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Case Summaries: - November 13, 2003
CALIFORNIA APPELLATE DISTRICTS
DAILY OPINION SUMMARIES - November 13, 2003
Date:2003/11/13 Thu PM 06:19:23 CST

======================================================================== ======================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL PROCEDURE, CORPORATION & ENTERPRISE LAW * THOMSON v. ANDERSON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, DEFAMATION * VARIAN MEDICAL SYS., INC. v. DELFINO CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE * IN RE MCCLENDON * PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ ======================================================================== CIVIL PROCEDURE, CORPORATION & ENTERPRISE LAW THOMSON v. ANDERSON, No. g031407 (Cal. 4th App. Dist. November 13, 2003) The trial court properly ranted defendants' motion to quash service of summons for lack of personal jurisdiction where Corporations Code section 31420 does not create an independent basis for personal jurisdiction and plaintiff failed to establish that defendants had sufficient minimum contacts with California. To read the full text of this opinion, go to: http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/caapp4th/slip/2003/g031407.html [PDF File] http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/g031407.pdf  THOMSON v. ANDERSON, No. g031407 (Cal. 4th App. Dist. November 13, ============================================== CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, DEFAMATION VARIAN MEDICAL SYS., INC. v. DELFINO, No. h024214 (Cal. 6th App. Dist. November 13, 2003) Judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed where the evidence was sufficient to find that plaintiffs were defamed, written defamatory communications published by means of the Internet were properly characterized as libel, and plaintiff's status as a public company did not make it a public figure, invoking the Sullivan standard. To read the full text of this opinion, go to: http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/caapp4th/slip/2003/h024214.html [PDF File] http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/h024214.pdf   VARIAN MEDICAL SYS., INC. v. DELFINO, No. h024214 (Cal. 6th App. ============================================== CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE IN RE MCCLENDON, No. a099191, a099293 (Cal. 1st App. Dist. November 13, 2003) The superior court's order releasing petitioner on parole and grant of habeas relief are reversed where the Governor's decision to reverse the Board's grant of parole is supported by some evidence relevant to the factors the Governor is required to consider under the CA Constitution. To read the full text of this opinion, go to: http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/caapp4th/slip/2003/a099191.html [PDF File] http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/a099191.pdf IN RE MCCLENDON, No. a099191, a099293 (Cal. 1st App. Dist. November13, 2003) ============================================== CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ, No. e032545 (Cal. 4th App. Dist. November 13, 2003) District court is affirmed where there was sufficient evidence to sustain conviction for operating a chop shop and conviction for receiving stolen property was proper as it is not a necessarily lesser included offense of operating a chop shop. To read the full text of this opinion, go to: http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/caapp4th/slip/2003/e032545.html [PDF File] http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/e032545.pdf PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ, No. e032545 (Cal. 4th App. Dist. 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