California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

M.F. Farming, Co. v. Couch Distributing Co.

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case concerning a conflict over the use of a parcel, owed by plaintiff but subject to an easement that plaintiff had granted to defendant decades...

Boliou v. Stockton Unified School Dist.

Labor & Employment Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law
In a dispute arising out of a school's attempt to terminate a tenured teacher, the trial court issuance of a writ of administrative mandate to order...

Mixon v. State of California

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a tort action against the State and PG&E, arising out of injuries sustained by a boy walking with his family in a marked crosswalk who was struck...

Thayer v. Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit against a law firm that handled plaintiff's class action suit, based on the attorneys' handling of the settlement proceeds in that action,...

Pierce v. Western Surety Co.

Insurance Law, Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law
In an action by a surety bond issuer challenging an award of attorney's fees under Vehicle Code section 11710, the award is affirmed where although...

People v. Iboa

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction under Penal Code section 69 of deterring or preventing, by means of any threat or violence, an executive officer from performing a duty...

In re Lana S.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
Judgement assuming jurisdiction over two minor children is affirmed where the court's jurisdictional and dispositional findings, and the denial of...

Cadlerock Joint Venture v. Lobel

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
When a single lender contemporaneously makes two nonpurchase money loans secured by two deeds of trust referencing a single real property and soon...

Direct Shopping Network, LLC v. James

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation action arising out of defendants' statements regarding andesine jewelry products marketed and sold by plaintiff, claiming trade libel,...

Rickards v. United Parcel Service

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against UPS for violating the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Gov. Code section 12900 et seq., the trial court's finding that...