2004 
 

Planning Commissioner’s Bias Requires Project Be Revisited
(December 30, 2004)

Heirs Not Liable for Decedent’s Failure to Secure Payments to Ex-Spouse, Court of Appeal Rules
(December 30, 2004)

Philippines Cannot Appeal Marcos Settlement, Ninth Circuit Says
(December 29, 2004)

Failure to Post Interpled Funds With Court Costs Plaintiff Attorney Fees Under C.A. Ruling
(December 29, 2004)

Court Revives Challenge to Detention of Sexually Violent Predators
(December 28, 2004)

Court of Appeal Panel Upholds County Effort to Block Lawyers From Cashing Out Vacation Time
(December 28, 2004)

Economic Loss Rule No Bar to Recovery for Fraud, S.C. Rules
(December 27, 2004)

Disqualification Required for Contact With ADR Firm Invalidates Judge’s Ruling on Motion, C.A. Says
(December 27, 2004)

Kuhl Withdraws Bid for Federal Appeals Court
(December 24, 2004)

Time Limit for Bringing Fee Motion Is Inapplicable to Postjudgment Proceedings, Court of Appeal Rules
(December 24, 2004)

A.G. Rejects Bid to Oust Cerritos Councilmen Over Term Limits
(December 23, 2004)

C.A.: Law Permits Cell Phone Rebate Conditioned on Contract Extension
December 23, 2004)

Top State Bar Prosecutor Michael Nisperos to Step Down Jan. 1
(December 22, 2004)

Runoff Slated for Superior Court Commissioner Post
(December 22, 2004)

Court Upholds Ban on Aid to Groups Dubbed ‘Terrorist’ by U.S.
(December 21, 2004)

Supreme Court Declines to Apply Prevailing Wage Law To Privately Funded Project on Public Land
(December 21, 2004)

Eschewing Mediation Costs Party Right to Attorney Fee Award
(December 20, 2004)

Distribution Map Newspaper Filed With Bid for Contract Is a Public Record, Lawyer for Beverly Hills Says
(December 20, 2004)

City Seeks Rehearing in Case Where Fee Award Was Made Based on Finding of Frivolous Appeal
(December 20, 2004)

Judge Buckner Remembered as Friend, Patriot by Colleagues At Superior Court
(December 20, 2004)

Delay in Seeking Extradition No Speedy Trial Violation—S.C.
(December 17, 2004)

Drunk Driving Conviction Disqualifies Defendant From Diversion Into Drug Treatment, Appeals Court Rules
(December 17, 2004)

S.C. Agrees to Decide if Suit Over Settlement Demand Is SLAPP
(December 16, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Revives Challenge to Vexatious Litigant Statute
(December 15, 2004)

U.S. High Court Won’t Reinstate Murder Conviction
(December 15, 2004)

County Coroner’s Office Confirms Judge Buckner’s Death Was Suicide
(December 15, 2004)

Judge Alan G. Buckner’s Death Is Apparent Suicide
(December 14, 2004)

Services Set Thursday for Ann Stodden, Retired Probate Commissioner
(December 14, 2004)

Court of Appeal Justice Michael Nott Slates April 1 Retirement
(December 13, 2004)

U.S. High Court Agrees to Hear File-Sharing Dispute
(December 13, 2004)

Judicial Council Votes to Press for Uniform Statewide Filing Fees
(December 13, 2004)

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence in Home Invasion Case
(December 10, 2004)

C.A.: Blakely Does Not Bar Judges From Using Availability Of Consecutive Terms as Factor in Selecting Sentence
(December 10, 2004)

Lockyer Says He Will Sue Over Abortion Rider to Spending Bill
(December 9, 2004)

Superior Court Commissioner Roberta Kyman Dead at 62
(December 9, 2004)

Lobbyist, Community Activist Richard A. Rubin Named Public Member of State Bar Board of Governors
(December 9, 2004)

Challenge to San Diego Election Brought Too Late, C.A. Rules
(December 8, 2004)

Truthful Report From Public Record Is Not Invasion of Privacy
(December 7, 2004)

Police Officer’s Pornographic Videotapes Do Not Merit Free Speech Protection, U.S. High Court Rules
(December 7, 2004)

