California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

LA CO. DEPT. OF CHILDREN SERVS. v. LA SUPER. CT. (SENCERE P.)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Law
Before a dependent child may be placed in the home of any relative caretaker who is not a licensed foster care provider, a criminal records check of...

PEOPLE v. THURMAN

Criminal Law & Procedure
A trial court may require a defendant, as a condition of probation, to waive entitlement to custody credits for time that the defendant spends in a...

HOVEIDA v. SCRIPPS HEALTH

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law
In a breach of medical services contract action, plaintiff's appeal of a stipulated judgment is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the judgment...

PEOPLE v. THOMA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence as a "two-striker" is affirmed over his challenge that his prior conviction of driving under the influence causing "bodily...

IN RE: GLORIANNA K.

Family Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
A juvenile court order terminating parental rights is reversed and remanded to determine whether the Department of Children and Family Services...

MHG FIN. LTD. v. SANTEE

Elections, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law
Defendant-City, which mistakenly enacted an incorrect ordinance, may properly enact another ordinance and make it retroactively effective to cure the...

BREKKE v. WILLS

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A restraining order issued against defendant is affirmed over his challenge that the order violates his First Amendment rights of freedom of speech...

FERRARIS v. ALEXANDER

Family Law, Juvenile Law
Plaintiff-father's application under the Hague Convention for the return of his son, on the ground that he was wrongfully removed from his habitual...

FIEGE v. COOKE

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The trial court's enforcement of a settlement is affirmed over plaintiff's challenge that the settlement was unenforceable since three of the parties...

STARVING STUDENTS, INC. v. DEPT. OF INDUS. RELATIONS

Constitutional Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
When a penalty is assessed against an employer who obtains workers' compensation insurance from an insurer who is not authorized to write compensation...