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   State Courts - California - June 29, 2006

  
Big Creek Lumber Co. v. County of Santa Cruz, S123659, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, June 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: A county's zone district and helicopter ordinances were not preempted by Pub. Resources Code, § 4516.5, subd. (d), or impliedly preempted by California's general forestry law. The zone district ordinance did not conflict with state law simply because it may have had the effect of placing some trees, at least temporarily, off limits to logging.

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Conservatorship of Hume, G036141, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, June 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Trial court did not err in placing the burden of proof on an objecting party to establish that the appraisals contained in a conservator's inventory were erroneous; the statutory structure indicated that the burden of proof in any hearing on objections was on the objector, who was the party seeking relief within the meaning of Evid. Code, § 500.

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Escamilla v. Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation, D046822, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, June 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Petition for writ of mandamus under Code Civ. Proc., § 1085, was an appropriate remedy for an inmate who sought compensation for lost personal property; the action was not subject to the claims presentation requirement of the California Tort Claims Act because the loss of the property was the result of governmental misconduct.

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Firestone v. Hoffman, B183184, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, June 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: In an action on a note, the lender's Canadian tax returns were admissible because they were relevant to a novation defense. They were not privileged because neither Civ. Code, § 1799.1a, nor Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17530.5, created a privilege shielding a litigant from discovery of his own tax returns or making those returns inadmissible.

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Mendoza v. Continental Sales Co., F047649, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, June 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Pomegranate grower's complaint, which alleged that various businesses obtained his crop in transactions with a commission merchant and kept some proceeds received for his account, sufficiently alleged a subagency relationship under Civ. Code, §§ 2349, 2351, and stated claims for conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, accounting, and negligence.

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People v. Brendlin, S123133, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, June 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Because a deputy effected a traffic stop without any indication that defendant, the passenger, was the subject of his investigation or show of authority, defendant was not seized for Fourth Amendment purposes when the driver submitted to the deputy's authority and stopped the vehicle; thus, defendant was not entitled to suppress evidence of drugs.

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People v. Saunders, S122744, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, June 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Because lack of a front license plate was legitimate basis for a traffic stop under Veh. Code, § 5200, defendant's Fourth Amendment rights as a passenger were not violated when he was ordered out of vehicle, which resulted in the discovery of a concealed weapon, and he was not entitled to suppress the evidence under Pen. Code, § 1538.5, subd. (i).

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People v. Schoppe-Rico, A104363, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION FOUR, June 29, 2006, Filed
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Overview: Defendant was properly convicted of carrying a loaded, concealed firearm while he was an active participant in a criminal street gang, in violation of Pen. Code, §§ 12025, subds. (a), (b)(3), 12031, subd. (a)(2)(C), regardless of whether the firearm offenses were connected to his gang participation; proof of such a connection was not required.

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