California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Kinda v. Carpenter

Property Law & Real Estate, Landlord Tenant Law, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought by commercial tenants seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against their landlord, alleging several...

In re Noah G.

Juvenile Law, Family Law
In a mother's appeal from an order terminating her parental rights, the order is affirmed where the juvenile court reasonably concluded the mother...

People v. Hall

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of a Proposition 47 petition for resentencing for felony conviction of grand theft from a person, Pen. Code section 487(c), is affirmed where...

United Educators of S.F. v. Cal. Unemp. Ins. App. Bd.

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Education Law
In a petition for a writ of administrative mandate brought by a teachers' union on behalf of certain of its members who were employed by the San...

Reed v. Gallagher

Media Law, Elections
In a defamation action, arising from a campaign advertisement aired during a race for the California Assembly, the trial court's sustaining of the...

Rice v. Downs

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Professional Malpractice, Legal Malpractice
In an arbitration action, arising from a number of legal malpractice claims brought by plaintiff against defendant attorney, the trial court's order...

Rice v. Downs

Legal Malpractice, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Contracts
In a suit for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of a written agreement defendant drafted to govern a limited liability...

Bertsch v. Mammoth Community Water Dist.

Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, arising out of a skateboarding accident caused by a gap between a road and manhole cover, against various defendants,...

People v. Zamarripa

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of Proposition 47 petition for resentencing of a 1999 felony conviction for possession of a controlled substance reclassified as a misdemeanor,...

People v. Potts

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence for conviction of escape from defendant's home detention program, Pen. Code section 4532(b)(1) is affirmed where any error committed by the...