California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Sulla v. Board of Registered Nursing

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code
In a case in which the Board of Registered Nursing took disciplinary action against a licensee who was convicted of a misdemeanor after he caused a...

Aleksick v. 7-Eleven, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action challenge to the practice of a payroll services provider in converting any partial hour worked in a pay period from minutes to...

Samaniego v. Empire Today LLC

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action challenging an employer's allegedly unlawful misclassification of its carpet installers as independent contractors, the...

People v. Olague

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a sentencing appeal brought by a defendant convicted of conspiracy to sell methamphetamine, the trial court's judgment is affirmed as modified,...

People v. Dunn

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution for sex crimes against a minor, the judgment of conviction is affirmed, where: 1) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in...

Bettencourt v. Hennessey Industries, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit claiming that the use of the defendant's machines to grind asbestos-containing brake linings resulted in exposure to airborne asbestos...

San Francisco Unified School District v. City and County of San Francisco

Labor & Employment Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a case in which a school district contended that the merit system of employment for city and school district employees established by Education...

Beckwith v. Dahl

Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a suit alleging intentional interference with an expected inheritance (IIEI) and deceit by false promise, the trial court's order sustaining a...

Sumner Hill Homeowners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Rio Mesa Holdings, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Water Law
In a dispute between owners of property in a subdivision and a developer over access to a river, it is held that: 1) the developers' claims of public...

People v. Torres

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a case in which two defendants pled no contest to charges of burglary and grand theft, the trial court's ruling denying their motion to suppress...