appellate court of california
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On February 14, 2012, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District issued a decision in a case involving a motion to compel arbitration and ...
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On December 31, 2011, as a final act for the year, the First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal issued a good appellate decision for...
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Employers often rely on medical information and disability determinations made in workers' compensation matters to decide whether to return employees ...
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A voluntary acknowledgement of paternity trumps the presumption of paternity created by a man holding himself out to be the father, a California appellate court has ruled.
In Kevin Q. v. Lauren W., the parties were involved in a convoluted case that required the court to weigh competing presumptions of paternity under California law.
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Appellate counsel's motion to withdraw, pursuant to Anders v. California, granted.
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On December 31, 2011, as a final act for the year, the First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal issued a good appellate decision for...
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Class Action under California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) Arising out of Merck's Manufacture and Marketing o...
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Class Action under California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) Arising out of Merck's Manufacture and Marketing o...
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STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif., Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- California's agricultural economy and culture deserve protection. That was the conclusion of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision on Monday. The Court upheld a Stanislaus County ordinance requiring developers to protect one acre of farmland for every acre they convert to large-scale residential use. The decision overturns a Superior Court ruling that found in favor of the Building Industry Association (BIA), which challenged the County's farmland mitigation program (FMP).
With developers pressing to convert farmland to residential subdivisions and other uses throughout agricultural California, this case is likely to have a significant impact throughout the state, particularly in cities and counties with signif...
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'Octomom' Nadya Suleman will maintain control over her children's finances, a California appellate court ruled earlier this month, dismissing a request for the appointment of an independent guardian.
After giving birth to eight babies in January 2009, Nadya Suleman set off a firestorm of controversy when the public learned the unemployed single mother already had six children and was receiving state benefits such as food stamps.