PAUL GOYETTE AND HARRY STERN LDF Panel Attorneys Goyette & Associates, Inc., and Rains Lucia Stern, PC Nearly a decade after Fresno police officers arrested a combative domestic violence suspect, a federal jury has finally ended their prolonged odyssey through the criminal justice system by acquitting them of charges of […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
A Court of Appeal determined yesterday that the California Public Records Act (“CPRA”) does not require public access to communications among public officials using private cell phones or personal e-mail accounts. In the City of San Jose v. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County (Smith, Real Party in Interest), […]
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed’s 2014 statewide pension reform initiative suffered what seems to be a fatal blow for this year. This afternoon, a Sacramento County trial court rejected a lawsuit challenging the wording that the Attorney General, Kamala Harris, used in the state’s required, official summary of the measure. […]
U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear City’s Appeal In Retaliation Case by Michael P. Stone, Esq. and Muna Busailah, Esq. On February 24, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the City of Burbank’s petition to grant hearing (certiorari) in City of Burbank v. Angelo Dahlia, No. 10-55978. Thus, the Ninth Circuit’s […]
by Michael P. Stone and Ted Dokko Quezada v. City of Los Angeles (January 8, 2014, B245879) – Cal. Rptr 3rd –, Cal. App. 2nd Dist The Facts Three Los Angeles Police officers, two males and one female, finished their regular work shift at 11 p.m. and went to a […]