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State Courts -
California - May 26 - May 27, 2009
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People v. Hairston, C057504,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, May 26, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Defendant was properly convicted for three misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest under Pen. Code, § 148, subd. (a)(1), despite his argument that the multiple counts arose from a single, nonviolent act, because he resisted arrest by three different peace officers and could be convicted for each peace officer that he resisted.
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People v. Robertson, C058306,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, May 26, 2009, Filed
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Overview: A trial court properly imposed a restitution fine against defendant pursuant to Pen. Code, § 1202.4, subd. (b), with a 10 percent administrative fee, because § 1202.4, subd. (l), clearly and unambiguously provided for a 10 percent administrative fee to be imposed on any "restitution fine" ordered pursuant to § 1202.4, subd. (b).
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Strauss v. Horton, S168047, S168066, S168078,
SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, May 26, 2009, Decided, May 26, 2009, Filed
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Overview: California Supreme Court concluded that Proposition 8, which provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California, constitutes a permissible constitutional amendment, not an impermissible revision, does not violate the separation of powers doctrine, and is not invalid under an "inalienable rights" theory.
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Vaughn v. LJ Internat., Inc., B208192,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION EIGHT, May 26, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Pursuant to the internal affairs doctrine in Corp. Code, § 2116, the requirement in § 184C of the British Virgin Islands Business Companies Act of 2004 to obtain court approval to file a derivative action governed a shareholder's standing to bring derivative claims against a British Virgin Islands corporation and its directors in California.
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Yamaha v. Superior Court, G041255,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, May 26, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Service on a Japanese corporation through its American subsidiary's agent for service of process did not implicate the Hague Service Convention because California law did not require service abroad but allowed service under Corp. Code, § 2110, on a foreign corporation's California general manager, which could be a sales agent in regular contact.
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In re N.M., C056832,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, May 27, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Juvenile court did not err in finding there was good cause to deviate from the preference of an Indian tribe, an expert on the Indian Child Welfare Act, and a social services agency and to place a minor with a nonrelative pursuant to Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26, subd. (c)(1)(B)(vi)(II), where substantial evidence supported that determination.
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Jazayeri v. Mao, B195083,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FOUR, May 27, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Altered poultry condemnation certificates were not hearsay under Evid. Code, § 1200, because they were offered not for their truth but as direct evidence of fraudulent statements. The unaltered documents were admissible as official records under Evid. Code, § 1280, based on an inspector's testimony showing personal knowledge of their preparation.
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Lima v. Vous, B201786,
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FIVE, May 27, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Past medical benefits had to be distinguished from other categories of damage in a medical malpractice settlement when ruling on a motion to extinguish part of a Medicaid lien; 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396a(a)(25), 1396k(b), 1396p allowed recovery of medical costs only, and Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14124.76, subd. (a), contemplated a reasonable allocation.
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