California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Aznavoleh

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving causing injury are affirmed where: 1) a driver who deliberately races...

W. Washington Properties, LLC. v. California Dep't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit challenging the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) finding that plaintiff's advertising display was in violation...

People v. Moncada

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for involuntary manslaughter and child abuse homicide are affirmed where: 1) defendant's argument that a heightened showing of...

Int'l Brotherhood v. City of Redding

Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a union's petition for a writ of mandate challenging a city's decision to unilaterally retract its promise to pay 50 percent of city employees'...

Friends of Aviara v. City of Carlsbad

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a nonprofit group's suit challenging a city's adoption of a revision to the housing element of its general plan to provide low cost housing, the...

Styrene Info. & Research Ctr. v. Office of Envt. Health Hazard Assessment

Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiffs' suit seeking to prohibit the inclusion of styrene and vinyl acetate as possible carcinogens on the Proposition 65 list, trial court's...

Chino MHC, LP v. CIty of Chino

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff mobile home park owner's suit challenging the city's denial of the plaintiff's application to convert the park to resident ownership, the...

In re Destiny S.

Family Law
Juvenile court's orders declaring petitioner's 11-year-old daughter a dependent of the court, and placing her with her maternal grandmother, are...

People v. Washington

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction of a defendant for assault and battery, trial court's imposition of a prison term of 41 years to life, in finding defendant's two...

Luis M. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Juvenile Law
A juvenile defendant's petition for a writ of mandate, challenging a superior court order requiring him to pay restitution to the city and to conduct...