Public Entities
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- Plaintiff sued a school district for alleged constitutional violations in assigning students to the district’s elementary schools and assigning students to academic programs in the district high school.
- Case addressed public agency immunity from liability for accidents involving high speed chases by peace officers.
- A county mental institution was sued for injuries sustained by a patient assaulted by a fellow patient. The case addressed the issue of governmental immunity for public entities tortious conduct committed by mentally ill patients.
- Class action for injunctive and writ relief statewide on behalf of recipients of certain public benefits in that they were deprived of equal protection and discriminated against in the administration and supervision of said benefits.
- Retirees sued pension fund for age discrimination following a change in formula used for calculation of retiree pension benefits.
- A consolidated case addressed how to determine the integrity of electronic voting machines under the California Elections Code.
- Case addressed the issue of the disclosure of meeting minutes at the public university pursuant to the Public Records Act.
