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The California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have issued two decisions which clarify the powers and rights of law enforcement officers. While addressing different facets of police officers’ power, the cases illustrate the limits which the law places over law.

Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin is pleased to announce the addition of three new Associate Attorneys to the Firm: Lisa Marie Chiappetta, David H. King and Teresa Chen. Ms. Chiapetta is an experienced and talented civil and appellate litigator, having handled a wide variety of cases at.

Under the California Constitution, counties and cities have broad authority to regulate planning and zoning.[1] However, as a recent California Court of Appeal case makes clear, such authority is not unlimited. In Neighbors in Support of Appropriate Land Use v. County of Tuolumne, the appellate.

On November 28, 2007, the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District held that because possession of marijuana for medical purposes is legal under California’s Compassionate Use Act,[1] state courts are not pre-empted by federal law from allowing the return of medical marijuana.

On Monday, the California Supreme Court broadened the permissible use of information gleaned from a police officer’s personnel file by defense attorneys after Pitchess motion proceedings.[1] In Chambers v. Appellate Division of the Superior Court of San Diego County,[2] the court ruled unanimously that “derivative.