On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinions in Brown v. City of Inglewood and People v. North River Insurance Company. (Briefs here; oral argument videos here and here.)
The court granted review in Brown in September 2023 and limited the issue to, “Are elected officials employees for purposes of whistleblower protection under Labor Code section 1102.5, subdivision (b)?” More about the case here.
In North River Insurance, the court is expected to decide two issues: (1) In a bail bond forfeiture proceeding under Penal Code section 1305, subdivision (g), may the court compel the prosecution to make an extradition decision or toll the appearance period to allow time for the prosecution to make an extradition decision? (2) Is the prosecutor’s decision whether or not to extradite a fugitive defendant detained in a foreign jurisdiction a fact that must be alleged in a motion to vacate bail bond forfeiture? The court granted review in November 2023. More about the case here.
These will be the last opinions for the six cases heard on the court’s April calendar. Other argued but undecided cases are the eight on the early-May calendar (most opinions due by August 4), the eight on the late-May calendar (most opinions due by August 18), and the seven on the June calendar (most opinions filing by August 28).
It’s only “most” because: The opinions in the death penalty appeals in People v. Bankston (argued in early-May), People v. Chhuon and Pan (argued in late-May), and People v. Barrera (argued in June) might not file until December 1 because of recently ordered post-argument briefing; also because of post-argument briefing, the People v. Cardenas death penalty appeal (argued in late-May) and People v. Superior Court (Guevara) (argued in June) could be decided as late as September 15 and October 9, respectively.
The Brown and North River Insurance opinions can be viewed Monday starting at 10:00 a.m.
