California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Dual Diagnosis Treatment Ctr. v. Buschel

Media Law
In a media action seeking damages and injunctive relief from defendant's republication, in an electronic newsletter, of an outdated newspaper article...

San Joaquin County Correctional v. County of San Joaquin

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
In an action over government pensions, challenging defendant county's elimination of its cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) contribution toward...

Madrigal v. Victim Compensation & Govt. Claims Bd.

Civil Rights, Habeas Corpus, Injury & Tort Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an administrative mandate action, challenging defendant board's denial of petitioner's compensation claim for wrongful imprisonment following a...

Armin v. Riverside Community Hospital

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Health Law
In an action arising out of physician peer review proceedings against plaintiff brain surgeon, the court held that: 1) a physician need not complete...

People v. Franske

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a criminal action, the trial court's reduction of defendant's second-degree burglary conviction to shoplifting under Proposition 47, and refusal to...

People v. Elizalde

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a sentencing action arising after the trial court found defendant in violation of her postrelease community supervision (PRCS) but immediately...

People v. Gonzales

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a criminal action, the trial court's denial of defendant's petition for recall of sentence under Penal Code section 1170.18 is reversed where...

San Diegans for Open Government v. City of San Diego

Environmental Law
In a case involving the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the court affirms the trial court decision that the plaintiffs are not entitled...

Conservatorship of the Person of B.C.

Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a conservatorship action, the trial court's order issuing letters of conservatorship under Probate Code section 1823 is affirmed. The Court held...

Thompson v. Asimos

Injury & Tort Law, Contracts
In a case arising out of a business relationship between a consulting firm and a real estate broker hired as an independent contractor, in which each...