Federal law requires public schools to provide students with disabilities a
free and appropriate education. If a school cannot meet the educational needs of
a disabled student, the student’s parents can place the child in private school and
seek reimbursement of tuition and related expenses. In this case, the parents of
an autistic child withdrew him from the Douglas County School ... More...   $0 (08-25-2015 - CO)

Plaintiffs Alamo Recycling, LLC (Alamo) and Chino Valley Recycling, LLC (Chino) operate “recycling center[s]” where beverage containers sold in California may be redeemed for their “California Redemption Value.” In this action, plaintiffs sued defendant Anheuser Busch Inbev Worldwide, Inc. and other companies that sell or distribute beverages containers in California (the Beverage Companies or de... More...   $0 (08-25-2015 - CA)

On May 21, 2013, the voters of the City of Los Angeles (City) approved Proposition D, a measure placed on the ballot by the City Council to regulate medical marijuana businesses (MMB’s). (See City Ordinance No. 182,580.) This measure superseded previous City laws concerning MMB’s, and enacted Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) section 45.19.6.2, subdivision A, making it a misdemeanor to “own, est... More...   $0 (08-24-2015 - CA)

The following facts and procedural history are relevant to this appeal. Santiago was born in Guatemala to the respondent on April 18, 2009. He was cared for since his birth, however, by Maria G., an Argentinian citizen and legal permanent resident of the United States who resided in Stamford, and, for some of that time, by Henry L., Maria G.’s husband.1 OnOctober16,2012,thecommissionerfiledamotion... More...   $0 (08-22-2015 - CT)

Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. (the park), is a mobilehome park in the City of Carson (City). It consists of 420 rental spaces on 70 acres of land, 17 acres of which are federally and state regulated wetlands and which is the only open space area within the City. In 2007 the City rejected the park’s application to convert from rental spaces to a subdivision of individually owned lots. The pr... More...   $0 (08-21-2015 - CA)

JCC is the administrative agency of California’s judicial branch. In 2005, JCC issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the provision of maintenance and repair services to courthouses and other judicial branch buildings throughout Southern California. The successful respondent was Facilities, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jacobs, which is a publicly traded corporation.
JCC and Facilities e... More...   $0 (08-21-2015 - CA)

The City maintains a drinking water distribution system. In December of 2011, the City commissioned the services of Riedesel Engineering to determine the present and future adequacy of the system with respect to laws and standards of the local fire authority, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
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Riedesel Engineerin... More...   $0 (08-20-2015 - ID)

Code of Civil Procedure section 340.6, subdivision (a) (hereafter section 340.6(a)) provides: “An action against an attorney for a wrongful act or omission, other than for actual fraud, arising in the performance of professional services shall be commenced within one year after the plaintiff discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the facts constituting the w... More...   $0 (08-20-2015 - CA)

For many decades the original Fluor Corporation performed engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) operations through various corporate entities and subsidiaries. Beginning in 1971, Hartford became one of numerous insurers of the original Fluor, issuing to it 11 “comprehensive general liability” (CGL) policies from mid-1971 to mid-1986.
Each policy covered, among other things, “pe... More...   $0 (08-20-2015 - CA)

According to the government, Mr. Joseph Kupfer and his wife
conspired to enable Dr. Armando Gutierrez (a media consultant) to
increase his compensation under a State contract without any
additional work. In exchange for the increase, Dr. Gutierrez allegedly
gave kickbacks to Mr. Kupfer through Mr. Kupfer’s consulting
company. The government alleged that Dr. Gutierrez had disgui... More...   $0 (08-19-2015 - NM)

This case involves yet another mandamus proceeding concerning the City of Houston’s equal
rights ordinance, the referendum petition calling for its repeal, and the City Council’s duties in
response. See In re Woodfill, __ S.W.3d __, __, 2015 WL 4498229, at *7 (Tex. 2015) (per curiam)
(directing the City Council to comply with its ministerial duties and either repeal the ordinance orMore...   $0 (08-19-2015 - TX)

Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s dismissal of a securities class action against
ZAGG, Inc. and its former CEO and Chairman, Robert Pedersen, alleging violations
of the antifraud provisions of the securities laws. The plaintiffs allege Pedersen failed
to disclose in several of ZAGG’s SEC filings the fact that he had pledged nearly half
of his ZAGG shares, amounting to approxim... More...   $0 (08-18-2015 - UT)

In this appeal, we apply California choice-of-law rules to
determine whether California law or Georgia law governs an
attorney’s fees dispute between Plaintiff-Appellant First
Intercontinental Bank (Bank) and Defendant-Appellee
Christina Ahn (Christina). We conclude that California law,
specifically California Civil Code § 1717(a), governs the
attorney’s fees dispute, and w... More...   $0 (08-18-2015 - CA)

