California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

In re Y.R.

Family Law
Order terminating mother's parental rights is affirmed where substantial evidence supported the juvenile court's adoptability finding, and the court...

Linear Tech. Corp. v. Applied Materials, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property
In suit alleging that defendants had sold plaintiff equipment that was the source of a patent infringement claim against plaintiff by a third party,...

Wimsatt v. Superior Ct. (Kausch)

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Professional Malpractice
In legal malpractice suit alleging that defendant law firm submitted an unauthorized settlement demand to the opposing party in the underlying...

People v. Brenn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Statements made by a stabbing victim to a 911 operator and the first police officer on the scene were admissible as spontaneous statements and were...

Expansion Pointe Props. Ltd. P'ship v. Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP

Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment for defendant law firm in legal malpractice action, based on Ferguson v. Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein (2003) 30 Cal.4th...

Imperial County v. Superior Ct. (State Water Res. Control Bd.)

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Water Law
Sustaining of demurrers to a challenge to aspects of state board's decision approving transfer of 200,000 acre feet of water per year between real...

In re Stier

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Judgment in habeas corpus proceeding discharging defendant from the duty to register as a sex offender under Penal Code section 290, and removing his...

Schulz v. Neovi Data Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law
In suit alleging unfair competition, sustaining of demurrer is affirmed as to two defendants, but reversed as to two other defendants as plaintiff...

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Superior Ct. (Delanzo)

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In calculating the made-whole amount under no-fault medical payments insurance coverage, the insured's total recovery amount is not reduced by the...

People v. Reyes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for possession of methamphetamine for sale, transportation of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana while driving a motor...