California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Payne

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In this case, defendant is an inmate serving a term of 25 years to life following conviction of a felony that was not violent. Judgment denying...

Wells Fargo v. The Best Service Co.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In this case, defendant appeals from an order denying its motion to stay the action pending arbitration. The appeal is dismissed, however, where: 1)...

U.S. Bank v. Yashouafar

Banking Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In this case, plaintiff seeks to enforce a Guaranty and Indemnity Agreement that defendants signed in favor of plaintiff's predecessor-in-interest for...

Hyundai Amco v. S3H, Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In this case, the parties entered into a subcontractor services agreement, which provided that disputes would be subject to arbitration. Plaintiff...

Flannery v. VW Credit

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Debt Collection
In this case, plaintiff alleges that by virtue of defendant’s failure to comply with provisions of California’s Vehicle Leasing Act, defendant...

People v. Valencia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Denial of defendant’s petition for recall of sentence and request for resentencing under the Three Strikes Reform Act is affirmed, where the recently...

South. Cal. Gas v. Flannery

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In this case, plaintiff filed a complaint in interpleader against defendant and filed a motion for discharge from the interpleader action and an award...

Daugherty v. Daugherty

Family Law, Government Benefits
Order modifying the child support paid by respondent-father is affirmed, where the trial court correctly omitted the children’s derivative Social...

Ventura Foothill Neighbors v. County of Ventura

Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In this case, defendant County constructed a 90 foot high building at a different location from the original EIR, which called for a maximum height of...

Feresi v. The Livery

Commercial Law, Securities Law
In this case involving conflicting security interests held by two persons, one (the plaintiff) with an unperfected security interest that was created...