California Supreme Court Archives

The California Governor’s Pardon Power

December 28, 2021 9:45 amDecember 28, 2021 9:54 am

Both the U.S. President and California’s Governor have the power to pardon. The President’s pardon power is contained in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides that “The President … shall have Power to grant...

Public Records Request Exposes CA Redistricting Commission Secret Meetings

December 1, 2021 7:25 pmDecember 8, 2021 3:45 pm

A recent California Public Records Act request by Attorneys Harmeet Dhillon, Michael Columbo and Mark Meuser (on behalf of California Globe editor Katy Grimes), produced evidence that members of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) have been holding secret meetings....

Court of Appeal Decides Key Budget Bills Case 3-0

November 3, 2021 2:15 amNovember 2, 2021 6:11 pm

After four years of waiting, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled 3-0 in Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) v. Shirley Weber (Josh Newman, et al., Real Parties in Interest). HJTA had brought two petitions for writ of mandate in...

Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel: Did the CA Supreme Court Get It Right?

October 15, 2021 10:00 amOctober 15, 2021 10:01 am

Does the phrase “regular rate of compensation” mean the same thing as “regular rate of pay”? Yes, according to the California Supreme Court. But did the state’s highest court get it right? On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court...

Applying Dynamex Retroactively Is Fundamentally Unfair

September 22, 2021 4:05 pmSeptember 22, 2021 5:07 pm

With this week’s federal appellate court decision, we can clearly see the fundamental unfairness of the retroactive application of the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors. On Monday, September 20, the U.S. Court...

State Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar To Leave Court On October 31st

September 17, 2021 11:16 am

California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar announced on Thursday that he will be leaving next month following Governor Gavin Newsom’s recall election victory earlier this month. Due to leave on October 31st, Cuellar announced that he will become president of...

California Supreme Court Rules 5-2 That Prisoners Cannot Possess Marijuana While In Prison

August 14, 2021 2:50 amAugust 18, 2021 10:30 am

The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that prisoners in California’s penal system could not legally possess marijuana while in prison, overturning a lower court ruling. The question over whether prison inmates should be able to have marijuana has been...