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Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the California Superior Court located in Los Angeles County. It is the largest single unified trial court in the United States. The Superior Court operates 36 courthouses throughout the county. Currently, the Presiding Judge is Sergio C. Tapia II and David W. Slayton is the Executive Officer/Clerk of ...
Dynamex Operations W. v. Superior Court and Charles Lee, Real Party in Interest, 4 Cal.5th 903 (Cal. 2018) was a landmark case handed down by the California Supreme Court on April 30, 2018. A class of drivers for a same-day delivery company, Dynamex, claimed that they were misclassified as independent contractors and thus unlawfully deprived of ...
Anne Hwang (born 1975) [2] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2019 to 2024.
The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Katherine Rosen, Real Party in Interest. Citation(s) 4 Cal.5th 607 (2018); 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 415; 413 P.3d 656: Holding; A university has a special relationship with its students, and thus has a duty to protect them from foreseeable violence in classroom or curricular settings. Court membership
Governor Jerry Brown appointed him to the Los Angeles County Superior Court on December 23, 1977; George was elected to a full six-year term on November 7, 1978, and re-elected on November 6, 1984. [1] [4] As a Superior Court judge, George presided over the trial of Hillside Strangler Angelo Buono in 1981–83.
Cunningham also served as a police commissioner for the Los Angeles Police Department from 2001 to 2005. [3] [4] It was a challenging time for the City of Los Angeles, coming on the heels of the worst corruption scandal in the history of the Department, a rise in crime, and federal scrutiny of the city's policing practices. He served four years ...
Median spending for a judicial office of the Los Angeles County Superior Court has risen from $3,177 in 1970 to $70,000 in 1994. [45] Fresno County public defenders have protested excessive case loads, carrying about 1,000 felony cases a year giving them an average of only about two hours and five minutes per case. [46]