California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA v. WILSON

Civil Procedure, Family Law
The family court lacked the equitable power to forgive accrued child support arrears in violation of Family Code section 3651, subdivision (c) in...

UPLAND POLICE OFFICERS ASS'N v. CITY OF UPLAND

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (Gov. Code section 3300, et seq.), giving a peace officer under investigation the right to a...

IN RE MARRIAGE OF BRINKMAN

Family Law
The trial court should not have estopped appellant from seeking child support arrears based on $400 a month, on the basis that she did not formally...

CARRANCHO v. CALIFORNIA AIR RES. BD.

Agriculture, Environmental Law
A plan for the diversion of rice straw to off-field uses, and requiring progress reports, complied with the Connelly-Areias-Chandler Rice Straw...

MOULTON NIGUEL WATER DIST. v. COLOMBO

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action to condemn a non-exclusive pipeline easement under land owned by defendants, the jury's award of damages in an amount substantially in...

PEOPLE v. TOTARI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Based on the record, there is no indication of an unreasonable delay, which strongly supports defendant's explanation for the timing of his motions to...

HUYNH v. VU

Family Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for a commission on sale of a parcel of commercial real property, husband was entitled to assert the common law manager's privilege in...

PEOPLE v. PARHAM

Criminal Law & Procedure
Res judicata bars the prosecution from retrying defendant as a mentally disordered offender (MDO) based on the same qualifying offense, and the...

COALITION OF CONCERNED CMTYS., INC. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES (CATELLUS RESIDENTIAL GROUP)

Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of an action challenging city's certification of an environmental impact report and approval of a housing development project, pursuant to...

CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC TRANSITIONS, INC. v. DELHI COUNTY WATER DIST.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In light of Utility Cost Mgmt. v. Indian Wells Valley Water Dist., 26 Cal.4th 1185, sewer connection fees imposed in any manner pursuant to Government...