California Felony Litigating Statute 
At the Lectern
JANUARY 3, 2021
That 2018 legislation, which scales back the felony-murder rule and the “natural and probable consequences” doctrine, has been attacked by various district attorney’s around the state as an invalid amendment of several voter initiatives and as a violation of the separation of powers. Marquez (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th
At the Lectern
MARCH 11, 2022
California Mutual Insurance Company , which, according to the published opinion of the Fourth District, Division One, “present[ed] an issue of first impression for a California appellate court: does a commercial property insurance policy provide coverage for a business’s lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Covid insurance.
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At the Lectern
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Four-justice separate statement, citing amicus letters, urges legislative action on vessel speed limit statute. The appellate court did not reach the underlying merits, which concern whether a loan to finance a probate lawsuit was a commercial loan or was governed by the California Financing Law applicable to consumer loans.
At the Lectern
APRIL 11, 2024
It concerns what the First District, Division Three, Court of Appeal described in its published opinion as a change to California’s decades-long “net energy metering. The court will hear the big-deal case of Center for Biological Diversity v. Public Utilities Commission. ” Lawsuit dismissal and res judicata.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 30, 2022
Ross , involving a dormant commerce clause challenge to a California law prohibiting the sale of pork unless the pigs from which it was made (virtually all of which come from outside the state) were raised consistent with the state’s restrictive standards. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. Goertz , 21-442.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 23, 2021
Many of the crew were from California but the set is in New Mexico. The California code contains an ample criminal negligence or manslaughter provision: PART 1. This incident could well prove a violation of a statute or regulation making the act “negligent per se.” Walgreen Hastings Co., Legg, 441 P.2d 2d 912 (Cal.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 28, 2021
Next, we explore the bounds of the Federal Arbitration Act, with a pair of petitions arguing that California’s efforts to restrict arbitration agreements undermine federal law. Rollins challenges a Massachusetts law that makes it a felony to secretly record the speech of anyone other than a law enforcement officer, irrespective of motive.
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