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Curiel v. Miller

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
The District Court's dismissal as untimely of state prisoner's federal habeas corpus petition is reversed where the California Supreme Court's denial...

Lee v. ING Group, N.V.

ERISA
In an action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the District Court's grant of summary judgment to defendants and award of...

Manzari v. Associated Newspapers Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Entertainment Law
In an action alleging defamation by a pioneer in the online adult entertainment industry and famous under her professional name, Danni Ashe, the...

In Re: Magnum Oil Tools Int'l Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent holder's appeal of an inter partes review of a patent directed to technology in the field of oil drilling through use of hydraulic...

Sese v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

Attorney's Fees
In an attorney fees action, seeking interim attorney fees under Civil Code section 2924.12 following plaintiff's obtaining a preliminary injunction to...

Davis v. Super. Ct.

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a petition for postconviction discovery, Pen. Code section 1054.9, filed by a defendant sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder, the...

Cox v. Super. Ct.

Injury & Tort Law
In a case in which prisoner-plaintiff filed a civil complaint against real parties in interest, officials and employees of the California Department...

Santos v. Kisco Senior Living

Injury & Tort Law, Elder Law
In a suit arising out of an incident of suspected theft from an elder care facility, brought by the facility employee who was arrested on suspicion of...

Jones v. Harrington

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging a murder conviction, the District Court's denial is reversed where any reasonable jurist would have to...

Russel Road Food and Beverage, LLC v. Spencer

Intellectual Property, Trademark, Entertainment Law
In a trademark dispute involving the use of the mark CRAZY HORSE for entertainment services, namely exotic dance performances, the district court's...