The Jurisprudence of Signification
Wood v. Superior Court, No. A168463 (D1d2 Mar. 14, 2024).Yes. You can change your legal name to Candi Bimbo Doll if you want to. See Code Civ. Proc. § 1275 et seq.
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Dubac v. Itkoff, No. B317061 (D2d8 Apr. 19, 2024)This is an ugly beef between neighbors who dislike each other. A lot. Over a several month period in 2020, two of the neighbors (a husband and wife...
View ArticlePretend Master Calendar Is Even Worse than Real Master Calendar
Lorch v. Superior Court, No. D083609 (D4d1 May 16, 2024)This writ case concerns the timeliness of a challenge to the assignment of a trial judge under Code of Civil Procedure § 170.6. In the event...
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Cohen v. Superior Court, No. B330202 (D2d4 Jun. 6, 2024).This one is pretty interesting, in a kind of meta way. The underlying litigation is a fight between neighbors over landscaping. Plaintiffs say...
View ArticleState Law Stare Decisis in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
AGK Sierra de Montserrat, L.P. v. Comerica Bank, No. 23-15290 (9th Cir. Jul. 19, 2024)We don’t usually do federal cases, but this one has an interesting take on state law.Forty years ago, the 9th...
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Taylor v. Tesla, No. A168333 (D1d4 Aug. 8, 2024)Plaintiffs in this case are also members of a class in a race discrimination class action brought against Tesla. There is a lot of discovery fighting in...
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