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   State Courts - California - August 13 - August 14, 2009

  
Achene v. Pierce Joint Unified School Dist., C057888, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT, August 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Substantial evidence supported the trial court's finding that a school district failed to notify a probationary teacher pursuant to Educ. Code, ?? 44948.3, 44938, that her performance was unsatisfactory or to work with her for a reasonable time under Educ. Code, ? 44664, to improve it; thus, an order dismissing her during the school year was void.

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In re B.R., A122581, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, August 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: In a dependency proceeding involving minors whose presumed father alleged that his adoptive father was one-fourth Apache, juvenile court erred when it left it to agency to determine whether minors were Indian children for purposes of the ICWA rather than letting tribes make that determination by ordering that notice be sent to the Apache tribes.

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Mueller v. County of L.A., B201171, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION THREE, August 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: County employee's claims for negligent investigation and violations of L.A. County Code, ? 5.02.060, which arose from the county's failure to investigate his grievances alleging retaliation by supervisors, did not come within the scope of Gov. Code, ? 815.6, because the investigation he sought was a discretionary function and not a mandatory duty.

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People v. Martinez, S064574, SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA, August 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: A trial court did not apply an incorrect standard or display bias in excluding for cause two prospective jurors who had reservations concerning the death penalty, and the record did not establish the trial court applied different standards to the prospective jurors identified by defendant, depending upon their attitude toward the death penalty.

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People v. Neely, No. B204851, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SIX, August 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: The trial court erred when it failed to sentence defendant for crimes punishable by imposition of determinate terms separately from the crimes punishable by imposition of an indeterminate term. Specifically, the trial court erroneously applied the principal term/subordinate term methodology set forth in Pen. Code, ? 1170.1, to all of the offenses.

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Wood v. Santa Monica Escrow Co., No. B205939, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION SIX, August 13, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Although plaintiff prevailed on defendant's appeal of the denial of its motion for attorney fees, plaintiff was not entitled to fees pursuant to Civ. Code, ? 1717, where defendant was the prevailing party in the lawsuit considered as a whole.

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Yeager v. Blue Cross of Cal., B207571, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION EIGHT, August 13, 2009, Filed
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D.C. v. Harvard-Westlake School, B204634, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE, August 14, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Where a student and his parents filed suit against a private school, seeking remedies under California's hate crimes laws, neither the student nor his parents could be required to pay any type of arbitral expense that could not be imposed were the dispute adjudicated in court.

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People v. Wagner, E047167, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, August 14, 2009, Filed
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Standard Pacific Corp. v. Superior Court, E046844, COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION TWO, August 14, 2009, Filed
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Overview: Homeowners who opposed a builder's Civ. Code, ? 930, subd. (b), motion to stay proceedings in a construction defect action until the homeowners followed the prelitigation procedures of Civ. Code, ? 910 et seq., had the burden of proving that they did not have to follow those procedures because of the builder's noncompliance with Civ. Code, ? 912.

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