52 Cited authorities

  1. Shirk v. Vista Unified School Dist.

    42 Cal.4th 201 (Cal. 2007)   Cited 662 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[b]efore suing a public entity, the plaintiff must present a timely written claim for damages to the entity"
  2. Radzanower v. Touche Ross Co.

    426 U.S. 148 (1976)   Cited 509 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding § 78aa did not supersede narrower venue provision in National Bank Act and rejecting amicus SEC's suggestion § 78aa should apply nonetheless to facilitate consolidation of litigation as a “policy argument ... more appropriately addressed to Congress”
  3. Francois v. Goel

    35 Cal.4th 1094 (Cal. 2005)   Cited 381 times
    Holding a trial court's inherent authority, on its own motion, to reconsider prior rulings is "derived from the California Constitution"
  4. Zamora v. Clayborn Contracting

    28 Cal.4th 249 (Cal. 2002)   Cited 397 times
    Concluding that the "discretionary relief provision of section 473 only permits relief from attorney error 'fairly imputable to the client, i.e., mistakes anyone could have made' "; and that " '[c]onduct falling below the professional standard of care, such as failure to timely object or to properly advance an argument, is not therefore excusable' "
  5. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Pietak

    90 Cal.App.4th 600 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001)   Cited 378 times
    Ruling on section 473 motion for discretionary relief may not be disturbed on appeal absent a clear showing of abuse
  6. Day v. City of Fontana

    25 Cal.4th 268 (Cal. 2001)   Cited 292 times
    Adopting construction of statute that “promotes, rather than defeats, its general purpose”
  7. Leader v. Health Industries of America, Inc.

    89 Cal.App.4th 603 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001)   Cited 278 times
    Upholding the trial court's ordering the dismissal of the action after striking a complaint without leave to amend
  8. Stop Youth Addiction, Inc. v. Lucky Stores, Inc.

    17 Cal.4th 553 (Cal. 1998)   Cited 287 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that “the fact a UCL action is based upon, or may even promote the achievement of, policy ends underlying section 308 or the STAKE Act, does not, of itself, transform the action into one for the ‘enforcement’ of section 308”
  9. Moyer v. Workmen's Comp. Appeals Bd.

    10 Cal.3d 222 (Cal. 1973)   Cited 534 times
    Finding statutes should be construed in light of the statutory framework as a whole
  10. Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc.

    51 Cal.4th 524 (Cal. 2011)   Cited 175 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the court's ruling that ZIP code information constitutes personal information within the meaning of section 1747.08 applies retrospectively