set...

Kismet Acquisition, LLC v. Diaz-Barba

Bankruptcy Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
The district court properly ruled on the bankruptcy court's post-judgment imposition of contempt sanctions on defendants for failing to transfer a...

Peake v. Underwood

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In an action brought by plaintiff-buyer to recover damages for defendants' alleged failure to disclose defective subfloors in the home plaintiff...

Snyder v. Gaudet

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that defendants violated plaintiff's rights to equal protection when he was fined under a local land use...