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Safe Life Caregivers v. City of Los Angeles

Health Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a challenge to Proposition D, the current medical marijuana ordinance of the City of Los Angeles, enacted by voters in 2013, the dismissal of the...

People v. Leon

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Life sentences and convictions for conspiracy and other felonies arising from a series of home invasion robberies, with finding that the robberies...

Burgueno v. The Regents of the Univ. of California

Injury & Tort Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit arising out of a fatal bicycle accident that occurred on defendants' property, alleging defendants is liable for plaintiff's death due to...

Bruce v. Samuels

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving the calculation of subsequent monthly installment payments when more than one fee is owed by a prisoner, in the context of the...

Hurst v. Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Constitutional Law
In a death penalty appeal by petitioner convicted of first-degree murder, the Florida Supreme Court's decision affirming death sentence and rejecting...

People v. Superior Court (Rangel)

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the People's petition for extraordinary relief challenging an order declining to place real party in interest on community supervision, Pen. Code...

Speirs v. Bluefire Ethanol Fuels, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Contracts
In a suit brought by plaintiffs who held warrants, i.e. options to buy stock at a particular price by a particular date, issued by defendant, alleging...

Reyes v. Smith

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In prisoner civil rights action, the district court's dismissal is reversed and the court held that a prisoner exhausts administrative remedies under...

Bravo v. City of Santa Maria

Civil Rights, Attorney's Fees
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case, the district court's fee award under 42 U.S.C. section 1988 is affirmed where it was appropriate to use a settlement...

Center for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a putative class action, the district court's denial of plaintiff's motion to intervene and unseal documents is reversed where the district court...