California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Van Orden

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving the interplay between two criminal law statutes -- one a provision of the Penal Code, the other a provision of the Vehicle Code --...

Farrar v. Direct Commerce, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Contracts
In a suit against plaintiff's former employer, alleging causes of action for breach of contract, conversion, wrongful termination, breach of the...

People v. Riddles

Criminal Law & Procedure, Workers' Compensation
Conviction of workers' compensation insurance fraud in violation of Insurance Code section 11760(a) and restitution order are affirmed where: 1) a...

Lindsey v. Conteh

Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Evidence
In a litigation brought by minority shareholders of a wireless company seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) and a preliminary injunction to...

People v. Bunyard

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a resentencing petition to have defendant's felony conviction for second degree burglary, Pen. Code section 459, redesignated as misdemeanor...

Coyne v. City and County of San Francisco

Property Law & Real Estate, Landlord Tenant Law, Constitutional Law
In a consolidated appeal consider limits on mitigation measures a municipality may impose on landlords under the Ellis Act, when a landlord seeks to...

Gerard v. Orange Coast Memorial Med. Center

Labor & Employment Law, Health Law
In a putative class and private attorney general enforcement action brought by care workers against their hospital employer for alleged Labor Code...

Fiduciary Trust Int'l of California v. Klein

Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a longstanding, particularly acrimonious probate matter involving a family trust, challenging a probate court order permitting...

People v. Antolin

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Grant of defendant's motion to recall sentence for conviction of possession of methamphetamine for sale, Health & Saf. Code section 11378, with three...

Sheley v. Harrop

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Corp. Governance
In a dispute involving the control of a pest control company started by decedent, asserting causes of action to recover damages for conversion, breach...