City of Sun Valley, No. 06-35189 A decision finding that plaintiff-developer could not state a claim for relief based on the allegedly arbitrary and irrational denial of a permit application is reversed and remanded for further proceedings where, contrary to the ruling below and in light of other Supreme Court rulings, Armendariz v. [read post]

Armendariz contends that federal officers took part in the execution of the warrant, the question is a closer one. [read post]

Regarding the second part of the holding, it is fairly clear that employees who lose a claim at the Labor Commissioner's office can appeal and assert completely different theories in Superior Court as part of the de novo review process, and in most cases, can include in that claim, any other claims reasonably related to the claims heard by the Labor Commissioner, although a trial court exercising its discretion could determine that claims were not sufficiently related to allow their… [read post]