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   State Courts - California - August 26, 2002

  
City of Los Angeles v. Superior Court, No. S093628., SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, August 26, 2002, Decided , August 26, 2002, Filed
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Overview: Because complaints in police officers' personnel records dated back more than five years before defendant was arrested, the complaints were not, according to statute, discoverable.

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City of Ripon v. Sweetin, C036592, C037212, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, August 26, 2002, Filed
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In re Andrews, No. S017657., SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, August 26, 2002, Decided , August 26, 2002, Filed
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Overview: Counsel, in defendant's capital murder sentencing phase, was not ineffective for failing to further investigate defendant's background, where that evidence might have established defendant's violent background.

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In re Marriage of Murray, No. F038685., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, August 26, 2002, Decided , August 26, 2002, Filed
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Overview: Trial court could not provisionally reduce or "suspend" spousal support, subject to retroactively reinstating the full amount if it subsequently determined the facts upon which the reduction was based were inaccurate or incomplete.

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John Y. v. Chaparral Treatment Center, Inc., No. E029558., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, August 26, 2002, Decided , August 26, 2002, Filed
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Overview: The trial court properly refused to issue jury instructions related to defendants' vicarious liability for a counselor's sexual misconduct; the trial court also properly apportioned noneconomic damages according to fault.

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People v. Ranger Ins. Co., No. C038457., COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, August 26, 2002, Decided , August 26, 2002, Filed
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Overview: The trial court properly refused to discharge an order of forfeiture and exonerate bail and properly entered a summary judgment against an insurance company, which, along with its counsel, was sanctioned for a frivolous appeal.

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Zuckerman v. State Bd. of Chiropractic Examiners, No. S096127., SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, August 26, 2002, Decided , August 26, 2002, Filed
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Overview: Regulation was constitutional, as it served to reduce board's operating costs by requiring chiropractors who engaged in misconduct to pay for prehearing costs. Board had discretion not to assess full costs and was subject to judicial review.

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