Monday, October 10, 2005

In Re Complaint of Judicial Misconduct (9th Cir. - Sept. 29, 2005)

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This is why I love Judge Kozinski. Just love him. And why you should too. In a platonic, non-sexual way, of course. When Judge Kozinski goes...
Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Jibril v. Gonzales (9th Cir. - Sept. 19, 2005)

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This is a darn interesting opinion by Judge O'Scannlain. It's powerful, compelling, and darn sophisticated in its approach. I like i...
Tuesday, October 04, 2005

DHX, Inc. v. Allianz AGF (9th Cir. - Sept. 19, 2005)

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I don't know much in this world. But here's one thing I do know: Don't try to hide things from the Ninth Circuit. Ever. Neve...
Monday, October 03, 2005

Villacreses v. Molinari (Cal. Ct. App. - Sept. 26, 2005)

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Hmmm. I don't know about this one . And it's an important holding. Not particularly for the doctrine that it espouses or the rules t...
Thursday, September 29, 2005

Valov v. DMV (Cal. Ct. App. - Sept. 20, 2005)

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Rack this one up to another casualty of the War on Terror. Sorry, Molokans. We've elected to crush a central religious liberty. But don...
Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Kolender v. San Diego County Civil Service Comm'n (Cal. Ct. App. - Sept. 12, 2005)

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I'll freely admit that the moral issues raised by this opinion have a fair amount of depth and complexity. Moreover, these moral issues ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2005

People v. Urziceanu (Cal. Ct. App. - Sept. 12, 2005)

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I love this guy . To get a sense of how some people really do take the Compassionate Use Act seriously, read the first seven pages of this o...
Monday, September 26, 2005

Brill Media Co. v. TCW Group (Cal. Ct. App. - Sept. 7, 2005)

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Damn spellcheckers! Why can we send a man to the moon (or at least used to be able to!) but can't figure out how to program our computer...

Ross v. Ragingwire Telecom (Cal. Ct. App. - Sept. 7, 2005)

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Let's just be glad for what we have, shall we? Even when you hit the bong hard, in our Great State, you can't be thrown in the state...
Friday, September 23, 2005

In Re Conserv. Joel E. (Cal. Ct. App. - Aug. 31, 2005)

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Don't know where I come out on this one. It's a toughie , and a multifaceted toughie, at that. At issue is whether a party can repre...
Thursday, September 22, 2005

Preminger v. Principi (9th Cir. - Aug. 25, 2005)

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You'll be hard pressed to find someone who's as much of an advocate for law in the public interest as me. I'm a huge fan. Indeed...
Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Willliams v. Roe (9th Cir. - Aug. 24, 2005)

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Here's something that you definitely don't see every day: A state prisoner winning an Ex Post Facto Clause claim in a post-AEDPA f...
Tuesday, September 20, 2005

U.S. v. Cervantes-Flores (9th Cir. - Aug. 24, 2005)

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I'm not going to complain about the panel's opinion , which I think rightly affirms the conviction here. (Though the Crawford/confro...
Monday, September 19, 2005

Arnold v. Runnels (9th Cir. - Aug. 24, 2005)

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Rarely have I seen as one-sided a crush as in this case. The majority -- led by Judge Bright of the Eighth Circuit (alongside Judge Tashima)...

Hawthorne Savings Co. v. Reliance Ins. Co. (9th Cir. - Aug. 24, 2005)

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You learn something new every day. Before reading this opinion , I didn't know the story about O.J. Simpson's house, or that O.J. to...
Friday, September 16, 2005

Anthony J. v. Superior Court (Cal. Ct. App. - Aug. 31, 2005)

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There's nothing good about this one , whomever one believes. Here's the first several paragraphs of the facts, which I've brief...
Thursday, September 15, 2005

Hartline v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (Cal. Ct. App. - Aug. 31, 2005)

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Hmmm. Don't know about this one . Seems wrong to me. Not absolutely sure. But seems wrong. Hartline sues Kaiser. Kaiser obtains sum...
Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Factor Health Mgmt v. Superior Court (Cal. Ct. App. - Aug. 29, 2005)

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Whoopsies. We were talking in my Pretrial Practice class a week or so ago about various ways that lawyers can make a fatal mistake and ther...
Tuesday, September 13, 2005

People v. Love (Cal. Ct. App. - Aug. 29, 2005)

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Gotta love the caption on this one . Made me want to find out just how many California appellate opinions are named "People v. Love...
Monday, September 12, 2005

In Re Freedman (Cal. Ct. App. - Aug 22, 2005)

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Shucks. I always like to read about a good fight. So I was bummed that Justice Epstein's opinion didn't contain more of the underl...