On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinions in Heller Ehrman LLP v. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Alvarado v. Dart Container Corporation of California, and People v. Garton. (Briefs here; oral argument videos here, here, and here.)
Monday is the last regular filing day within the 90-day period for all three cases, which were argued on the December calendar.
In Heller Ehrman, at the Ninth Circuit’s request, the court will decide, under California law, what interest, if any, does a dissolved law firm have in legal matters that are in progress but not completed at the time the law firm is dissolved, when the dissolved law firm had been retained to handle the matters on an hourly basis? (Second District, Division Four, Court of Appeal Justice Nora Manella is the pro tem.)
The Alvarado case involves a determination of the proper method for calculating the rate of overtime pay when an employee receives both an hourly wage and a flat sum bonus. (Second District, Division Six, Court of Appeal Justice Steven Perren is the pro tem.)
Garton is an automatic direct appeal from an April 2001 judgment of death. (Fifth District Court of Appeal Justice Charles Poochigian is the pro tem.)
The three opinions can be viewed Monday starting at 10:00 a.m.
