California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Guiamelon

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution of a physician under Business and Professions Code section 650 for paying illegal fees to persons who referred patients qualified for...

Caldera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Regents of the University of California

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit alleging fraud and breach of a patent license agreement, the trial court's grant of the defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings is...

People v. Gisbert

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The trial court's grant of the prosecution's motion to vacate 88 days of presentence custody credits is affirmed, where: 1) the trial court had...

Knox v. Dean

Elder Law, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a dispute over a conservator's actions with regard to the plaintiff's elderly father, the trial court's grant of the conservator's motion for...

Farag v. ArvinMeritor, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a mesothelioma suit by a husband and wife, in which the plaintiffs rejected a defendant's CCP section 998 offer presented to both of them jointly...

In re Pugh

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The trial court's grant of a petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed, and the prisoner is granted parole, where there was no evidence to...

Haynes v. EMC Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action alleging unlawful foreclosures on real estate subject to a deed of trust, a judgment of dismissal following the trial...

In re D.M.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Law
On appeal of a judgment terminating parental rights over the appellant's younger half-siblings and selecting adoption as the preferred permanent plan,...

Citizens for Open Government v. City of Lodi

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In consolidated cases involving a CEQA challenge to a city's reapproval of a conditional use permit for a proposed shopping center project, judgments...

Fleur du Lac Estates Ass'n v. Mansouri

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case in which a party was successful in getting a court to enter an order denying a petition to compel arbitration of a dispute involving...