Supreme Court activity yesterday

Yesterday, the Supreme Court took several actions of note:

1. It disposed of the Gentry v. Superior Court "grant and hold" cases (less than a month after the Court denied rehearing in Gentry and issued its remittitur):

   DUNN v. S.C. (KROGER COMPANY) S148581 B194600 Grant - dismissal/lead case 2/2 Transferred after hold

   FIRCHOW v. CITIBANK S150386 B187081 Grant - dismissal/lead case Dismissed - to CA 2/7

   JONES v. CITIGROUP S141753 G033663 Grant - dismissal/lead case 4/2 Transferred after hold

   KONIG v. U-HAUL COMPANY S149883 B190547 Grant - dismissal/lead case 2/5 Transferred after hold

   MASSIE v. RALPHS GROCERY S153059 B187844 Grant - dismissal/lead case 2/7 Transferred after hold

2. It denied review and depublication in Estrada v. FedEx Ground Package System, no. S156595. The Court of Appeal opinion is Estrada v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., 154 Cal.App.4th 1 (2007). My prior post on Estrada, in which I noted the class certification aspects of the opinion, is here.

3. It granted review in Harris v. Superior Court (Liberty Mutual Insurance), no. S156555. In that case, the Court of Appeal reversed the trial court's order decertifying the plaintiff insurance adjusters' misclassification/overtime claims. See Harris v. Superior Court, 154 Cal.App.4th 164 (2007) (review granted). The opinion focused more on the exempt/non-exempt question than on the class certification question, as explained in this post from Wage Law. The Supreme Court's statement of issues on review has not yet been posted.