California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Konou v. Wilson

Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiff's petition claiming an omitted spouse's interest in a deceased's estate, probate court's ruling that plaintiff was an omitted spouse but...

Pfeifer v. Countrywide Home Loans

Property Law & Real Estate, Debt Collection
In a suit against a mortgage lender, after a nonjudicial foreclosure proceeding was commenced against plaintiffs' property, trial court's judgment in...

People v. Jasso

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for attempted murder and other charges arising from his shooting at people through a window at a McDonald's restaurant is...

Prigmore v. City of Redding

Constitutional Law, Remedies
In plaintiffs' constitutional challenge to defendants' policy regulating leafleting on a library campus and other restrictions, trial court's grant of...

In re Ins. Installment Fee Cases

Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law
In plaintiffs' putative class action against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, alleging breach of contract and other related causes of...

Thorpe v. Reed

Probate, Trusts & Estates
Trial court's order awarding a temporary trustee's request for fees is reversed and remanded where the trial court's construction of sections 15642(a)...

Olofsson v. Mission Linen Supply

Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit for wrongful termination, alleging that he was fired in retaliation for having exercised his rights under the federal and state...

Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Trial court's denial of a petition for a writ of mandate directing a city to vacate certification of an environmental impact report (EIR) for a park...

People v. Moore

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In defendant's conviction for attempted second degree robbery and misdemeanor vandalism, trial court's imposition of a conditional probation is...

Edgerly v. City of Oakland

Administrative Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former city administrator's suit alleging she was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for refusal to violate the city's charter, municipal code,...