California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Horne v. District Council 16 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

Labor & Employment Law
In this employment discrimination action, plaintiff alleges that he was racially discriminated against in violation of the California Fair Employment...

Grenier v. Taylor

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of defendant's motion to strike the plaintiff's complaint for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress as a strategic...

Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In this case, cross-defendant County of Los Angeles sought to compel individual arbitrations of grievances by certain union employees represented by...

In re Emily D.

Civil Procedure, Family Law
In this case, defendant-mother appeals from the juvenile court's jurisdiction findings and disposition orders declaring her children dependents of the...

Belasco v. Wells

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In this case, plaintiff purchased a resident from defendant Wells, filed a complaint in 2006 regarding alleged construction defects, and settled the...

People v. Tittle

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In this case, defendants were convicted and sentenced on charges of attempted murder, shooting at an inhabited dwelling, and related offenses. The...

Aghaian v. Minassian

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In this case brought by Iranian citizens against Iranian citizens, involving a dispute over real properties located in Iran, the trial court stayed...

Torres v. City of Montebello

Attorney's Fees, Government Contracts
In this case, the mayor of defendant-city refused to sign a contract duly approved by the city council. After some weeks passed without the mayor...

Nearly v. City of Santa Monica

Labor & Employment Law
In this case, plaintiff sued under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act against defendant-city, his employer, for disability discrimination,...

In re Art T.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
In this case, the juvenile court sustained one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder against defendant-juvenile, found the...