Published opinions from 2001. The case name opens the case page.
August 15, 2001108 Cal. Rptr. 2d 291
The California Supreme Court affirmed in their entirety the judgment convicting Albert Cunningham of the robbery-murder of Carmen Treto and related offenses and the sentence of death.
July 19, 2001109 Cal. Rptr. 2d 303
The court held that an appellate court with jurisdiction over a criminal case may order correction of an abstract of judgment when the record shows an evident discrepancy between the abstract and the sentencing judgment.
July 11, 2001107 Cal. Rptr. 2d 841
The court affirmed the Court of Appeal’s direction to grant summary judgment for the petroleum companies, concluding that California summary judgment law now largely follows the federal burden-shifting framework and that the plaintiffs’ evidence did not create a triable issue of unlawful conspiracy.
February 26, 2001104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 377
The California Supreme Court held that attorney fees owed to a prevailing anti-SLAPP defendant under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 are calculated under the lodestar adjustment method and that fee enhancements (multipliers) for contingent risk and exceptional representation are permissible, expressly declining…