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  2. Regents of University of California v. Superior Court of Los ...

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    Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County , 4 Cal. 5th 607, 413 P.3d 656 (2018), was a case in which the Supreme Court of California held that universities owe a duty to protect students from foreseeable violence during curricular activities.

  3. California Racial Justice Act of 2020 - Wikipedia

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    Other than the fact that the statute does provide for the appointment of counsel for certain indigent clients, the basic procedures (contained in § 1473, et seq., and California Rules of Court, rules 4.545 to 4.552) for pursuing a habeas petition remain unchanged. [28] If the claim were to succeed, the statute does not specifically mandate a ...

  4. Malicious prosecution - Wikipedia

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    Malicious prosecution is a common law intentional tort.Like the tort of abuse of process, its elements include (1) intentionally (and maliciously) instituting and pursuing (or causing to be instituted or pursued) a legal action (civil or criminal) that is (2) brought without probable cause and (3) dismissed in favor of the victim of the malicious prosecution.

  5. Abuse of process - Wikipedia

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    An abuse of process is the unjustified or unreasonable use of legal proceedings or process to further a cause of action by an applicant or plaintiff in an action. It is a claim made by the respondent or defendant that the other party is misusing or perverting regularly issued court process (civil or criminal) not justified by the underlying legal action.

  6. Malice (law) - Wikipedia

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    Malice is implied when no considerable provocation appears, or when the circumstances attending the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart. [1] Malice, in a legal sense, may be inferred from the evidence and imputed to the defendant, depending on the nature of the case. In many kinds of cases, malice must be found to exist in order to ...

  7. Transferred intent - Wikipedia

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    Generally, any intent to cause any one of these five torts which results in the completion of any of the five tortious acts will be considered an intentional act, even if the actual target of the tort is one other than the intended target of the original tort. See cases of Carnes v. Thompson, 48 S.W.2d 903 (Mo. 1932) and Bunyan v.

  8. Malice aforethought - Wikipedia

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    Malice aforethought was the mens rea element of murder in 19th-century America, [12] [13] and remains as a relic in those states with a separate first-degree murder charge. As of 1891, Texas courts were overwhelmed with discussing whether "malice" needs to be expressed or implied in the judge's jury instructions. [14]

  9. Peruta v. San Diego County - Wikipedia

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    Peruta v. San Diego, 824 F.3d 919 (9th Cir. 2016), was a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit pertaining to the legality of San Diego County's restrictive policy regarding requiring documentation of "good cause" that "distinguish[es] the applicant from the mainstream and places the applicant in harm's way" (Cal. Pen. Code §§ 26150, 26155) before issuing a ...