Cooper Industries v. Leatherman Tool Group
532 U.S. 424 (2001) Cited 804 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that constitutionality of jury's punitive damage award is subject to de novo review
John R. v. Oakland Unified School Dist.
48 Cal.3d 438 (Cal. 1989) Cited 246 timesHolding that individual instances of sexual harassment of students by teachers does not impute liability to the school districts under the doctrine of respondeat superior
Kizer v. County of San Mateo
53 Cal.3d 139 (Cal. 1991) Cited 97 timesIn Kizer, the State Department of Health Services issued class AA and A citations under section 1424 to a long-term health care facility that was licensed and operated by the County of San Mateo ("County").
People ex Rel. Younger v. Superior Court
16 Cal.3d 30 (Cal. 1976) Cited 115 timesIn Younger, supra, 16 Cal.3d 30, 127 Cal.Rptr. 122, 544 P.2d 1322, an enforcement action brought by the state, we assumed that section 818 was implicated insofar as the action was brought against a public entity, but held that the statute did not preclude the imposition of penalties to be paid into the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account (Wat. Code, § 13440) and dedicated to the remediation of the unquantifiable harms associated with oil spills.
L.A. Cty. Met. Tran. v. Super. Ct. L.A. Cty
123 Cal.App.4th 261 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004) Cited 26 timesComparing punitive damages to other kinds of penalties
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,480 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Rule 4.1 - Serving Other Process
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4.1 Cited 245 timesInstructing that "[p]rocess . . . may be served anywhere within the territorial limits of the state where the district court is located"