Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq., and Keith F. Collins, Esq. On August 31, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a suit could proceed that alleged an Oregon …
Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Brittany E. Roberto, Esq. On August 23, 2017, the Second District Court of Appeal, in Ramirez v. City of Gardena,[1] held that “promulgation” …
Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Deborah P. Knefel, Esq. On August 31, 2017, the California Supreme Court, in ACLU of Southern Calif. v. Super Court of Los Angeles (County …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On August 23, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Bracken v. Okura, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. & Keith F. Collins, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On August 24, 2017, the California Supreme Court denied a writ petition[1] challenging the constitutionality …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On May 16, 2017, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in United States v. Rosario, …
Read More »COURTESY of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On July 3, 2017, the California Supreme Court, in People v. Valencia, 2017 Cal. LEXIS 4893 (Cal. July 3, 2017), held …
Read More »Courtesy of Gregory P. Palmer of Jones & Mayer Yesterday’s client alert memorandum (Vol. 32, No. 19) erroneously suggested the new case of ALADS v. Superior Court only applied in …
Read More »Courtesy of Gregory P. Palmer of Jones & Mayer The Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles issued a 2-1 opinion on July 11, 2017 in the case of …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Keith F. Collins, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On July 6, 2017, the California Court of Appeal published the case of Ana v. …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On June 29, 2017, the federal District Court for the Southern District of California, in the case entitled Duncan v. Becerra, …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Keith F. Collins, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On June 26, 2017, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in the closely followed case …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On June 21, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Brewster v. Beck holding that the 30-day …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. and Denise L. Rocawich, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On June 6, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, sitting en banc, issued and …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On May 31, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, sitting en banc, issued an opinion in United States v. …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On May 30, 2017, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, 581 …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone, Esq. of Jones & Mayer On May 12, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held, in the case of S.B. v. County of San Diego, …
Read More »Courtesy of James R. Touchstone of Jones & Mayer On April 19, 2017, the Second District Court of Appeal, in Baranchik v. Fizulich, 2017 Cal. App. LEXIS 356 (Cal. App. …
Read More »In an opinion dated March 24, 2017, the Fourth District of the Court of Appeal, acting in Bonome v. City of Riverside (2017 Cal.App. LEXIS 264), held that an officer …
Read More »On March 13, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal held, in the case of United States v. Perkins, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4364, that a United States Homeland Security …
Read More »On January 10, 2017, a California Court of Appeal found that it was unconstitutional to prevent a grand jury from issuing indictments in fatal police shooting cases. (People v. Superior …
Read More »To: All Sheriffs & Chiefs of Police From: James R. Touchstone, Paul R. Coble and Gregory P. Palmer MARTIN J. MAYER’S PASSING It is with the deepest of sadness …
Read More »On December 12, 2016, the 2nd District Court of Appeal held, in Riske v. Superior Court (City of Los Angeles), that Evidence Code 1043 and 1045 (“Pitchess motion”), governing the …
Read More »Provided by Martin J. Mayer of Jones & Mayer On September 28, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 2792, known as the Transparent Review of Unjust …
Read More »Provided by Martin J. Mayer of Jones & Mayer On November 18, 2016, the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, held in People v. Wilson Morera-Munoz that Vehicle Code …
Read More »Proposition 64, the California Marijuana Legalization Initiative, was on the November 8, 2016, ballot in California as an initiated state statute. Supporters referred to the initiative as the Adult Use …
Read More »Provided by Martin J. Mayer of Jones & Mayer On October 6, 2016, the Fifth District Court of Appeal issued an opinion in the case of Doe, et al. v. …
Read More »On September 8, 2016, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held, in Deocampo v. Potts et al, that “. . . California’s indemnification statutes do not render a judgment …
Read More »On August 31, 2016, a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal in Wilson v. Lynch affirmed the dismissal of a complaint alleging that federal statutes, …
Read More »On August 1, 2016, the California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, held, in Schmidt v. California Highway Patrol, that if a person is arrested, but no accusatory pleading is filed …
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