CALVIN HOUSE

Calvin House is a partner at Gutierrez, Preciado & House, LLP. He has been an active litigator for over 20 years, emphasizing business and employment litigation, civil appeals and local government liability defense. He resides in Pasadena, California.

Previous Experience: associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore (1976-80); Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (1980-82); partner, Ratner, House & Murch (1982-84); assistant professor, Western State University College of Law (1984-88); of counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (1988-95)

Education: BA 1973, Columbia College; JD 1976, Columbia Law School

Admissions: California; United States Supreme Court; United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California

Affiliations: California State Bar Litigation Section; Adjunct Professor, Western State University College Of Law

Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Law; Civil Appeals; Government Tort Liability

Publications:

• Malpractice Liability to Non-Clients, Orange County Lawyer, August 1994
• Prior Restraints on Campaign Speech in California, 14 W. St. U.L. Rev. 409 (1987)
• Preclusion by State Judgment in Cases Involving Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction, 13 W. St. U.L. Rev. 435 (1986)
• Good Faith Rejection and Specific Performance in Publishing Contracts: Safeguarding the Author's Reasonable Expectations, 51 Brooklyn L. Rev. 95 (1984)

Published Decisions

County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court (Schonert), 21 Cal. 4th 292 (1999)

Government liability, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims-damages, survival actions

City of Barstow v. Mojave Water Agency, 75 Cal. Rptr. 2d 477 (1998), review granted (Aug. 26, 1998)

Water rights; water basin adjudication; physical solution

Independent Investor Protective League v. Time, Inc., 66 A.D.2d 391, 412 N.Y.S.2d 898 (1979), rev'd, 50 N.Y.2d 259, 406 N.E.2d 486, 428 N.Y.S.2d 671 (1980)

Standing to bring derivative lawsuit for a dissolved corporation

Services Employees International Union v. Fair Political Practices Commission, 747 F. Supp. 580 (E.D. Cal. 1990), aff'd, 955 F.2d 1312 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 112 S. Ct. 3056, 3057 (1992)

Campaign finance; political speech; attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988

Shawmut Bank, N.A. v. Kress Associates, 33 F.3d 1477 (9th Cir. 1994)

Securities fraud; banking; fiduciary duty

Tetra Pak, Inc. v. State Board of Equalization, 234 Cal. App. 3d 1751, 286 Cal. Rptr. 529 (1992)

State use tax; application of tax amnesty statute

Union Bank v. Superior Court, 31 Cal. App. 4th 573, 37 Cal. Rptr. 2d 653 (1995)

Lender liability; summary judgment standards

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