Ninth Circuit: Jailed Immigrant Plaintiff Was Entitled to Appointed Counsel
(December 7, 2004)

State Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Man Convicted in 1992 of Killing His Wife and Niece
(December 7, 2004)

Schwarzenegger Nominates Sacramento Jurist to Court of Appeal
(December 6, 2004)

S.C. Upholds Attorney Fee Awards Based on ‘Catalyst’ Theory
(December 3, 2004)

Digital Copyright Act’s Good Faith Requirement Is Subjective
(December 2, 2004)

State High Court Agrees to Review Scope of Defense Of ‘Compassionate Use’ Under Proposition 215
(December 2, 2004)

Man Imprisoned for 24 Years Sues Long Beach, Prosecutors
(December 1, 2004)

School May Not Notify Parent When Child Is Released To Obtain Confidential Medical Services—Lockyer
(December 1, 2004)

State High Court Upholds Death Sentence in Bay Area Murders
(November 30, 2004)

Presiding Judge-Elect Names Six New Supervising Judges for 2005
(November 29, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Review of Ruling on Immigrant
(November 26, 2004)

Voting Underway to Elect Groman’s Successor as Court Commissioner
(November 26, 2004)

C.A. Overturns Hate-Crime Conviction in Highland Park Incident
(November 24, 2004)

Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Building To Be Named for Senior Judge James R. Browning
(November 24, 2004)

U. S. Senate Confirms Attorney, Valley Secession Leader David Fleming to Seat on Madison Foundation Board
(November 24, 2004)

Court of Appeal Broadens Malpractice Liability to Non-Clients
(November 23, 2004)

C.A. Upholds Ruling Counsel in Murder Case Was Ineffective
(November 22, 2004)

State Bar Exam Pass Rate Remains Below 50 Percent
(November 22, 2004)

A.G.: City May Pay for Council Member to Attend Governor’s Inauguration
(November 22, 2004)

Ross Defends Public Television Appearances as Inquiry Into Possible Misconduct Concludes
(November 19, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Will Take Another Look at RICO Claim Filed by Yagman Against Police Department
(November 19, 2004)

Blakely Invalidates State Sentencing Scheme—Court of Appeal
(November 18, 2004)

Ross Did Not Want Title Used in Connection With TV Project, Witnesses at Discipline Hearing Say
(November 18, 2004)

Stuart Forsyth to Replace Walch as LACBA Executive Director
(November 18, 2004)

Judge Kevin Ross Drew Private Discipline Three Years Ago
(November 17, 2004)

Proof of Perpetrator’s Race Unnecessary as Foundation For Admitting DNA Evidence, Court of Appeal Rules
(November 17, 2004)

Campbell Concedes Victory Unlikely As Escobedo Lead Widens in Tight Judicial Race
(November 17, 2004)

Ross Concedes Error in Jailing Traffic Offender
(November 16, 2004)

Attorney’s Delegation of Calendaring No Bar to Relief From Late Filing, Ninth Circuit En Banc Panel Rules
(November 16, 2004)

C.A. Overturns $1 Million Award to Inmate Raped in County Jail
(November 15, 2004)

Pauline Weaver to Head State Bar Foundation
(November 15, 2004)

Four More Local Superior Court Judges Vetted for Appeals Court
(November 12, 2004)

State Bar Foundation Names New Executive Director
(November 12, 2004)

High Court to Rule on Liability for Negligent Transmission of HIV
(November 12, 2004)

A.G.: School Administrators Overseeing Construction Can Be Paid From Proposition 39 Bond Funds
(November 12, 2004)

Raymond Fortner Tapped as County Counsel for Next Two Years
(November 10, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Cites Persecution, Blocks Deportation of Falun Gong Adherent Back to China
(November 10, 2004)

Escobedo Lead Widens Slightly As Vote Count Continues
(November 10, 2004)

Government Offices, Courts to Close for Veterans Day
(November 10, 2004)

C.A. Allows Priest to Sue Over Claim of Financial Impropriety
(November 9, 2004)

C.A.: Conflict-of-Interest Suit Against Law Firm Is Not SLAPP
(November 8, 2004)

