This is a case about how California law applies to the
delicate juncture of executive power, federalism, and tribal
sovereignty. Under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
(IGRA; 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.), the United States Secretary
of the Interior (Interior Secretary) may permit casino-style
gaming on certain land taken into federal trust for an Indian
tribe, so long

Health and Safety Code1 section 1430, subdivision (b)
gives a current or former nursing care patient or resident the
right to bring a private cause of action against a skilled nursing
facility for violating certain regulations. The available remedies
include injunctive relief, costs and attorney fees, and “up to five
hundred dollars ($500)” in statutory damages. The questio

California’s Eminent Domain Law (Code Civ. Proc.,
§ 1230.010 et seq.)
1 —and, in particular, Code of Civil Procedure
section 1245.245—provides that when “[p]roperty acquired by a
public entity [through eminent domain] . . . is not used for [its
intended] public use . . . within 10 years of adoption of the
resolution of necessity [that authorized its taking],” the

On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise. Forced to leave their ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama, the Creek Nation received assurances that their new lands

Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company (Stanford Vina) sued the State Water
Resources Control Board (the Board), among other defendants, challenging the Board’s
issuance of certain temporary emergency regulations in 2014 and 2015, during the height
of one of the most severe droughts in California’s history. The challenged regulations
established minimum flow requirements on thr

Sometimes small gestures can have unexpected consequences. Major initiatives practically guarantee them. In our time, few pieces of federal legislation rank in significance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There, in Title VII, Congress outlawed discrimination in the workplace on thebasis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Today,we must decide whether an employer can fire someones

On June 5, 2019, Weaver was indicted on one count of possession of
cocaine, a fifth-degree felony in violation of R.C. 2925.11(A)(C)(4)(a), and one count of
illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, a fourth-degree misdemeanor in
violation of R.C. 2925.14(C)(1)(F)(1). Weaver was also indicted on two other counts,
which were dismissed through an oral motion by the state.

Health and Safety Code section 127677, enacted as part of
Senate Bill No. 17 (Stats. 2017, ch. 603, § 4), requires
pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide 60-days’ notice to
public and private registered purchasers, including state entities
and health insurers, before increasing the wholesale acquisition
cost of a drug (we will refer to the notice as a “price increase

Health and Safety Code section 127677, enacted as part of
Senate Bill No. 17 (Stats. 2017, ch. 603, § 4), requires
pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide 60-days’ notice to
public and private registered purchasers, including state entities
and health insurers, before increasing the wholesale acquisition
cost of a drug (we will refer to the notice as a “price increase

¶0 1. APPEAL AND ERROR - Supreme Court Without Jurisdiction to Determine Questions of Fact and Law New and Different From Those Involved When Case Presented on Appeal.
In an appellate proceeding the Supreme Court does not have original jurisdiction to try and determine questions of fact and law new and different from those involved in the case when it was presented on appeal.
2. MECHANICS