California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Episcopal Church Cases

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In dispute over church property where a local congregation of a general church seeks to disaffiliate itself from that general church and take the...

Park v. Valverde

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Administrative suspension of plaintiff's driver's license after drunk driving arrest and a prior drunk driving infraction is affirmed over claim that...

Juarez v. Arcadia Fin., Ltd.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In class action brought under the Unfair Competition Law alleging that defendant engaged in unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business practices by...

People v. Anderson

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction and sentence for second degree robbery and presenting false identification to a peace officer, and conviction based on guilty plea to...

NMSBPCSLDHB v. County of Fresno

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of breach of contract claim and denial of demand for a jury on rescission claim are affirmed as the gist of plaintiff's rescission action...

In re Valerie A.

Family Law
Judgments terminating defendant's parental rights to her children under Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 are affirmed over claims that: 1)...

People v. Whaley

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
Appeal from order recommitting defendant to the Department of Mental Health for a period of two years under the Sexually Violent Predators Act is...

California Minerals v. County of Kern

Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In case involving the valuation of oil and gas mineral property interests for the purpose of determining ad valorem taxes, judgment for...

Salazar v. Interland, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Labor & Employment Law
In claim for commissions on the transfer of Internet and Web-hosting services to defendants, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the...

Alliance Payment Sys., Inc. v. Walczer

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In action to collect amounts allegedly owed under a settlement agreement that divided a business, order granting new trial for defendants is affirmed...