WHEREAS, on November 5, 2009, Seong Bae Choi filed a class action complaint in Seong Bae Choi, et al. v. Toyota Motor Corp., et al., No. 2:09-8143 (C.D. Cal.), alleging, among other things, that Toyota (as defined below) designed, manufactured, distributed, advertised and sold certain automobiles containing an alleged defect that allegedly would allow sudden unintended acceleration of the vehicle

Christopher Schiller and Rebecca Schiller sued Lane Martin, Inc., Jason Lane, Gary Mike Matin, Kevin Hilliard d/b/a Procrafters Company, The National Corporation d/b/a National Roofings, Inc., Custom Touch Designs, LLC d/b/a Custom Touch Interiors, Randy Campbell, National Roofing, LLC, John C. Ruktenis, Jr. and Chery Drukenis on breach of contract, fraud and negligence theories.

Plaintif

It is settled that when a development project is approved by means of a ballot initiative placed on the ballot by voters and adopted by them in an election, the project is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) (CEQA). (See CEQA Guidelines, § 15378 (b)1.) In this case, real parties in interest Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,

This is an unfortunate story of a business and familial relationship gone bad. Rodney Schoenholz entered into an oral agreement with his sister, Janine Hinzman, for the bailment of farm animals and farm equipment on her land. Four years after their cooperative effort to breed horses broke down, Hinzman sold her farm and the horses. Schoenholz subsequently retrieved most of his equipment from the f

The complaint alleges that employees in Oregon State University’s Facilities Department gathered up the outdoor newsbins belonging to the Liberty, a conservative student monthly, and threw them in a heap by a dumpster in a storage yard. The employees acted pursuant to an unwritten and previously unenforced policy governing newsbins on campus. They did not notify anyone at the Liberty before conf

¶1 This appeal concerns a challenge by a group of citizens (Citizens) to an ordinance passed by the Grand County Council (Council) approving amendments concerning a Planned Unit Development (PUD) district. In the district court, Citizens claimed that the Council had acted administratively in adopting Ordinance 454 and, accordingly, that the matter should be remanded to the Grand County Board of A

2 Plaintiffs Spitz and the Jeffrey Todd Whyle-Spitz Irrevocable Trust (the
3 trust) appeal a general judgment in a declaratory judgment action that concluded that
4 their ownership interest in residential real property had been terminated by a trust deed
5 foreclosure sale. Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in denying them their
6 requested declaration that the foreclos

2 This case requires us to examine the operative text of a voter-approved
3 ballot measure that purported to depend for its efficacy upon the passage of a companion
4 measure that voters rejected. The trial court concluded that the text at issue was
5 severable from the ballot measure and ruled that the remaining provisions of the measure
6 were, according to the plain text of the

Plaintiffs Maria Ayala, Rosa Duran, and Osman Nuñez appeal from an order denying their motion for class certification. Plaintiffs sought to certify a class of newspaper home delivery carriers in a lawsuit against defendant Antelope Valley Newspapers, Inc. (AVP), alleging that AVP improperly classified the carriers as independent contractors rather than employees and violated California labor laws

Since 1994, Montana has regulated the amount that individuals, political committees, and political parties can contribute to candidates for state office. Mont. Code Ann. § 13-37-216, as adjusted by Admin. R. Mont. § 44.10.338.1 In 2003, we upheld this provision against a constitutional challenge based on Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976), and Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC, 528 U.S. 3

The “yellow pages” telephone directory was once a ubiquitous part of American life, found in virtually every household and office. We were regularly encouraged to let our fingers do the walking. But times have changed, and today phone books, like land-line telephones themselves, are not so universally accepted.

