This matter comes to us on a judgment of dismissal of a complaint for declaratory and other relief, brought by plaintiff and appellant Linda Vista Village San Diego Homeowners Association, Inc. (Appellant). Its members are sublessees of mobilehome park lots on a real property site (the park site) that is subject to a 1979 master lease between the landowner defendant and respondent, the City of San

1. Plaintiffs: Plaintiffs are resident citizens of Canadian County, Oklahoma, all of whom are all both members of the tax-paying public and citizens entitled to the services which the County provides or is by law supposed to provide for the benefit ofits citizens and the public good. Further, PlaintiffRandall Edwards is the duly elected and serving sheriffof Canadian County, Oklahoma; Plaintiffs S

LEXANDRIA, Va. – Jeffrey A. Sterling, 47, of O’Fallon, Missouri, was convicted by a federal jury on charges of disclosing national defense information and obstructing justice.

Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Attorney General Eric Holder; and FBI Director James Comey made the announcement after the verdict was accepted by U.S. District Judge Leonie M

Judgment reversed and remanded for entry of judgment
reinstating jury’s verdict of $686,000; otherwise affirmed.
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* Lagesen, J., vice Wollheim, S. J.
624 Vukanovich v. Kine
Vukanovich and Kine, both real estate developers, agreed to work together
to purchase a parcel of real property from Umpqua Bank (the bank). The joint
endeavor failed, and the parties

In this case involving the California Public Records Act (PRA) (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.), Julia Anna Bertoli (Bertoli) and her attorney David Rouda (Rouda) (collectively, appellants) appeal from the trial court‟s order finding their PRA litigation “clearly frivolous” and awarding costs and attorneys fees to the City of Sebastopol (City) and certain other respondents pursuant to Government

We are called upon to balance the right of publicity of
former professional football players against Electronic Arts’
(EA) First Amendment right to use their likenesses in its
Madden NFL series of video games. We previously held
EA’s unauthorized use of a former college football player’s
likeness in the NCAA Football series of video games was not,
as a matter of law,

This appeal raises a First Amendment challenge to a public high school student=s suspension and transfer to alternative school for his off-campus posting on the Internet of a rap song criticizing, with vulgar and violent lyrics, two named male athletic coaches for sexually harassing female students at his school. The aspiring student rapper, Taylor Bell, composed the song off campus, recorded it a

Appellant Marva Adorno-Molina
("Adorno") was convicted on drug trafficking conspiracy and money
laundering charges related to her involvement in a wide-ranging
drug trafficking organization led by Angel Ayala-Vazquez ("Ayala").
Adorno challenges her drug conspiracy conviction on sufficiency
grounds. She also argues that her money laundering conviction
should be vacated purs

Appellee, Wade Brady, sued appellants, Carter Publications, Inc. d/b/a The
West Fort Bend Star (“The Star”) and LeaAnne Klentzman, a reporter for The Star,
alleging that they defamed him in a January 15, 2003 article (“the Article”). Based
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on the jury’s verdict in Wade’s favor, the trial court signed its final judgment awarding him actual and exemplary damages. In nin

This appeal, after a successful demurrer for misjoinder, tests the limits of California’s permissive joinder statute, section 378 of the Code of Civil Procedure.1 There are no less than 965 plaintiffs listed in the caption of the third amended complaint. Strictly speaking, though, this is a “mass action,” not a “class action.” Had this case been filed prior to 2005, in all probability it

This civil rights case arises out of
the refusal of officers serving an arrest warrant to accede to the
request of an arrestee, Brian Hunt, that he be handcuffed with his
hands in front of him, and the ensuing events.
Hunt and his wife brought this case, asserting violations
of his federal constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as
well as pendent state law claims. T

In two issues in this accelerated interlocutory appeal, Appellants the State of Texas and Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Texas (collectively, the State) argue that the trial court erred by denying their
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plea to the jurisdiction on the Free Exercise and federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) claims of Appellees Valerie Saxion, Inc. and

