California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

ROYALTY CARPET MILLS, INC. v. IRVINE

Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law
Plaintiff's challenge to the issuance of a conditional use permit for the construction of an apartment building is dismissed where, although...

BODEGA BAY CONCERNED CITIZENS v. SONOMA COUNTY

Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law
Section 66452.6 of the Government Code authorizes the County to act on a timely filed application for an extension of a tentative subdivision map for...

IN RE: MARRIAGE OF RIDDLE

Family Law, Juvenile Law
The trial court abused its discretion by calculating income for pendente lite child and spousal support orders based on only the latest two months of...

PEOPLE v. ARELLANO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's murder conviction is affirmed, however, his sentence is modified to reflect a sentence of life, rather than life without possibility of...

SALMON PROT. v. MARIN COUNTY

Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In a suit contesting defendant-County's permit review process, mitigation measures may never support a categorical exemption to California...

PROVENCIO v. WMA SEC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
In a suit alleging improper investment advice, defendant's petition to compel arbitration is denied where defendant was no longer a member of the...

PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's convictions for numerous torture, assault, and rape offenses are affirmed where the statute defining torture is not preempted by the...

STEPHENSON v. ARGONAUT INS. CO.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit for indemnification, dismissal of plaintiff's claim is affirmed where defendant-insurance company's policy is not ambiguous and no potential...

ESTRADA v. PRS, INC.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action alleging unfair business practices, plaintiffs who were dismissed from the action may not appeal where, even though they have...

PEOPLE v. AYERS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for spousal battery is affirmed over his challenges that 1)Alliance Against Family Violence forms were inadmissible under the...