California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Lidow v. Superior Court (International Rectifier Corp.)

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action against a Delaware corporation brought by its former CEO, it is held that the "internal affairs doctrine"--which...

Oxford Street Properties, LLC v. Rehabilitation Associates, LLC

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A judgment denying a bank's petition to levy on deposit account funds is affirmed, where the bank's security interest in the funds never attached to...

In re Joey G.

Juvenile Law
In a case in which a minor had been convicted of misdemeanor grand theft of a cell phone and then ordered detained as a ward of the juvenile court, it...

City of Palmdale v. State Board of Equalization

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Tax Law
In a case in which the trial court faulted the State Board of Equalization for rendering a decision without due regard for the statutory and...

People v. Lueth

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution that included a count of inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant, the judgment of conviction is affirmed, where: 1) if, under...

Shady Tree Farms v. Omni Financial

Civil Procedure, Construction
In an action by a tree planting company to enforce its materialman's lien against a construction lender, judgment for the lender is affirmed, where:...

Health Net, Inc. v. RLI Insurance Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insured's suit against four of its insurers seeking a declaratory judgment that the insurers had a duty to defend and indemnify it in certain...

Stanley v. Superior Court (People)

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case in which a trial court denied a motion to dismiss for double jeopardy, the defendant's petition for a writ of prohibition is denied, where...

Tarle v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a case in which the defendants moved for summary judgment, the Court of Appeal holds that a party who fails to provide some oral or written...

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. McGurk

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a declaratory relief action brought by the assignee of a deed of trust, seeking a determination of the deed's validity, the trial court's judgment...