Over the years since at least 1959, the Legislature has attempted to achieve a
balance between the state's interest in allowing local agencies to produce, generate, store,
and transmit water or electrical energy and the cites' and counties' control over local
building and zoning. This appeal requires the court to consider whether a solar energy
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project proposed by a local ag

In this putative class action, property inspectors allege they
were engaged by three “service” companies to perform inspections
for two major insurers. The inspectors allege they were in fact
employees of the insurers and service companies jointly, and were
entitled to but deprived of minimum wages, overtime, meal and
rest breaks, reimbursement of expenses, and accurate wage

The Government Claims Act (Gov. Code, § 810 et seq.)
authorizes plaintiffs to bring certain tort claims against public
entities, while also immunizing public entities from liability in
particular circumstances. One of the act’s immunity provisions
bars any statutory liability that might otherwise exist for
injuries resulting from the condition of firefighting equipment
or f

Edith Rogers appeals from her removal as administrator of the estate of her
grandfather Roscoe Sapp, Sr. (decedent), who died in 1994. Armuress Sapp and Brian
Lincoln, two of decedent’s grandsons, separately petitioned to remove Rogers as
administrator. The probate court found Rogers (1) had failed to comply with the court’s
2001 instructions that she and her coadministrator (who d

¶1 (Plaintiffs in error will be designated plaintiffs, and defendants in error, defendants.) The plaintiffs are minor children of A. P. Cash, suing through their legal guardian, A. F. Pyeatt, the purpose of which suit is to have canceled certain conveyances to the lands involved, which comprise the allotments of said minors and their deceased mother. Briefly stated, the grounds of recovery alleged

¶1 Plaintiff/Appellant Phillip Estrada (Estrada) appeals the trial court's Order granting the motion to dismiss of Defendants/Appellees Dennis Kriz, Hodges Transport, Mid-America Pallet, LLC, et al. (collectively, Defendants). Defendants moved for dismissal "based upon [Estrada's] failure to plead [fraud] with particularity, the Doctrine of Laches and the Doctrine of Equitable Estoppel." Based on

This case arises out of a van-versus-motorcycle accident
between plaintiff and respondent Thyme Lewis and defendant
and appellant Aleksandr Ukran.1 Following a bench trial, the
trial judge found Ukran negligently caused the accident and
awarded Lewis total damages of $1,651,702.39 for past medical
expenses and past lost earnings, loss of future earning capacity,
and future

LeRoy Guillory and 11 other plaintiffs appeal from the court’s denial of
their 42 U.S.C. section 1988 (§ 1988) motion for attorney fees as prevailing parties in
their civil rights claim against defendant Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Investigator Michele Hill. Plaintiffs contend the court abused its discretion when it
denied their request for attorney fees.
Section 1988 au