California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Cal Sierra Construction, Inc. v. Comerica Bank

Banking Law, Construction
In a suit to enforce a mechanics lien and stop notice in connection with a construction project financed by the defendant banks, the trial court's...

Burgos v. Superior Court (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a murder prosecution in which the trial court granted four continuances of 10 court days each to the People because the prosecutor was occupied in...

Khazan v. Braynin

Attorney's Fees, Remedies
In a case in which the trial court on remand ordered payment of attorney's fees with interest to the plaintiffs, its ruling on when interest on the...

Mendoza v. City of West Covina

Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a wrongful death suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that a police officer used unconstitutionally excessive force while the decedent was in...

City of Colton v. Singletary

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In litigation over a developer's agreement to construct infrastructure in a city as part of a subdivision plan, in which the trial court granted the...

Barriga v. Superior Court (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Juvenile Law
In a carjacking case in which a juvenile had been charged in a juvenile proceeding for resisting arrest and then was charged in criminal court for the...

Bowers v. Raymond J. Lucia Companies, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a case in which a settlement agreement resulted in a binding mediation award in favor of the plaintiffs, the judgment is affirmed, where: 1) there...

Summit Bank v. Rogers

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law
In a suit by a bank against a former employee for posting allegedly defamatory messages on craigslist, the trial court's denial of an anti-SLAPP...

Thomas v. Stenberg

Agriculture, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In a suit for general negligence and premises liability brought by a motorcyclist who was injured when a cow charged him on a private road passing...

Cyr v. McGovran

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case that included a cause of action for negligence claiming that a real estate brokerage and agent had negligently failed to assure that their...