Reid v. Google, Inc.
50 Cal.4th 512 (Cal. 2010) Cited 1,085 times 16 Legal AnalysesHolding that a high degree of foreseeability is required to impose a duty to hire security guards and that “the requisite degree of foreseeability rarely, if ever, can be proven in the absence of prior similar incidents of violent crime on the landowner's premises”
Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior Court
57 Cal.2d 450 (Cal. 1962) Cited 5,903 times 8 Legal AnalysesExplaining the "rule requiring a court exercising inferior jurisdiction to follow the decisions of a court exercising a higher jurisdiction"
Zelig v. County of Los Angeles
27 Cal.4th 1112 (Cal. 2002) Cited 954 times 2 Legal AnalysesFinding public entity could not be liable under respondeat superior because the plaintiff had failed to allege that the public employees were engaged in conduct within the scope of employment that would render the public employee liable to the plaintiff
Miklosy v. Regents of University of California
44 Cal.4th 876 (Cal. 2008) Cited 457 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that when "alleged wrongful conduct ... occur at the worksite, in the normal course of the employer-employee relationship ... workers' compensation is a plaintiff exclusive remedy for any injury that may" result
Kahn v. East Side Union High School Dist.
31 Cal.4th 990 (Cal. 2003) Cited 454 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that for an intervening act properly to be considered a superseding cause, "the act must have produced harm of a kind and degree far beyond the risk that the original tortfeasor should have foreseen"
Founding Members v. Newport Beach
109 Cal.App.4th 944 (Cal. Ct. App. 2003) Cited 423 timesHolding that extrinsic evidence could be used to help determine the meaning of an integrated contract, provided that the extrinsic evidence "is relevant to prove a meaning to which the language of the instrument is reasonably susceptible."
Ann M. v. Pacific Plaza Shopping Center
6 Cal.4th 666 (Cal. 1993) Cited 567 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that to impose duty without requisite degree of foreseeability would force landlords to become insurers of public safety
Green v. Ralee Engineering Co
19 Cal.4th 66 (Cal. 1998) Cited 479 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that an employee who reported the sale of defective aircraft parts did state a claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy because his action was directly connected to federal regulation of air safety
Rowland v. Christian
69 Cal.2d 108 (Cal. 1968) Cited 1,244 times 20 Legal AnalysesHolding that Section 1714 superceded prior common-law negligence rules
Bily v. Arthur Young & Co.
3 Cal.4th 370 (Cal. 1992) Cited 543 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding that an accountant is liable for negligent misrepresentation to a third party only if he knowingly supplies the information for the benefit of the third party, and the information is relied on by the third party in a transaction previously identified to the accountant, or a substantially similar transaction
Section 794 - Nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs
29 U.S.C. § 794 Cited 12,285 times 29 Legal AnalysesAdopting ADA standards for Rehabilitation Act claims
Section 1681 - Sex
20 U.S.C. § 1681 Cited 4,348 times 77 Legal AnalysesReferencing application of Title IX prohibitions to school admissions
Section 12182 - Prohibition of discrimination by public accommodations
42 U.S.C. § 12182 Cited 3,867 times 61 Legal AnalysesExplaining that public accommodations cannot "directly or through contractual or other arrangements, utilize standards or criteria or methods of administration" that have the effect of discriminating on the basis of disability."
Section 28
Cal. Const. art. I § 28 Cited 2,118 timesGranting crime victims the right "[t]o reasonable notice of all public proceedings, including delinquency proceedings, upon request, at which the defendant and the prosecutor are entitled to be present"
Section 1232g - Family educational and privacy rights
20 U.S.C. § 1232g Cited 1,206 times 55 Legal AnalysesProhibiting release of educational records without consent
Section 1092 - Institutional and financial assistance information for students
20 U.S.C. § 1092 Cited 107 times 11 Legal AnalysesRequiring funding recipients to collect statistics on crimes motivated by the victim's "gender, ... sexual orientation"
Rule 8.490 - Filing, finality, and modification of decisions; rehearing; remittitur
Cal. R. 8.490 Cited 1,042 times(a)Filing and modification of decisions Rule 8.264(a) and (c) govern the filing and modification of decisions in writ proceedings. (b)Finality of decision (1) Except as otherwise ordered by the court, the following decisions regarding petitions for writs within the court's original jurisdiction are final in the issuing court when filed: (A) An order denying or dismissing such a petition without issuance of an alternative writ, order to show cause, or writ of review; and (B) An order denying or dismissing
Rule 8.500 - Petition for review
Cal. R. 8.500 Cited 337 times(a)Right to file a petition, answer, or reply (1) A party may file a petition in the Supreme Court for review of any decision of the Court of Appeal, including any interlocutory order, except the denial of a transfer of a case within the appellate jurisdiction of the superior court. (2) A party may file an answer responding to the issues raised in the petition. In the answer, the party may ask the court to address additional issues if it grants review. (3) The petitioner may file a reply to the answer
Rule 8.268 - Rehearing
Cal. R. 8.268 Cited 77 times(a)Power to order rehearing (1) On petition of a party or on its own motion, a reviewing court may order rehearing of any decision that is not final in that court on filing. (2) An order for rehearing must be filed before the decision is final. If the clerk's office is closed on the date of finality, the court may file the order on the next day the clerk's office is open. (b)Petition and answer (1) A party may serve and file a petition for rehearing within 15 days after: (A) The filing of the decision;