Case law

Golden Gate Hotel Ass'n v. City & County of San Francisco

864 F. Supp. 917 · District Court, N.D. California · Jun 21, 1993

However, the interest stated by the Ordinance—alleviating the problem of homelessness caused by the conversion and demolition of residential hotel units—is too narrow an interest to qualify as legitimate. … As Justice Scalia so clearly and persuasively stated: The traditional manner in which American government has met the problem of those who cannot pay reasonable prices for privately sold necessities—a problem caused by the

Knight v. Richardson Bay Regional Agency

District Court, N.D. California · Oct 27, 2022

The photos of the vessel 25 submitted by the RBRA do not clearly depict extreme debris. See Oppo. Ex. … The “public interest in preserving nature and avoiding irreparable environmental injury” 20 is “well-established.”

Nunez-Palomarez v. Verizon Communication Inc.

District Court, N.D. California · Jun 26, 2025

Because of this dearth of qualified applicants, Mundy approved the decision to 11 cancel the search for the Managing Partner position. … Id. 23 Nunez cannot establish the third element of a prima facie case.

Santos v. United Parcel Service Inc.

District Court, N.D. California · Nov 18, 2020

Although this fact might have been established by a valid sampling study, none 9 was presented by Plaintiff. … First, it affects the burden-shifting scheme established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 7 Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co., 328 U.S. 680 (1946). Mot. at 3. Mt.

Nettles v. Falck Northern California Corp.

District Court, N.D. California · Jun 6, 2024

There is nothing to suggest the parties hold clearly 24 distinguishable views regarding the meaning of these terms. 25 Nor does the fact the CBA defines neither “field” or “non-field” mean judicial 26 … In Huffman, the court found 2 assessing whether an employee qualified as a “Lead” required no more analysis than determining 3 whether that employee qualified as a “Prep Cook” or a “Cook.”

Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California · Jun 9, 2023

It is a 11 well-established methodology for estimating a royalty. The hypothetical negotiation based on 12 IFTTT, however, is not. … Malackowski was qualified to speculate on, and there was nothing in the 1 Next, Mr.

Duke v. San Francisco Community College District

District Court, N.D. California · Jan 31, 2020

right, privilege, or immunity protected by the 20 United States Constitution or federal law. … four prima facie 23 elements: “(1) he was a member of a protected class, (2) he was qualified for the 24 position he sought or was performing competently in the position he held, (3) he suffered 25 an adverse employment

XR Communications, LLC v. Ruckus Wireless, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California · Sep 1, 2021

“Structure disclosed in the specification qualifies as ‘corresponding structure’ 6 if the intrinsic evidence clearly links or associates that structure to the function recited in the 4 claim.” … Figure 22 17 cannot not qualify as “corresponding structure” when the specification itself does not “clearly 18 link[] or associate[] that structure to the function recited in the claim.”

Richter v. Ausmus

District Court, N.D. California · Apr 6, 2023

(b) A service retirement allowance, if the member is qualified for service retirement. … application and forward 2 it to CalPERS. 3 Defendants point out that in order to seek damages under this provision that exempts 4 government entities from immunity

Aaron v. Gastelo

District Court, N.D. California · Jan 7, 2021

The 27 pertinent question is whether the state court’s application of clearly established federal law was For the purposes of both clauses, “clearly established Federal law” consists of Supreme 1 … contrary to 6 clearly established Supreme Court precedent under § 2254(d)(1).

Liu

District Court, N.D. California · Aug 5, 2026

Plaintiffs also generically conclude that Division 11 “would not immunize the Bank from 3 liability for violating independent statutory duties while processing those wires.” … And to the extent Plaintiffs seek prospective “public 13 injunctive relief,” they have not established that they have Article III standing to do so.

Campbell v. Douglas Knights & Associates, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California · May 3, 2021

Plaintiff goes on to allege, “Defendant 4 clearly violated the limited cease and desist letter received by Defendant on December 17th, 2020, 5 by contacting the Plaintiff a number of times by phone instead of US Mail … the 23 following: (1) the plaintiff has been the object of collection activity arising from a consumer debt; 24 (2) the defendant attempting to collect the debt qualifies as a ‘debt collector’ under the FDCPA; 25

Onbirback

District Court, N.D. California · Mar 23, 2026

SJAO argues that under 20 Ngo and Murphy, “non-signatories cannot enforce arbitration clauses unless the contract clearly 21 confers that right.” Id. … “It is well-established that “[i]t is ‘not necessary that the beneficiary be named and 24 identified as an individual’” and that “‘[a] third party may enforce a contract where he shows that 25 he is a member of a class

Korpi v. United States

961 F. Supp. 1335 · District Court, N.D. California · Feb 26, 1997

However, Plaintiffs expert testified that radar would have been “worthless” in establishing the Dialogue’s position. 42. … This court finds that there is no conclusive evidence establishing the exact position of the Dialogue at the time its anchor was deployed, so there is no way to establish whether it changed position between the time it first

Higgs

District Court, N.D. California · Jul 24, 2026

the outcome of the Curtis opinion, which was directed to the interaction between LMRA § 301, California Labor Code 26 § 514, and Curtis’s “qualifying … The CBA has arbitration provisions to redress Labor Code violations and clearly 22 waives PAGA claims.

Singleton v. United States

District Court, N.D. California · Feb 1, 2023

Second, the movant must establish resulting prejudice. See id. at 694. … A criminal history score of 10 establishes a criminal 20 history category of V.

Vargas v. Douglas Knight & Associates, Inc.

District Court, N.D. California · May 3, 2021

Plaintiff goes on to allege, “Defendant 9 clearly violated the limited cease and desist letter received by Defendant on December 17th, 2020, 10 … the 23 following: (1) the plaintiff has been the object of collection activity arising from a consumer debt; 24 (2) the defendant attempting to collect the debt qualifies as a ‘debt collector’ under the FDCPA; 25

Greenspan v. Qazi

District Court, N.D. California · Jun 23, 2021

Others lack a clearly discernable logical connection with scienter. … See Twombly, 550 U.S. at 556-57 (conclusory allegations of agreement 15 insufficient to establish conspiracy).

A.H.

District Court, N.D. California · Feb 20, 2026

No. 105 at 20-22. 8 Sigler and Jordan were aware of some disturbing conduct, including a relationship between 9 A.H. and Shetterly that clearly exceeded expected and appropriate student-teacher dynamics. 10 … Most 17 importantly, the Court finds “that principles of comity will be well-served by allowing the state 18 courts to resolve claims solely of state law” because of the potential application of statutory 19 immunities

Murray v. Martin O'Malley

District Court, N.D. California · May 6, 2024

But because, as discussed above, 12 the record before the ALJ here was not insufficient, the fact that other relevant evidence may have 13 existed but was not included in the record does not itself establish a failure … At step three, the agency determines whether the claimant’s impairments meet (or equal) 26 certain listed impairments which automatically qualify a claimant as disabled.