CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
People v. Barker
S115438 (A093759) 107 Cal.App.4th 147
Petition on review after affirmance of judgment.
Question presented: Is forgetfulness a defense to a charge of failing to register as a sex offender under Penal Code §290? 6/11/03
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
People v. Britt
S115377 (C033771) 107 Cal.App.4th 8
Petition for review after reversal of judgment. Question presented: Was a convicted sex offender who failed to register both with authorities in the county from which he moved and with authorities in the county to which he moved subject to separate prosecutions in each county for failing to register? 6/11/03
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Yanowitz v. L'Oreal USA, Inc.
S115154 (A095474) 106 Cal.App.4th 472
Petition for review after reversal of judgment. Question presented: Was an employee’s refusal to carry out her supervisor’s discriminatory order to terminate another employee protected activity, upon which the employee could base a claim for unlawful retaliation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act? 6/11/03
TORTS
Reeves v. Hanlon
S114811 (B151460) 106 Cal.App.4th 433
Petition for review after affirmance in part and reversal of judgment.
Question presented: Can an employer of an at-will employee maintain a claim for tortious interference with existing contractual relationships against another employer who offers employment to that employee?
6/11/03
CIVIL LITIGATION AND PROCEDURE
Kulshrestha v. First Union Commercial Corporation
S115654 (C041513) 107 Cal.App.4th 415
Petition for review after affirmance of judgment. Question presented: Was an out-of-state declaration by a party litigant invalid, as a matter of law, for its failure to state that the declarant was subject to the penalty of perjury "under the laws of the State of California"? 6/18/03
CIVIL LITIGATION AND PROCEDURE
Maynard v. Brandon
S114829 (E031430) Unpublished
Petition for review after reversal of judgment. Question presented: Does the mandatory filing deadline of Bus. & Prof. Code §§6203 and 6204 operate as a statute of limitations barring Code Civ. Proc. §473 relief from a California State Bar arbitration award that has become final? 6/18/03
INSURANCE
O'Riordan v. Federal Kemper Life Assurance Company
S115495 (C037789) Unpublished
Petition for review after affirmance of judgment. Question presented: Should an insurer be estopped from rescinding a policy of insurance after misrepresentations made by an agent when assisting an insured in completing an insurance application? Should an insurer be charged with knowledge of good faith statements by its insured to the insurer’s agent? 6/18/03
TORTS
Gates v. Discovery Communications, Inc.
S115008 (D039399) 106 Cal.App.4th 677
Petition for review after reversal of judgment. Question presented: Can a person who was once a notorious public figure ever regain his status as a private figure so as to maintain a cause of action against the press for the public disclosure of private facts? 6/18/03
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Warrick v. Superior Court (City of Los Angeles Police Department)
S115738 (B160462) 107 Cal.App.4th 1271
Petition for review after denial of petition for writ of mandate. Question presented: Can a trial court deny a motion for Pitchess discovery on the ground that the court has reached a factual conclution that the police did not commit the misconduct alleged in the defendant's motion? 6/25/03
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
People v. Langston
S115998 (C037845) 107 Cal.App.4th 959
Petition for review after affirmance of judgment with modification. Question presented: Was a defendant's prison term for nonviolent escape from prison a separately served prison term within the meaning of Penal Code § 667.5(b), for purposes of imposing a one-year sentence 6/25/03
