Tag: California law
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Witkin
Witkin “Witkin”generally refers to a leading California legal treatise by B. E. Witkin titled Summary of California Law, although it may also refer to any of the Witkins treatises, likee the Witkin’s California Criminal Law, California Procedure or California Evidence. Bernard Witkin was a legal scholar who dedicated most of his professional life to writing…
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Materson v. Sine
Materson v. Sine 1968 California Supreme Court • Dallas and Rebecca, husband and wife, own ranch as tenants in common, convey ranch to Medora and Lu (Medora = Dallas’ sister) with option to repurchase ranch for particular price plus value of improvements minus depreciation. • Dallas is now bankrupt. Trustee is acting to protect unsecured…
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Bovard v. American Horse Enterprises, Inc
Bovard v. American Horse Enterprises, Inc. 1988 California Court of Appeals • Plaintiff was to sell ‘American Horse Enterprises’ to James Ralph, which manufactures marijuana paraphenelia. • Ralph wrote promisory note to Bovard, Bovard conveyed business to Ralph. • Ralph wants to invalidate promisory note on basis that business manufactures illegal products • Gambling contracts…
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Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services
Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services, Inc. 2000 California Supreme Court • As condition of employment, employee had to sign contract requiring arbitration of wrongful termination disputes. • Plaintiff employees claims sexual harassment/discrimination and want to sue in Court. • Disagreement between trial and appeals court on whether arbitration provision is severable. • Agreements now…
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Monarco v. Lo Greco
Monarco v. Lo Greco 1950 California Supreme Court • Castiglias purchased farm in California. Natale and Carmela tell Christie he will get farm if he doesn’t get Education and stays and works on farm for life. • Natale and Carmela each executed a will for land to go to Christie–thus this part was in writing.…
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States legislation and cases on Attorney Client Privilege
States legislation and cases on Attorney Client Privilege See Attorney Client Concepts Besides federal legislation, court rules, and case law, the rules applicable to the attorney client privilege comprises also state legislation. Below is a sampling of state court decisions decided at least in part based on their own state’s court rules, case law, or…
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California Agency Databases
California State Agency Databases This is an annotated list of databases produced by California State Agencies. The Agencies section of the list is mostly arranged by main producing agency. To add a database to this list or to fix a broken link, do it yourself as this is a wiki, editable by anybody. Return to…