California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Apex LLC v. Sharing World, Inc.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies
In a suit brought by a commodities merchandiser, alleging buyer-defendant failed to accept and pay for 14,625 tons of the cottonseed, which were to be...

People v. Mason

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an action challenging a $129.75 "criminal justice fee" the court ordered him to pay to the City of Sunnyvale pursuant to Government Code section...

Healdsburg Citizens for Sustainable Solutions v. City of Headsburg

Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law
An award of attorney fees to petitioners, after the court granted in part their petition for writ of mandate challenging an environmental impact...

People v. Vargas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and Three Strikes re-sentence for burglary are affirmed where: 1) it was not an abuse of discretion to not dismiss one of the strike...

Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In light of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (2011) __ U.S. __ [131 S. Ct. 1740], reiterating the rule that the principal purpose of the Federal...

Nickell v. Matlock

Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure
In a quiet title action, default judgment entered against defendants is reversed where the trial court did not allow the defaulting defendants to put...

Vanhooser v. Superior Court (Hennessey Industries, Inc.)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case in which the petitioner's husband had been exposed to the defendant's asbestos-containing products as late as 1990, married the petitioner...

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. City and County of San Francisco

Contracts, Public Utilities
In a utility's action seeking declaratory relief and breach of contract damages concerning its right to bill for electricity supplied to a renovated...

Sefton v. Sefton

Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a case in which a grandson filed a petition with the superior court alleging that his father's attempted exercise of a power of appointment under...

Juror Number One v. Superior Court (Royster)

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law
In a criminal proceeding in which the court entered an order requiring a juror to execute a consent form pursuant to the Stored Communications Act...