California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Foothill-De Anza Cmty. Coll. Dist. v. Emerich

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections, Government Law
In case involving passage by voters of a school bond proposition by a vote of 65.69 percent, trial court's validation of the measure is affirmed over...

Pagarigan v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare of Cal., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, dismissal of the case is affirmed where the law required plaintiffs to amend their complaint within 30 days and they...

Willdan v. Sialic Contractors Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Contracts
In dispute arising from a project to refurbish a stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard in the City of West Hollywood, dismissal of defendant's...

Mercury Interactive Corp. v. Klein

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Media Law
In shareholder derivative action brought on behalf of corporation to recover damages to the corporation resulting from the alleged backdating of stock...

Westamerica Bank v. MBG Indus., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts
In cross actions involving allegations of breach of contract after defaulting on a line of credit and gender discrimination, grant of defendants'...

People v. Calderon

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction and sentence for first degree burglary and assault with a deadly weapon is affirmed over defendant's claim that the instructions...

People v. Aispuro

Criminal Law & Procedure
Convictions for false imprisonment by violence or menace are affirmed over claim that there was insufficient evidence of menace and violence to...

Stellar v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an insurance coverage dispute over whether defendant-insurer had a duty to defend plaintiffs in a defamation suit, summary judgment for defendant...

Snyder v. Superior Ct. (Caterpillar, Inc.)

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Petition for writ of mandate challenging dismissal of wrongful death action based on failure to comply with Los Angeles Superior Court Second Amended...

Bill Signs Trucking, LLC v. Signs Family Ltd. P'ship

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A tenant's preemptive purchase rights under a commercial lease are not triggered by the conveyance of an interest in the property between co-partners...