California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Hammond v. County of LA

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging violations of the FEHA, racial harassment, and retaliation, summary judgment for defendants is reversed in part where: 1) there is a...

People v. Ramirez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Termination of probation and imposition of sentence for probation violation is affirmed where: 1) since defendant agreed to the increased sentence as...

Brand v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging unlawful retaliation for making disclosures protected by the California Whistleblower Protection Act, sustaining of demurrer is...

Goodman v. Lozano

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts
In a construction defect case where plaintiffs settled with some defendants for amount exceeding damages later awarded by trial judge against...

In re B.D.

Family Law
Judgments terminating parental rights to minor and his four siblings, and order denying petitions for modification, are affirmed over claims that: 1)...

Combs v. Skyriver Communications, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
In action for recovery of unpaid overtime compensation, judgments in favor of defendants are affirmed over principal arguments challenging the trial...

L.A. v. 2000 Jeep Cherokee

Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In case where defendant's vehicle was seized, and forfeiture proceedings initiated after he was arrested for soliciting prostitution, judgment and...

Alliant Ins. Servs., Inc. v. Gaddy

Contracts, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, M&A
In case involving insurance brokerage business's purchase of a competing brokerage, preliminary injunction entered against former majority shareholder...

In re G.S.R.

Family Law, Indian Law
Order terminating parental rights is reversed where the juvenile court made no finding based on clear and convincing evidence that the father is...

Krinsky v. Doe 6

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving an anonymous message board participant's scathing verbal attacks on plaintiff, a corporate officer of a Florida company, and where...