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   State Courts - California - February 8, 2010

  
Bardales v. Duarte, D048239, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, February 8, 2010, Filed
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Overview: The trial court had the power to dismiss a mother's petition under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, October 25, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11670, for delayed prosecution and then proceed to decide child custody and related matters under state law.

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Full Throttle Films, Inc. v. National Mobile Television, Inc., B211713, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, February 8, 2010, Filed
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In re David V., S167716, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, February 8, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Definition of metal knuckles in Pen. Code, ? 12020, subd. (c)(7), referring to devices worn in or on the hand, did not include objects that might be grasped while punching but were not fitted or attached to the hand; thus, a minor who carried a bicycle footrest, which could be held in a closed fist and used while punching, did not violate ? 12020.

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In re Rebecca S., B216227, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, February 8, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Juvenile court abused its discretion when it delegated the determination of the details of visits by a father with his children to their maternal aunt, who was the children's legal guardian. Leaving the frequency and duration of visits within the aunt's discretion would allow the aunt to decide whether visitation actually would occur.

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In re Stephon L., B215402, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, February 8, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Because appellant juvenile's maximum period of physical confinement for two sustained petitions under Welf. & Inst. Code, ? 602, was aggregated, appellant was entitled to credit for all actual time spent in custody in connection with either petition.

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Merchandising Concept Group, Inc. v. California Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd., C060372, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, February 8, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Company was not entitled to judicial review of the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board's reassessment decision that its workers were employees and not independent contractors, where company failed to exhaust its administrative remedies by waiting for a decision from the Board regarding a petition for review of the denial of its claim for refund.

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People v. Superior Court, S164614, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, February 8, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Because nonmutual collateral estoppel did not apply to verdicts in criminal cases, trial court erred in prohibiting State from trying defendant for a crime greater than voluntary manslaughter where, before his case came to trial, two other persons were tried for same murders, with one convicted of voluntary manslaughter, while other was acquitted.

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Steroid Hormone Product Cases, B211968, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FOUR, February 8, 2010, Filed
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Vanguard Car Rental USA, Inc. v. County of San Mateo, A122975, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, February 8, 2010, Filed
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Overview: Because a rental car company had beneficial rights in areas of an airport rental car facility that members of the public clearly did not share, its rights under its leases were sufficiently exclusive to establish its possessory interests and to permit taxation under Rev. & Tax. Code, ? 107, of areas that it used in common with other tenants.

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