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United Riggers & Erectors v. Coast Iron & Steel

Construction, Contracts
In an action out of a payment dispute between a contractor and subcontractor, the trial court's judgment in favor of contractor is reversed with...

Harrison v. City of Rancho Mirage

Civil Rights, Government Law
In a challenge to a municipal ordinance that provided rules and regulations for renting private homes as short-term vacation rentals, the trial court...

Roe v. Super. Ct. (Holister Sch. Dist.)

Civil Procedure
In an writ petition challenging the superior court's orders authorizing interviews of petitioner's parents collateral to the mental examination of...

People v. Burton

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of first degree murder is affirmed where: 1) intimate partner battery, in violation of Penal Code section 273.5, is a crime of moral...

People v. Santori

Criminal Law & Procedure
Trial court's restitution order requiring defendant to pay the City of Palmdale $18,878 in restitution for 32 incidents of graffiti is affirmed where,...

In re Chase C.

Juvenile Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a minor's appeal of the juvenile court's true finding that he resisted, delayed, or obstructed a peace officer in violation of Penal Code section...

Kerkeles v. City of San Jose

Civil Rights, Attorney's Fees
In an appeals of an order awarding plaintiff a small fraction of the attorney fees he requested after settling his civil rights lawsuit against a city...

Jewel v. Nat'l Sec. Agency

Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law
In a case challenging the legality of government surveillance programs, the court dismissed plaintiff's appeal for lack of jurisdiction where the...

Maimonides Med. Ctr. v. US

Tax Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a tax refund action, the district court's grant of summary judgment to the government is affirmed and the court held that the interest rate set...

SEC v. Miller

Bankruptcy Law, Judgement Enforcement, Securities Law, Asset Forfeiture
In a securities action seeking to enforce a $300 million disgorgement order, the district court's freezing of defendants' assets despite their filing...