California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

LASICH v. LASICH

Family Law
An order granting a mother's petition to move with her minor children from California to Spain was properly based on the current actual custody...

LIM v. THE.TV CORP. INT'L

Contracts, Cyberspace Law
In a claim based on the allegedly fraudulent handling of a public auction for the sale of an internet domain name, the announcement of the...

PEOPLE v. HUYNH

Criminal Law & Procedure
The trial court does not have a sua sponte duty to instruct on a misdemeanor target offense, not identified by the prosecutor, which would support an...

DELANEY v. DAHL

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Legal Malpractice
In appeals from judgment on a binding arbitration award in a legal malpractice suit, the arbitrator had authority to award attorney's fees and to add...

JEM ENTER. v. WASHINGTON MUT. BANK, F.A.

Banking Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A lender was entitled to 1) receive and control disbursement of earthquake insurance proceeds, under the assignment provision of a deed of trust, and...

HARDING v. HARDING

Constitutional Law, Family Law
The federal Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act, and its California equivalent, are not unconstitutional as infringements upon a local...

IN RE BRIAN P.

Family Law
A parent may challenge the sufficiency of evidence supporting a child's adoptability, despite failure to raise the argument in the juvenile court...

GARRETSON v. MILLER

Civil Procedure, Legal Malpractice
A judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a legal malpractice claim was proper, where plaintiff failed to satisfy her burden of showing that any...

INTEGRAL DEV. CORP. v. WEISSENBACH

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Trade Secrets
In a complaint by a California corporation, for misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition, against a German citizen hired to manage...

C.H.E.G., INC. v. MILLENIUM BANK

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
A bankruptcy court's order, that property be transferred "free and clear of all interests in the property" at a bankruptcy sale, terminated a property...