Arapaho James Oldman and Matthew Whiteplume severely beat Charles Dodge
III. One of them cut his throat. Mr. Dodge died from blunt-force trauma and/or sharpforce
injuries.
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A grand jury charged Mr. Oldman with first-degree murder as both a principal and
an aider and abettor. At trial, the district court refused his request for a lesser-included
offense instruction on assau

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Garza was convicted of murdering Robert Poynter—the husband of Chacey
Poynter, with whom Garza was having an affair1—by shooting him in the head with
a shotgun after Chacey lured him to a remote area. The evidence at trial showed
Chacey and Garza planned the murder and agreed Garza would kill Robert. Garza
does not ch

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The Lusardis’ farm property comprises 13.55 acres of agricultural-zoned
property in Caesarscreek Township. On the property is a pole barn, a small out-building
overlooking a roughly one-acre pond, a few acres of woodlands, and an eight-acre hay
field that the Lusardis have tended and harvested for the last several years. The farm
does not have

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

California law recognizes a tort cause of action against a noncontracting
party—also called a stranger to the contract—who intentionally interferes with the
performance of a contract. (Applied Equipment Corp. v. Litton Saudi Arabia Ltd. (1994)
7 Cal.4th 503, 513-514 (Applied Equipment).) Caliber Paving Company, Inc. (Caliber)
sued Rexford Industrial Realty and Management, Inc. (Rex

We entrust to police officers the enormous responsibility
of ensuring public safety with integrity and appropriate
restraint, a mission they sometimes pursue by requesting help
from the very public they’re sworn to protect. When members
of the public engage in “active law enforcement service” at a
peace officer’s request, California law treats those members of
the public as

Plaintiff Angela Bolger bought a replacement laptop computer battery
on Amazon, the popular online shopping website operated by defendant
Amazon.com, LLC. The Amazon listing for the battery identified the seller as
“E-Life,” a fictitious name used on Amazon by Lenoge Technology (HK) Ltd.
(Lenoge). Amazon charged Bolger for the purchase, retrieved the laptop
battery from its loc

Santa Cruz County law enforcement officers seized more than 2,000 marijuana
plants from a medical marijuana dispensary for violating a local ordinance restricting
cannabis cultivation. When the dispensary sued to recover the marijuana, the county
asserted it had no obligation to return the plants since the dispensary violated the
ordinance. The trial court agreed and sustained the