#california-supreme-court

#california-supreme-court

The 1950 case Desny v. Wilder set the ground rules for an idea theft/implied contract case in California.In Desny, the plaintiff Victor Desny wrote a script depicting the real-life story of Floyd Collins, a boy who made headlines after he was trapped in a cave 80 feet underground.In an effort to market his script, Desny called Billy Wilder, a writer, producer and director at Paramount Pictures.

(Stan Lim / Los Angeles Daily News via Associated Press)

Leslie Van Houten, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson who took part in murders on his orders, is entitled to parole after spending more than 50 years behind bars, a California appeals court ruled Tuesday, reversing Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to deny her release.

I'll always remember the first time I stepped into Blipsy Bar on N. Western Avenue, in Los Angeles's Koreatown.I felt like a teenager from the '80s, here to escape the humdrum of the Hollywood crowds.I settled into the moody, retro atmosphere, watching people buy cheap drinks and looking nostalgically at the arcade games on offer: Ms. Pac-Man, Gun Fight, Track & Field, Paperboy.

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For most people, moving into a nursing facility or assisted living facility is a transition into the unknown.And not necessarily a benign unknown, but "unknown" with a whiff of foreboding.This is doubly true for LGBTQ+ older adults, who well may be wary about moving into an unwelcoming or even hostile environment.

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The powerful Japanese giants, weighing as much as 350 pounds and clad only in their mawashi (loin cloths), dig their heals into the compressed clay surface of the dohyo (the sumo wrestling ring).These rishiki (literally strong warriors) crouch in fearless and commanding postures, synchronize their breaths as one, and when they both have touched their hands to the ground, lunge forward to engage each other with all the physical strength, as well as mental acumen, they possess.

A California state appeals court on Monday revived a ballot measure allowing app-based services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc to treat drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, in a major victory for the industry.A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based court reversed a lower court ruling in 2021 that the ballot measure, known as Proposition 22, was unconstitutional.

A California appeals court said on Monday that Proposition 22, the ballot measure passed by state voters in 2020 that classified Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, should remain state law.The decision by three appeals court judges overturned the ruling last year by a California Superior Court judge, who said the proposition was unenforceable.

For more than a year, the California voter-approved gig-economy law known as Proposition 22 has hung in the balance after a judge invalidated the ballot initiative allowing giant ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees.On Tuesday, a California appeals court will hear oral arguments in San Francisco on whether it should uphold the lower court that deemed Proposition 22 unconstitutional and unenforceable.

A new mug shot taken Friday shows Scott Peterson, 50, with salt-and-pepper stubble compared to his previous clean-shaven look.California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP SACRAMENTO, Calif.Scott Peterson has been moved off death row more than two years after the California Supreme Court overturned his death sentence for killing his pregnant wife two decades ago, corrections officials said Monday.

If our legal rights to data privacy aren't enforceable, they are just empty promises.One of the best ways to enforce them is to let people sue the companies that violate their data privacy.Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has been chipping away at private enforcement by rewriting a legal doctrine called "standing," which determines who has been harmed enough to deserve their day in court.

The University of California has reached a tentative agreement with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers to increase their pay and other benefits.Those UC workers are staying on the picket lines in solidarity with their United Auto Worker union members who still have not reached a deal.Reporter: Laura Fitzgerald, KQED
California Chief Justice's Final, Year-End Media Briefing
Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the chief justice of the California Supreme Court, held her annual year-end media briefing yesterday.

A California Supreme Court ruling brought an end to one chapter of an ongoing legal battle between a San Jose church and county officials that could have wide-ranging implications for religious activists and public health authorities.Wednesday's ruling denied a final bid by Santa Clara County to force Calvary Chapel to pay more than $200,000 in fees after the church was found in contempt of court.

The California Supreme Court found the right to privacy included decisions related to reproductive choice, including whether to have an abortion or use birth control.Those protections apply to anyone who becomes pregnant, including minors, who under state law can consent to an abortion without a parent's knowledge.Proposition 1 would ensure abortion protections couldn't be changed without voters weighing in.California law allows a woman to have an abortion until the point that a physician determines "there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus' sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures."