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Dempsey v. Bucknell University

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, brought against Bucknell University and various university police and administration officials following a...

Brown v. Superintendent Greene SCI

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a habeas corpus action, the district court's denial of the petition is reversed and the case remanded where the trial prosecutor violated Bruton v....

Kovaco v. Rockbestos-Suprenant Cable Corp.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a maintenance worker against his former employer, alleging that he was terminated in violation of the Americans with...

Jones v. Dep't of Health and Human Services

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Government Contracts, Administrative Law
In an action brought by a retired veteran under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 U.S.C. sections 4301-4333 (2012),...

People v. Garner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a criminal action, the trial court's judgment that defendant was ineligible for a reduction of sentence is reversed where a conviction for second...

People v. Wagner

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a criminal law and procedure action, the trial court's denial of petitioner's motion for relief under Penal Code section 1473.6 is reversed where a...

Bibiano v. Lynch

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In an immigration action, arising after an earlier in absentia removal order was issued for petitioner in California before her removal proceedings...

East Bay Regional Park Dist. v. Griffin

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In a trusts action, the probate court's decision that plaintiff Corrie's option agreement to purchase a portion of the trust's real property is...

California-American Water Co. v. Marina Coast Water Dist.

Government Contracts, Government Law, Contracts, Water Law
In a government contracts action, arising out of an agreement between defendant public agencies and plaintiff water company to collaborate on a water...

People v. Newman

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence for assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and the trial court's postjudgment order denying defendant's petition for recall...