Appellant plaintiff church (Celebration Worship Center) filed a complaint for declaratory judgment, seeking to determine the boundary line between it and appellee defendant homeowners (the Tuckers) to determine ownership of its real estate, to allow it...

On Nov. 29, 2012, local police received an anonymous tip that defendant Taron B. Burns was receiving shipments of marijuana from California; that she received a shipment on Nov. 21; that she sold ecstasy to the tipster's girlfriend; that she sold...

On 38 occasions between 2001 and 2006, the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of plaintiff United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), found illegal drugs secreted on trains brought to the U.S. border by two Mexican...

Defendant Jeffrey Snyder doing business as J.S.N.Y. (collectively, "Snyder") obtained a registration of copyright on a plastic "Uncle Sam bank" in Class G ("Works of Art") as "sculpture." It was undisputed that...

Police officers specializing in anti-gang enforcement were investigating unrelated criminal activity at an apartment complex in a high-crime area of Los Angeles when they encountered defendant Earl Nevils asleep on a couch in one of the apartments. The...

Defendants Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., Morten Hopkins, and John W. Harrell were officers or directors of one or more savings and loan institutions. They wished to make large contributions to various candidates or political groups in an effort to prevent passage...

Plaintiff C.H., a minor of the age of 18, entered into a conditional sales contract for the purchase of a car from defendant Egolf Motor Company ("Egolf"). At the time, he told Egolf that he was 22 years old. C.H. later experienced problems...

A victim died in a street confrontation on June 9, 2005. Police, acting on information identifying defendant T.L. as the shooter, arrested him at 6:40 a.m. on Sept. 20, 2005, at the home of his aunt and uncle as he attempted to escape through the rear...

Plaintiffs were among the plaintiffs who filed a securities fraud and breach of contract against defendants. Defendants moved to dismiss the case on the ground that the claims in this case were compulsory counterclaims in an earlier state court action...

In Feb. 2011, police officers stopped defendant Elliot Parrilla for a traffic infraction. An officer patted him down for weapons at which time Parrilla admitted that he had a knife in his pocket. One of the officers tested the knife to determine whether...