Injured Man Was ‘Upon’ Vehicle by Which He Was Standing, Court of Appeal Rules in Insurance Case
(November 8, 2004)

Latest Absentee Ballot Count Shrinks Escobedo Lead in Tight Judicial Race
(November 8, 2004)

Ruling Against Energy Department on Nuclear Waste Disposal Overturned
(November 8, 2004)

Law on Liability for Harassment of Coworkers Held Not Retroactive
(November 5, 2004)

Escobedo Not Ready to Declare Victory, Nor Campbell To Concede, in Close Race for Open Court Seat
(November 5, 2004)

C.A. Says Appeal in Name of Clients Ineffective to Challenge Monetary Sanctions Imposed on Their Attorneys
(November 5, 2004)

Bench Officers Break Through in County Judicial Elections
(November 4, 2004)

John Van de Kamp, John Collins to Be Feted as ‘Persons of the Year’
(November 4, 2004)

New Trial on Firearms Charge Properly Denied—Ninth Circuit
(November 3, 2004)

Sentence of Aider or Abettor of Manslaughter Cannot Be Enhanced for Leaving Crime Scene, C.A. Rules
(November 3, 2004)

Court of Appeal Limits Attorney Liability to Kin of Dying Client
(November 2, 2004)

Anti-SLAPP Law Applied to Suit Against DIRECTV by ‘Pirates’
(November 1, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Upholds 22-Year Sentence Imposed on Cocaine Dealer From Jordan Downs Projects
(November 1, 2004)

U.S. Slates Effort on Election Law Enforcement
(October 29, 2004)

Divided Appellate Panel Rejects Claim of Tribal Sovereign Immunity From Political Reform Act
(October 29, 2004)

S.C. to Decide if Anti-SLAPP Fees Can Be Awarded After Dismissal
(October 28, 2004)

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Phillip Morris to Delay Payment of Damage Award Pending Writ Petition
(October 28, 2004)

Contest Between Meyer and Groman Tops Record for Most Expensive
(October 27, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Agrees to En Banc Review of Ruling That Threw Out Conviction on Basis of Attorney Conflict
(October 27, 2004)

C.A. Allows Admission of Murder Victim’s Hearsay Statement
(October 26, 2004)

Court Upholds Dismissal of Marijuana Cultivation Charge
(October 26, 2004)

Mother Cannot Be Sued for Lying About Child’s Paternity—C.A.
(October 25, 2004)

Commission on Judicial Performance Admonishes Judge Brett Klein
(October 22, 2004)

C.A. Affirms $500 Million Judgment for City of Hope
(October 22, 2004)

Judge Klein Tells His Side of Story
(October 22, 2004)

S.C. to Review Application of Anti-SLAPP Law to Counsel
(October 21, 2004)

C.A. Upholds County Ordinance Requiring Contractors To Pay Workers for Up to Five Days of Jury Duty
(October 21, 2004)

Clerk Absenteeism High in Apparent Job Action, Court Says
(October 20, 2004)

Ninth Circuit to Rule En Banc on Extradition Issue
(October 20, 2004)

Will Giving ‘My Money’ to Friends Given Broad Reading by C.A
(October 19, 2004)

S.C. Orders Review of Secret Ballot Waiver Under New Vote-by-Fax Law, but Not for This Election
(October 19, 2004)

Prosecutor Jones Being Substantially Outraised by Gomez in Judicial Race, Campaign Finance Records Show
(October 19, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Panel Declines to Order Nader Onto Arizona Ballot
(October 18, 2004)

Undersheriff May Hold Veterans’ Liasion Position at Same Time, Attorney General Lockyer Says
(October 18, 2004)

Judge Thomas Stoever Slates Feb. 15 Retirement
(October 15, 2004)

C.A.: Treatment for Depression Did Not Make Pedophile an MDO
(October 15, 2004)

High Court to Review Ruling on Support of ‘Disposable Spouse’
(October 14, 2004)

Man’s Indecent Exposure to Multiple Victims Rates Only a Single Sentence, Court of Appeal Rules
( October 14, 2004)

Meyer, Zeidler Are Top Spenders Heading Into Judicial Runoffs
(October 13, 2004)

John Van de Kamp Sworn in as 80th President of State Bar
(October 12, 2004)

