California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Rezek v. Superior Court (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for delaying or obstructing a police officer in the performance of his duty and vandalism, the Court of Appeal issues a writ of...

San Diego City Firefighters, Local 145, AFL-CIO v. The Board of Administration of the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System

Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In consolidated suits by a union and individual plaintiffs challenging a city's repeal of aspects of its retirement program, the trial court's...

Frog Creek Partners, LLC v. Vance Brown, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between a homeowner and a home builder, a trial court order on attorney's fees is reversed to the extent it awarded the homeowner fees of...

Shifren v. Spiro

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Family Law, Legal Malpractice, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In a legal malpractice action against brought after a court determined in the plaintiff's marriage dissolution action that trust documents prepared by...

American Property Management Corp. v. Superior Court (U.S. Grant Hotel Ventures, LLC)

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between a limited liability company (LLC) formed for the purpose of buying a hotel and the hotel property manager, a writ of mandate is...

People v. Gabriel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for cultivation and possession of marijuana and other offenses, conviction is affirmed, where: 1) the trial court did not err in...

Ortega v. Topa Insurance Co.

Class Actions, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a class action challenging an automobile insurer's policy providing two tiers of physical damage coverage, paying all of the reasonable costs...

Boy Scouts of America National Foundation v. Superior Court (Doe)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Although a petition for writ of mandate is denied as moot, the Court of Appeals holds that the trial court erred in overruling the Boy Scouts'...

Perez v. Torres

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a case in which the plaintiff refused the defendant's offer of settlement and then failed to obtain a more favorable judgment, a trial court order...

California Pines Property Owners Ass'n v. Pedotti

Agriculture, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a dispute between a property owners association and a rancher over water rights governed by a contract between the parties that obligated the...