Appellee Francis X. Dougherty, a former employee with the School District of Philadelphia, was terminated after publicly disclosing the alleged misconduct of the School District’s Superintendent in steering a prime contract to a minority-owned business. Dougherty filed suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging First Amendment retaliation and viol

The question before us is whether the attorney-client privilege applies to intrafirm communications between attorneys concerning disputes with a current client, when that client later sues the firm for malpractice. We conclude that when an attorney representing a current client seeks legal advice from an in-house attorney concerning a dispute with the client, the attorney-client privilege may appl

We are asked whether property developers' representations
about a property anchoring a development may impose an equitable servitude on that
property. We find that such representations may impose a servitude if, among other
things, they are made by someone with the authority to burden the property. We are
also asked whether the Riverview Community Group has the authority to pursue<

Plaintiffs‐Appellants Wing F. Chau and Harding Advisory LLC appeal
from a March 29, 2013 judgment of the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York (Daniels, J) dismissing their claims of libel against
Defendants‐Appellees author Michael Lewis, his source, Steven Eisman, and
Lewis’s publisher, W.W. Norton, for twenty‐six allegedly defamatory statemen

Appellant Jorge Guevara M.D. appeals the trial court’s no-evidence summary judgment granted in favor of appellees Mark Lackner and Robert E. Lackner on Dr. Guevara’s claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and conspiracy. By three issues, Dr. Guevara contends that the trial court erred in concluding that his evidence presented in response to the Lackners’ motion for no-evidence summary ju

In this intentional tort action, the trial court denied defendant John Giorgio’s motion, made pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure 473, subdivision (d),1 to set aside the entry of default and any subsequent default judgment, in favor of plaintiff Synergy Management Group, LLC (Synergy). Giorgio contends on appeal that the court erred in denying the motion because he was never properly served with

This is a dispute between a real estate investor and the two agents who managed her properties. Hua Xu (the “Investor”) sued David K. Lam and Jia Tian (collectively, the “Agents”), seeking damages for breach of contract, fraud, and breach of a fiduciary duty. After a trial by jury, the Agents moved for a directed verdict, which the trial court granted on the basis of limitations.
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Defendants and appellants Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc. and BRP US Inc. (collectively BRP) appeal a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs and respondents Haley Colombo and Jessica Slagel (hereafter referred to individually by first name or
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collectively as plaintiffs). Because plaintiffs were not wearing a wetsuit bottom or similar protective clothing, Haley sustained serious and p

Jim Thorpe, multi-sport Olympic gold medalist
(“Thorpe”), died in California in 1953 without a will.1 His
estate was assigned to his third wife, Patricia (“Patsy”),2 who
eventually buried him in what is now Jim Thorpe,
Pennsylvania (“the Borough”). Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
was a newly-formed borough that had been created from the
merger of the boroughs of Mauch

DES MOINES, IA – On October 22, 2014, Domenic “John” Pighetti, age 70, of Polk City, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner to five years in prison for knowingly possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Pighetti was ordered to serve five years supervised release following the imprisonment, to pay a $17,5

Azin Lotfi sued her employer, Cheniere Energy, Inc., claiming her employment was wrongfully terminated. She also sued two of her co-workers, Charif Souki and Greg Rayford, for tortious interference with her employment at Cheniere.
In this accelerated appeal, Souki and Rayford challenge the trial court’s denial of their motion to dismiss the claims against them under Chapter 27 of the Civil P

¶1 John W. Lamb, plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged jointly with his wife Martha Lamb, by information filed in the county court of Garfield County with the offense of the wilful failure to furnish necessary food, clothing, shelter and medical attendance for their four minor children. A trial by jury was waived, and the case was tried before the court, who render

Defendant Kenneth Mark Doolittle was sentenced to 13 years in prison after the trial court, sitting without a jury, found him guilty on three counts of theft by false pretenses (Pen. Code, § 532, subd. (a)), six counts of theft from an elder or dependent adult (Pen. Code, § 368, subd. (d)), nine counts of false statements or omissions in the sale of securities (Corp. Code, §§ 25401, 25540, sub