Schwarzenegger Advisor Warns Judges Not to Expect Any Additional Judicial Appointments This Year
(October 12, 2004)

Conference of Delegates Calls for Moratorium On Death Penalty, Probe Into Fairness, Cost
(October 12, 2004)

Text of Chief Justice Ronald M. George’s State of the Judiciary Address
(October 12, 2004)

Slain Dissident’s Brother Can Attach Award to Iran’s Government
(October 8, 2004)

Hearing on Alleged Misconduct by Judge Ross Reset for Nov. 15
(October 8, 2004)

Stephen Czuleger Elected Court’s Assistant Presiding Judge
(October 7, 2004)

Epstein Confirmed as Presiding Justice of Div. Four
(October 7, 2004)

New State Bar President Van de Kamp Vows to Make Member Call Center Top Priority
(October 7, 2004)

Justices Question Whether Program Invaded Ex-Convict’s Privacy
(October 6, 2004)

Van de Kamp Names Public Members to Co-Chair State Bar Board Committees
(October 6, 2004)

Superior Court Judge Overrules Demurrers in Suit Charging AAA and Arbitrator With Fraud
(October 6, 2004)

Child Pornography Evidence Against Ex-Judge Kline Reinstated
(October 5, 2004)

Yagman Mulling Request for Review of Ruling D’Agostino Cannot Mount Challenge to Delgadillo Qualifications
(October 5, 2004)

C.A. Overturns $1 Million Age-Bias Verdict for Demoted Worker
(October 5, 2004)

Judge Improperly Denied Bid to Disqualify Her, C.A. Rules
(October 4, 2004)

Court of Appeal Rules for Preservationists, Blocks Plan to Demolish Old Monterey County Jail
(October 4, 2004)

C.A. Rejects Contract Waiver of Right to Litigate in Neutral County
(October 1, 2004)

Former Superior Court Judge Huey P. Shepard Charged With Embezzling $99,000 From Elderly Woman
(October 1, 2004)

Court of Appeal Rules: Worker Wrongfully Denied Leave to Attend Religious Convention
(September 30, 2004)

CJP Admonishes Placer Superior Court Judge for Suggesting Potential Jurors Lie During Voir Dire
(September 30, 2004)

S.C. Declines to Depublish Ruling on Release of School Employee Records
(September 30, 2004)

EEOC Charges Lutheran Group Fired Amputee Because of Disability
(September 30, 2004)

Court of Appeal Rules: Calling Father ‘Pimp’ Not Defamatory Where True in the Past
(September 29, 2004)

U.S. High Court Agrees to Review Ruling That Bars Ex-Client From Picketing Johnnie Cochran
(September 29, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Rules: Prosecutor Not Immune From Liability for Suborning Perjury
(September 28, 2004)

Superior Court Clerks Vote to Authorize Strike, Union Says
(September 28, 2004)

City Must Pay Lawyer $150,000 for Loss of His Parking Space
(September 27, 2004)

Ninth Circuit to Reconsider En Banc Whether Amount Of Gemstar Executive Buyout Was ‘Extraordinary’
(September 27, 2004)

Lawyers Held in Contempt by S.C. for Skipping Oral Argument
(September 24, 2004)

C.A. Warns of ‘Trap for the Unwary’ in Law on Dismissals for Inconvenient Forum
(September 24, 2004)

Governor Names Former Antelope Valley Lawyer Loa to Housing Post
(September 24, 2004)

S.C. to Rule on How Late Peremptory Challenge May Be Used
(September 23, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Overrules INS, Says Violence Against Foreigners in Germany Is Ground for U.S. Asylum
(September 23, 2004)

Ninth Circuit Revives Suit Against LAPD Officers Over Search
(September 22, 2004)

Epstein Nominated as Presiding Justice, Hearing Set for Oct. 5
(September 21, 2004)

Worker Who Challenged Firing Must Submit Related Tort Claims to Arbitration, Appeals Court Rules
(September 21, 2004)

C.A.: Stabbed Wife’s Dying Declaration Not Barred by Crawford
(September 20, 2004)

Whittier Bar Group Not Fizzling Out, President Says
(September 20, 2004)