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   State Courts - California - January 31, 2008

  
Baker v. Osborne Development Corp., E042006, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Arbitration provision broadly referring to construction defects, which was contained in a new home warranty application, was procedurally unconscionable because it was not given to the buyers until closing and appeared to refer only to the warranty; it was also substantively unconscionable because the builder would have had no claims subject to it.

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Citizens for Responsible Open Space v. San Mateo County Local Agency Formation Com., A116825, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Rejection of petition to invalidate an annexation under California Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act to an open space district of 144,000 acres along the coast of a county was proper; commission's omission of a statement of reasons for annexation in public notice protest hearing was not prejudicial, and annexation was properly finalized without election.

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Dell, Inc. v. Superior Court, A118657, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FOUR, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: A computer company's optional service contracts were not taxable. The service contracts were not tangible personal property and were not part of the sale of computers, but a separate object of the transaction at a readily ascertainable value.

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Estate of William Earl Garrett, E042054, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Surviving spouse's nominee had priority over a daughter in obtaining letters of administration as provided in Prob. Code, ? 8461, because the past filing of a dissolution action that was dismissed for lack of prosecution did not cause loss of that priority under Prob. Code, ? 8463, which applied only to a party to a pending action for dissolution.

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In re Crockett, A117772, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: The trial court lacked jurisdiction to convict habeas petitioner for failing to register as a sex offender pursuant to Pen. Code, former ? 290, as a result of his adjudication in a Texas juvenile court, conditions of probation imposed by the Texas juvenile court, and move to California pursuant to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles.

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McClain v. Octagon Plaza, LLC, B194037, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FOUR, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: In accordance with Civ. Code, ? 1668, the terms of a commercial lease, including exculpatory provisions regarding the tenant's opportunity to inspect the premises, did not bar the tenant from asserting a claim for fraud in the inducement or showing that misrepresentations concerning the unit's size reasonably induced her to accept the lease.

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Noble v. Draper, C053918, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Civil action by two employees, alleging fraudulent inducement to enter employment, was not precluded by their prior pursuit of wage claims in an administrative forum before California Labor Commissioner pursuant to Lab. Code, ? 98 et seq.; res judicata did not apply because Commissioner lacked jurisdiction over employees' misrepresentation claims.

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Northwest Energetic Services, LLC v. California Franchise Tax Bd., A114805, A115841, A115950, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Foreign LLC was entitled to refund of amounts paid under levy imposed by Rev. & Tax. Code, former ? 17942, because levy, as applied to the foreign LLC in the years in question, violated federal Commerce Clause; fact that levy was based on non-California income, not attributable to activities in California, amounted to extraterritorial taxation.

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People v. McDaniel, H029860, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Judgment convicting defendant of assault by a prisoner and aggravated assault was reversed, where defendant was shackled during trial without adequate justification. The People failed to prove that requiring defendant to wear shackles without adequate justification did not contribute to verdict. Error was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

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S&S Cummins Corp. v. West Bay Builders, Inc., A112977, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, January 31, 2008, Filed
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Overview: On subcontractor's claim against general contractor for failure to make prompt payment of retention proceeds, court properly calculated statutory prompt payment charges imposed under Pub. Contract Code, ? 7107, as ? 7107, subd. (f), authorized a charge only for improperly withheld amount rather than that amount plus any accrued but unpaid charges.

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