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(Subscription required) With a statutory deadline fast approaching, lawmakers may turn to the state budget to extend the authority for courts to hold remote proceedings in civil cases. If Gov. Gavin Newsom does not sign the legislation by the end of June, …
(Subscription required) A follower of cult leader Charles Manson may soon be free after more than 50 years behind bars for her role in a gruesome murder spree that shook the nation. In a 2-1 decision, a 2nd District Court of Appeal panel granted Leslie Van …
(Subscription required) His baseball career was short-lived though. As that reality began to sink in, Davis said he recalled a classmate at Stanford telling him that he would need to get an advanced degree to make a living. So he enrolled at the University …
In the 2022 review we showed that over the past 24 years the court’s unanimity rate steadily increased, while its opinion output steadily declined. In today’s study of the same period we examine how long the court takes to produce an opinion, measured by …
A state appeals court overruled Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday and said Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of cult leader Charles Manson who took part in his cohorts’ deadly attacks, should be released on parole after more than 50 years in prison for …
The California Supreme Court Historical Society will present, “California Without Law 1846-1850: How the American instinct for the rule of law confronted an uncertain mix of Mexican and military law — and a treaty negotiated without authority.” Chief …
In a rare decision, a divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a death sentence which was affirmed by the California Supreme Court 23 years ago. Petitioner Tauno Waidla, convicted of participating in the hammer murder of a woman …
Justice Antonin Scalia died more than seven years ago, but the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday shows that this is the “Scalia Court” far more so than when he was alive. The ruling arrives almost a year …
(Subscription required) A split review panel on Friday affirmed a state bar court judge’s dismissal of portions of disciplinary charges against former state bar executive Joe Dunn. State Bar Court Review Judges Tamara Ribas and Kearse McGill agreed with …
More than a year after Kern County Superior Court asked the state’s Court Facilities Advisory Committee of the Judicial Council of California to abandon plans for a new courthouse in Ridgecrest in favor of a revised plan for a new East County Courthouse …
In Waidla v. Davis, a divided Ninth Circuit panel last week affirmed the grant of habeas corpus relief that overturns the death sentence of the petitioner, Tauno Waidla, because of ineffective counsel during the penalty phase of his trial. It was unanimous …
Applying U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the California Supreme Court today holds in People v. Catarino that a statute requiring full-term consecutive prison sentences for certain sex crimes found by a judge to have been committed “on separate occasions” …
(Subscription required) Presence at such an event “may suggest that the judicial officer has a special relationship with the law firm, which may undermine the impartiality of the judiciary or convey the impression that the law firm is in a position to …
The defendant talked about her struggle overcoming anger and accepting her need for mental health treatment. When she was done, the judge led the courtroom in applause. Then, further undoing the hierarchy of courtroom decorum, Judge Theresa R. McGonigle …
A dangerous trio of bills winding through the Legislature would greatly expand the power of unelected water officials and bureaucrats by stripping authority from holders of senior water rights, most of whom have exercised these rights for more than a …
“Environmental Law Again Front-and-Center at California Supreme Court”Martin.Novitski Wed, 05/24/2023 - 08:59 NewsLink UC Davis Law Professor Richard Frank writes about the Supreme Court cases of Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. County of Monterey, to be argued …
Following up on Judge Douglas Prouty’s “Where I Stand” column, published online on February 21st in Plumas News, I have heard a lot of speculation about the status of a new courthouse in Quincy. I had hoped that Judge Prouty’s column might have helped …
After months of contentious negotiations, missed deadlines and dueling proposals, California and six other states that rely on water from the Colorado River reached an agreement this week to cut back on how much they take from the beleaguered water source. …
It is long overdue to remember and honor Rose Bird, the first woman to serve as a member of a governor’s cabinet and the first woman to serve as chief justice of the California Supreme Court.
(Subscription required) The state bar’s executive director told lawmakers Tuesday that she and California Supreme court staff have discussed asking the justices to levy a “special assessment” on lawyers to help fund the agency if the Legislature does not …
