California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Los Angeles County Dep't of Children & Family Services v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Family Law
The Department of Children and Family Services' petition for a writ of mandate seeking to set aside a juvenile court's dismissal of its petition...

Hodjat v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Evidence, Insurance Law
In plaintiffs' suit against their insurer for breach of contract and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, arising from the...

Richey v. Autonation, Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his former employers for being terminated from his job four weeks before the expiration of his approved medical leave...

Cottonwood Duplexes, LLC v. Barlow

Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's quiet title action over a road and utility easement that plaintiff's predecessor had granted to defendant, trial court's judgment is...

Stockton Citizens for Sensible Planning v. City of Stockton

Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit seeking to vacate a city's approval of a Wal-Mart Supercenter, trial court's judgment in favor of the defendants is affirmed...

In re M.L.

Evidence, Family Law
In juvenile court's jurisdictional and dispositional hearing regarding two minor children, juvenile court's judgment ordering the release of all the...

In re T.C.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
A minor defendant's appeal of a juvenile court's restitution order, entered in conjunction with the court's grant of deferred entry of judgment (DEJ)...

Twenty-Nine Palms Enterprises Corp. v. Bardos

Construction, Contracts, Gaming Law, Indian Law
In an Indian tribal corporation's suit against a construction company seeking to recover money paid for constructing a road and parking lot for a...

People v. Arauz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendants' convictions for gang and attempted murder-related offenses are affirmed where: 1) where, as in this case, an accomplice inculpates himself...

People v. United States Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure
In consolidated appeals arising from bail bond forfeiture proceedings, trial court's denial of a county's motion for attorney fees as costs pursuant...