By Kimberly Chin
on September 15, 2019
UPDATE: On August 22, 2019, the City of Boise filed a petition asking the Supreme Court of the United States ("SCOTUS") to review the Ninth Circuit's decision. A copy of the petition can be... Continue Reading
By Kimberly Chin
on August 12, 2019
On July 15, 2019, the California Supreme Court decided Quigley v. Garden Valley Fire Protection District, to answer whether Government Code section 850.4 constituted an affirmative defense... Continue Reading
By Christina Forst
on July 21, 2019
On July 10, 2019, the California Court of Appeal issued a decision in Karen Hernandez, et al. v. First Student, Inc., et al., an appeal that arose out of a wrongful death action. In the... Continue Reading
By Peter Glaessner
on June 28, 2019
Several weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis, No. 18-525, decided that the filing of an EEOC charge is not jurisdictional, and that the defense of failure... Continue Reading
By Patrick Moriarty
on June 02, 2019
I. Introduction
What happens when a suspect does not break the law, “fails the attitude test,” and is arrested? He becomes a plaintiff in a First Amendment retaliation case. ... Continue Reading
By lfsuser
on May 09, 2018
On February 22, 2018, the California Court of Appeal decided Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District v. Superior Courtand reversed a trial court judgment that had denied the Big Oak... Continue Reading
