65 Cited authorities

Hill v. Colorado
530 U.S. 703 (2000) Cited 1,298 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding content neutral a ban on "picketing," "demonstrating," "protest, education, or counseling" even though it may require the government "to review the content of the statements made"
Smith v. Maryland
442 U.S. 735 (1979) Cited 2,156 times 54 Legal Analyses
Holding that use of pen register was not a "search" for Fourth Amendment purposes
Costco v. Superior Ct.
47 Cal.4th 725 (Cal. 2009) Cited 308 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that the privilege "does not extend to subject matter otherwise unprivileged merely because that subject matter has been communicated to the attorney"
In re Qawi
32 Cal.4th 1 (Cal. 2004) Cited 256 times
Noting that antipsychotics "have been the cause of considerable [reversible and potentially permanent] side effects. . . . On rare occasions use of these drugs has caused sudden death."
People v. Collie
30 Cal.3d 43 (Cal. 1981) Cited 378 times
In Collie, the prosecution, after learning in the course of cross-examination that a defense witness had spoken previously to a defense investigator, requested discovery of the notes prepared by the investigator.
Doe v. United States Swimming
200 Cal.App.4th 1424 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011) Cited 129 times
Holding the decision to impose a particular sanction is " ' "subject to reversal only for manifest abuse exceeding the bounds of reason" ' "
Pioneer Ele. v. Superior Court
40 Cal.4th 360 (Cal. 2007) Cited 147 times 8 Legal Analyses
Concluding that there was no serious invasion of privacy where disclosure of the identity of potential class members did not involve revelation of personal or business secrets, intimate activities, or similar private information, and threatened no undue intrusion into their personal lives
Bockrath v. Aldrich Chemical Co.
21 Cal.4th 71 (Cal. 1999) Cited 168 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that in cases that require resolving "complicated . . . medical causation issues, the standard of proof ordinarily required is a reasonable medical probability based upon competent expert testimony that the defendant's conduct contributed to the plaintiff's injury"
Ruiz v. Podolsky
50 Cal.4th 838 (Cal. 2010) Cited 107 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that specific provision in state's medical malpractice Act required arbitration of wrongful death claims where the decedent had agreed to arbitrate any claim arising from medical provider's services.
Forthmann v. Boyer
97 Cal.App.4th 977 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002) Cited 134 times 1 Legal Analyses
In Forthmann v. Boyer (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 977, 985, the Court of Appeal implied contestation occurs when objections are filed and rejected a claim that discovery was proper without the filing of an objection.
Section 2030.220 - Answers
Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 2030.220 Cited 19 times
Responding party who "does not have personal knowledge sufficient to respond fully" to interrogatory may so state, but must "make a reasonable and good faith effort to obtain the information by inquiry to other natural persons or organizations," unless the information is "equally available to the propounding party"

Opposition To Plaintiffs Motion To Compel Further Responses To Form Interrogatories

65 Cited authorities

Holding content neutral a ban on "picketing," "demonstrating," "protest, education, or counseling" even though it may require the government "to review the content of the statements made"

Holding that use of pen register was not a "search" for Fourth Amendment purposes

Holding that the privilege "does not extend to subject matter otherwise unprivileged merely because that subject matter has been communicated to the attorney"

Noting that antipsychotics "have been the cause of considerable [reversible and potentially permanent] side effects. . . . On rare occasions use of these drugs has caused sudden death."

In Collie, the prosecution, after learning in the course of cross-examination that a defense witness had spoken previously to a defense investigator, requested discovery of the notes prepared by the investigator.

Holding the decision to impose a particular sanction is " ' "subject to reversal only for manifest abuse exceeding the bounds of reason" ' "

Concluding that there was no serious invasion of privacy where disclosure of the identity of potential class members did not involve revelation of personal or business secrets, intimate activities, or similar private information, and threatened no undue intrusion into their personal lives

Holding that in cases that require resolving "complicated . . . medical causation issues, the standard of proof ordinarily required is a reasonable medical probability based upon competent expert testimony that the defendant's conduct contributed to the plaintiff's injury"

Holding that specific provision in state's medical malpractice Act required arbitration of wrongful death claims where the decedent had agreed to arbitrate any claim arising from medical provider's services.

In Forthmann v. Boyer (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 977, 985, the Court of Appeal implied contestation occurs when objections are filed and rejected a claim that discovery was proper without the filing of an objection.