California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Dews v. Superior Court (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure
A petition for a writ of mandate to compel the dismissal of misdemeanor charges against petitioner is granted only insofar as the matter should be...

Driscoll v. Superior Court (Spencer)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of defendant's cross-complaint alleging retaliation under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) is reversed and remanded, where state courts...

In re Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
The superior court did not err in denying defendant's petition for resentencing under the Three Strikes Reform Act because defendant's sentence was...

People v. Superior Court (Sanchez)

Criminal Law & Procedure
The People's petition for a writ of mandate challenging the trial court's order reforming a plea bargain detrimentally to the People by reducing the...

Crosby v. HLC Properties

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Family Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
The trial court’s order granting the Estate of Wilma Crosby’s petition and holding that she possessed a community property interest in her former...

County of Nevada v. WCAB

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
California Labor Code section 4850, which guarantees certain public safety employees who are disabled from an on-the-job injury "a leave of absence...

Petrosyan v. Prince Corp.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment entered after the trial court granted a second mistrial and dismissed without prejudice plaintiff's appeal of a Labor Commission unpaid wages...

Protect Agricultural Land v. Stanislaus County Local Agency Formation Commission

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to defendant's decision approving the application submitted by real party in interest City of Ceres for the West Landing Specific Plan...

People v. Kisling

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
The trial court's order determining defendant was not entitled to a hearing on whether his indeterminate commitment as a sexually violent predator...

People v. White

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The trial court's order denying defendant's petition filed under the Three Strikes Reform Act, in which he asked the trial court to recall his life...