The City of Seattle imposes substantial conditions and costs on the distribu

Lakishia Hill sued her employer, the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Mayor Carl Redus; and her supervisor, Robert Tucker, asserting discrimination and retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Arkansas Equal Pay Act, Ark. Code. Ann. § 11-4- 601; and the Arkansas Civil Rights Act (“ACRA”), Ark. Code. Ann. §§ 16-123-101 et. seq. Hill appeals the district court’s grant of 1 summary judgm

Kenneth Cleveland and William Bickley sued Robert V. Johnson and Internet Specialties West, Inc. (IS West). At trial before a jury, they asserted claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and false promise in connection with a $75,000 investment made pursuant to a February 1995 agreement. The jury found no false promise, but awarded more than $3.8 million for breach of contract, bas

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of Jong W. Kim and Susan Kim. Jin Ahn sued the Kims for breach of an exclusive listing agreement for the sale of a gas station owned by the Kims. After a jury trial, and after both parties filed several post-trial motions, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of the Kims, ordering that Ahn take nothing on her claims and the Kims recover $14

In this Anti-SLAPP Law1 case, the trial court determined plaintiff's complaint, which alleges a single defamation cause of action, arises from defendant's exercise of her constitutional right of free speech and that plaintiff failed to establish a probability he would prevail on those claims. We agree with the trial court that plaintiff's claims arise from the exercise of defendant's right of free

Following the decision in Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d 531 (Pitchess), the Legislature enacted Penal Code section 832.7. (See Brown v. Valverde (2010) 183 Cal.App.4th 1531, 1538.) That statute provides that, subject to some exceptions not pertinent here, “Peace officer or custodial officer personnel records and records maintained by any state or local agency . . . or information o

¶1 In this appeal, we review the court of appeals’ opinion in Churchill v. Univ. of Colo. at Boulder,No. 09CA1713, 2010 WL 5099682 (Colo. App. Nov. 24, 2010). The underlying civil action involves claims brought by Professor Ward Churchill pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2011) after his tenured employment was terminated by the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado. Churchill alleges

Carmencita Tiger (“Plaintiff”), who alleges injury from a stumble after leaving a convenience store, challenges a summary judgment granted to Baumer’s, Inc. (“Store”). Summary judgment was not appropriate. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Background1

Plaintiff twisted her ankle as she left Store after buying beer and a newspaper. The purchases in her arms

Defendant-appellant Corey Cornelius was charged with four counts of federal racketeering- and drug-related offenses in 2008 in the District of Kansas along with nineteen codefendants in a thirty-count indictment. A jury convicted Cornelius in 2009 of one count of conspiracy to commit a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), one count of conspiracy to dist

Plaintiff and appellant Paul Hawran filed a lawsuit against defendants and appellants Sequenom, Inc. (Sequenom), and Sequenom directors Harry Hixson, Jr., Richard Lerner, and Ronald Lindsay, stemming from representations made in a widely disseminated press release concerning Sequenom's internal investigation into its handling of certain research and development test data and results, which issued

The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, 130 S. Ct. 876 (2010), is best known for striking down as an unconstitutional restriction of free speech the federal law that bans corporations and labor unions from running campaign-related advertisements in the lead-up to an election. That holding largely overshadowed another part of the decision up holding the same law’s campaign finan

Plaintiffs, retired General Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager and his foundation, appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Defendants Ed and Connie Bowlin. Yeager contends that the district court should not have struck his declaration, which contains comprehensive details he did not remember at his deposition. He also contends that, under California’s single-publication rule,

The Appellants, Harris Schwartzberg, Maxwell Stolzberg, and multiple trusts are among the defendants in nursing home litigation brought by the Appellee, Kim K. Knobloch, as the personal representative of the Estate of William Knobloch, deceased. The Appellants challenge the circuit court's order denying their motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction.1 Because Ms. Knobloch failed to est

This § 1983 case concerns allegations of unlawful conduct by officials in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (“MCAO”), conduct which culminated in the late-night arrests of Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, owners of the Phoenix New Times, LLC. Lacey, Larkin, and the New Times (collectively, “Lacey”) sued Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, head

This is a certified appeal by the plaintiff, Elise Piquet, from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which reversed the trial court’s judgment in favor of the defendants, the town of Chester (town) and its planning and zoning commission, and remanded the case with direction to dismiss the action. The plaintiff claims that the Appellate Court incorrectly determined that the trial court lacked sub