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26 Jul 2007, 12:38 pm
Which is fairly rare.But, then again, this is a pretty rare case. [read post]
26 Apr 2018, 10:59 am by NCC Staff
On Wednesday, April 25, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the biggest cases of the year: Trump v. [read post]
19 Jul 2018, 3:50 pm
  I'm not at all confident that this judgment will be a favorable one.At the same time, defenders of our contemporary practices will point to cases like this one as why we did what we did.Anyway, a distressing case. [read post]
11 Aug 2020, 8:23 am
  Many death penalty cases are relatively straightforward, at least in terms of motivation or why and how things went down as they did. [read post]
27 Jun 2013, 1:00 pm
  As well as how much rides on that determination.A depressing case on every level. [read post]
9 May 2007, 2:38 pm
On the merits, I initially agreed with the majority opinion by Justice Woods in this case. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 8:22 pm
Evans and the California state court litigation over same-sex marriage, but I had another case in mind: Bush v. [read post]
11 Jul 2023, 1:55 pm
 At this point, we're straight up dismissing criminal cases for routinely failing to bring 'em to trial within the statutory deadline, and the Court of Appeal today affirms that decision for 44 different defendants.We really, really need more judges out there. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 2:50 pm
You can tell this case took a long time to work its way through the criminal justice system because one of the principal issues on appeal is whether it was permissible to introduce the alleged gang member defendant's MySpace page at his trial.I'm not thinking that there are many "original O.G.'s" with MySpace pages anymore.Even fewer after this opinion. [read post]
19 Nov 2008, 7:54 pm
It's not the most heinous set of crimes ever, but, still, I'll be happy for the defendant to spend some time in the big house.I mention the case only because it doesn't make the probation department -- at least in L.A. -- look good. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 11:22 am
 I'd have been stunned -- truly, remarkably stunned -- had the California Supreme Court done anything other than what it did in this incredibly high-profile case. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 1:20 pm
Here's a brief little quiz from a recent case (but not today) while I'm off watching some water polo up in Orange County:Guillermo Saavedra was beaten to death while he was living in the back of the La Casita restaurant in Indio (which has apparently now closed). [read post]
27 Dec 2013, 3:43 pm
You read the first two pages of this opinion, which describe the basic facts of the case, and (if you're like me) you think to yourself:  "Good. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 1:35 pm
 Or, alternatively, you can watch paint dry.For a slightly more exciting case, you could instead read an opinion from a couple of weeks ago that amply demonstrates that clients are sometimes their own worst enemy. [read post]
28 Aug 2024, 10:13 am
At least if the public's willing to pay for it, which, in this case, they apparently are.Though it seems from this opinion that one downside of illegal strip clubs is that, sometimes, you get shot in them. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 11:38 am
I liked this footnote by Justice O'Rourke (in a case involving the extended committment of a mentally challenged individual):"The term 'mentally retarded person' is used in Welfare and Institutions Code section 6500, which is the statute providing the grounds for Hartshorn's commitment. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 11:47 am
(And I read a ton of cases.)That things like this can happen . . . . [read post]