California Real Property Forms, Clauses, and Checklists Database This is a database related to interests in and transfers of real estate, in the following material: State Treatises, Forms, and Practice Guides. A description of this real estate database is provided below:
Forms, clauses, and […]
California Real Property Briefs Multibase Database This is a database related to interests in and transfers of real estate, in the following material: Case Law, Briefs, Trial Filings, and Jury Verdicts. A description of this real estate database is provided below:
Selected briefs relating […]
Tarasoff v. The Regents of the University of California (1976) Case Summary by Thomas L. Libby On July 1, 1976, in a highly unusual action, the California Supreme Court reheard Tarasoff v. The Regents of the University of California (13 Cal. 3d 177 (1974)). In the resulting new ruling, […]
Li v. Yellow Cab Co. of California Case Brief by Thomas L. Libby It was a quiet Thursday night in Los Angeles in November 1968 when Nga Li, driving her Oldsmobile northbound on Alvarado Boulevard, decided to turn left across three lanes of oncoming traffic into a service station. At the […]
Introduction to People v. Elmore In People v. Elmore (59 Cal. 4th 121 (2014)), a defendant convicted of murder claimed the trial court erred by not instructing the jury that even if his belief in the need to defend himself was unreasonable, his offense could be reduced to voluntary […]
Loeffler v. Target Corporation (58 Cal. 4th 1081 (2014)) Introduction In Loeffler v. Target Corporation (58 Cal. 4th 1081 (2014)), the plaintiff customers contended that the retailer violated the California Unfair Competition Law by collecting sales tax on purchases of hot coffee to go, […]
Summary to Johnson v. American Standard, Inc. by Thomas L. Libby On April 3, 2008, the California Supreme Court unanimously adopted the so-called sophisticated user defense in product liability cases. (Johnson v. American Standard, Inc., 46 Cal. 4th 46 (2008).) The court held that a […]
Opinion Count in 2012 By Gerald F. Uelmen, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. The Court decided 96 cases in 2012, compared with 86 in the previous twelve months. The number of concurring and dissenting opinions increased sharply, largely due to the output of Justices […]
by Martin Lasden It’s not everyday that Justice Antonin Scalia sides with Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor. But as Maryland v. King illustrated just in June 2013, when it comes to the Fourth Amendment, the traditional alliances that define liberals and […]
When an employer investigates misconduct in the workplace, employees have a duty to cooperate with the inquiry. Employer investigation of discrimination: McGrory v. Applied Signal Tech., Inc. By Sophia S. Lau. She is a partner at Early, Sullivan, Wright, Gizer & McRae in Los Angeles, […]