We regularly summarize cases in which the Supreme Court has granted review. But we couldn’t help notice the amount of press that lately has been garnered by the Court’s orders denying review:
- The ABA Journal reports that the Court denied review in People v. Godinez, in which the Court of Appeal struck down local laws regulating the movements of registered sex offenders (see also this article from Southern California Public Radio).
- As discussed here and here, the Court denied review of the Court of Appeal’s decision affirming Dr. Conrad Murray’s conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the death of pop singer Michael Jackson.
- As reported here by the Met News, the Court denied review in Bergeron v. Boyd, an action arising from a child custody dispute. The Court of Appeal had affirmed the dismissal of the mother’s complaint against the court-appointed custody evaluator alleging breach of contract, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
- As noted here, the Court last month denied review in Maral v. City of Live Oak, in which the Third District Court of Appeal upheld the city’s ban on medical marijuana cultivation.
- This Met News article discusses the Court’s denial of review in Law School Admission Council, Inc. v. State of California (2014) 222 Cal. App. 4th 1265, in which the Third District Court of Appeal upheld a section of the Education Code barring the administrator of the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) from notifying law schools that an applicant has received a disability accommodation.