On March 9, 2004, the Sarpy County Board of Commissioners supplemented the Sarpy County zoning ordinances by adopting an overlay district zoning ordinance (overlay ordinance). In effect, the overlay ordinance imposed additional regulations on land along a specified road corridor. These regulations included design guidelines. The original overlay ordinance applied only to future developments. It st... More...   $0 (08-17-2015 - NE)

In a proceeding before the Minnesota Tax Court, relator Guardian Energy, LLC,
challenged respondent Waseca County’s assessment of the value of its ethanol
production facility. In this appeal from the tax court’s order for judgment, Guardian
Energy argues that the tax court erred by (1) classifying 27 tanks1 used in the ethanol
production process as taxable real property and (2) ... More...   $0 (08-13-2015 - MN)

Prior to adoption of the District Act, the Santa Clara Valley was plagued by overdraft of the underlying groundwater basin, causing among other things the subsidence of land—with resulting disruption of roads and structures—and the intrusion of salt water into groundwater acquifers. A similar pattern marked much of the American settlement of California. Over the years the Legislature created n... More...   $0 (08-12-2015 - CA)

Los Angeles, CA - Ninth Circuit affirms judgment against jailers

In October 2009, Jonathan Castro was arrested for being
drunk in public. He was housed in a “sobering cell” at the
Los Angeles Sheriff’s West Hollywood Station where, a few
hours after his arrest, he was savagely attacked by another
intoxicated arrestee who had been placed in the cell with him.
The office... More...   $0 (08-11-2015 - CA)

This appeal arises from a challenge by initiative to the
City of Camden’s decision to disband its municipal police
department and to contract with Camden County for the delivery
of police services to the City of Camden by a countywide police
department. The City of Camden’s transition from municipal to
county police services followed more than a decade of State
overs... More...   $0 (08-11-2015 - NJ)

This matter presents an unusual issue dealing with the procedure for seeking
4 leave to amend a complaint to add parties as additional defendants. When the motion
5 for leave is filed before the statute of limitations has run, but the order granting leave
6 is filed after the statute has run, is the amended complaint time barred? Adopting a
7 new rule for this situation, we hold t... More...   $0 (08-11-2015 - NM)

This appeal arises from a series of disputes
between the seasonal residents of Conomo Point and the town of
Essex (town), which owns and rents them the land on which they
reside. Four sets of plaintiff residents filed a complaint
seeking a declaration that they owned the buildings they had
erected on the town's land. After a jury-waived trial, a
Superior Court judge... More...   $0 (08-10-2015 - MA)

S.M. was born in October 2007. E.M., her maternal grandfather, and his
wife, C.M. (the guardians a/k/a the grandfather or grandmother), were appointed
guardians in March 2009, and S.M. has been in their sole care since that time.1
She is developmentally on track, has no special needs, does well in school, and
appears to be thriving. S.M. only lived with the mother during the... More...   $0 (08-10-2015 - IA)

We review the evidence presented at
trial that is relevant to the requested instruction on the
2 The statute of limitations for a medical malpractice action requires that the suit "commence[] only within three years after the cause of action accrues." G. L. c. 260, § 4, second par., inserted by St. 1986, c. 351, § 30. 3 We were not provided with the special ver... More...   $0 (08-09-2015 - MA)

Appellee Devon Robotics, LLC (“Devon”) acquired the rights to distribute two robotic medical devices, CytoCare and i.v. Station, from an Italian corporation, Health Robotics, S.r.l. (“Health Robotics”). Appellant Gaspar DeViedma (“DeViedma”), the general counsel for Health Robotics, negotiated the distribution contracts for both CytoCare and i.v. Station. Each contract contained an identical arb... More...   $0 (08-08-2015 - PA)

This case involves a dispute between an
employee and her former employer regarding unpaid wages. The
plaintiff, Mary Ellen Wessell, successfully sued Mink Brook
1 Robert C. Stone.
2
Associates, Inc. (Mink Brook), and owner Robert C. Stone under
the Wage Act for lost wages and retaliatory discharge after
Stone refused to issue her a paychec... More...   $0 (08-05-2015 - MA)

CSU is a public institution of higher education established by the Legislature in 1960 to offer undergraduate, graduate and professional instruction. (Ed. Code, § 66010.4, subd. (b).) Currently the largest four-year public university in the United States, CSU enrolls 447,000 students and employs 45,000 faculty and staff members on 23 campuses throughout the state. SDSU, one of CSU’s campuses, e... More...   $0 (08-03-2015 - CA)