all - Opinion Summaries

US v. Harmelech

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed a business owner's sentence for mail fraud for engaging in a scheme to defraud another company. Rejected his challenge to a sentencing...

Hyman v. Brown

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Reversed the granting of habeas corpus relief in a murder case. Held that a New York prison inmate did not make the compelling showing of actual...

Bozzuto's Inc. v. NLRB

Labor & Employment Law
Upheld a National Labor Relations Board finding that an employer engaged in certain unfair labor practices, such as announcing wage increases in...

Gonzalez v Department of Health Care Services

Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Asset Forfeiture
Affirmed. Plaintiff appealed from order of the probate court denying their request that special needs trust be distributed to them rather than...

People v Toledano

Judges & Judiciary, Criminal Law & Procedure
Judgment reversed. A jury convicted Defendant of conspiracy to commit extortion. Defendant challenged the conviction based on jury instructions that...

County of Sonoma v Gustely

Government Law, Administrative Law
Affirmed as modified. Defendant failed to comply with an administrative order for various violations of county codes on his property. County filed...

Pneuma International Inc v. Cho

Labor & Employment Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Affirmed. Plaintiff sued former employee alleging several business torts including unfair competition and trespass to chattel. Appeals court held that...

In re J.M.

Juvenile Law, Constitutional Law
Reversed and remanded. Defendant, a minor, was adjudged a ward of the court and placed on probation for making a false report of a bomb in his school....

People v Mitchell

Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Automatic death penalty appeal. Defendant convicted of multiple murders and special enhancements applied. Appeals court affirmed judgment in all...

Iancu v. Brunetti

Trademark, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property
Struck down a statutory provision that prohibits the registration of immoral or scandalous trademarks. An entrepreneur who founded a new clothing line...