ZF MICROSOLUTIONS v. TAT CAPITAL PARTNERS (2022) 82 Cal.App.5th 992

Aug 08, 2022

OUTCOME: Judgment reversed on grounds that denial of jury trial was error.

A claim by a successor corporation for fiduciary duty based on capital firm's destruction of predecessor corporation through venture capital firm's representatives on the board is not a purely equitabl ... e claim but primarily a legal claim entitled to a jury trial,

People v. Juan Vallejo Corona, 80 Cal.App.3d 684

Jan 01, 1979

OUTCOME: Conviction affirmed

Appeal of murder convictions (search and seizure issues)

Greater Middleton Association v. Holmes Lumber Co. (1990) 222 Cal.App.3d 980

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OUTCOME: Enforcement of equitable servitudes to prevent commercial logging in Middleton Tract upheld.

This decision upheld the enforcement of "equitable servitudes" to prevent a lumber company from logging in a remote residential area with ancient redwoods. This was one of the first legal decisions co ... ncerning equitable servitudes in the last 75 years, and is frequently cited in both California Court decisions and decisions in other states.

Ghafur v. Bernstein (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 1230

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OUTCOME: Court upheld dismissal of libel suit on ground that plaintiff was a "public official."

Libel case brought by Muslim charter school principal falsely accused of terrorist connections. First case to hold that a principal of a private charter school was a "public official" and therefore req ... uired to prove malice.

People v. Wilson, 50 Ill.2d 323 (Supreme Court of Illinois)

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OUTCOME: Defendants permitted to file late appeal on grounds that they were not advised of their right to appeal

Affirmed right of persons convicted of misdemeanors to be advised of right to appeal conviction. Illinois Supreme Court held intermediate appellate court abused its discretion in refusing to permit lat ... e appeal.

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