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The People of the State of California v. Superior Court (Romero), 13 CAL. 4TH 497, 917 P.2D 628 (Cal. 1996), was a landmark case in the state of California that gave California Superior Court judges the ability to dismiss a criminal defendant's "strike prior" pursuant to the California Three-strikes law, thereby avoiding a 25-to-life minimum sentence.
More than 300 published court opinions have interpreted and applied California's anti-SLAPP law. [3] Because the right to file a special motion to strike is substantive immunity to suit, rather than a merely procedural right, federal courts apply the law to state law claims they hear under diversity jurisdiction. [4]
The Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) is a California statute that authorizes aggrieved employees to bring actions for civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California against their employers for California Labor Code violations. [1]
A motion to strike is a request by one party in a United States trial requesting that the presiding judge order the removal of all or part of the opposing party's pleading to the court. These motions are most commonly sought by the defendant, as to a matter contained in the plaintiff's complaint; however, they may also be asserted by plaintiffs ...
The California Supreme Court ruling curtails the ability of public employees in the state to seek help from the courts in labor disputes.
The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in San Francisco at the Earl Warren Building , [ 1 ] but it regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacramento . [ 2 ]
The Supreme Court is expected to decide the case, Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA, by summer. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Supreme Court to hear challenge to CA's move to phase ...
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a red-state constitutional challenge to California's special authority to fight air pollution. Over a dissent by Justice Clarence Thomas, the justices turned ...