California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Thornton v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

Government Law, Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for reimbursement of the attorney fees and other expenses the plaintiff incurred in responding to investigations of the circumstances of her...

In re A.G.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
An order terminating parental rights is reversed, where the Alameda County Social Services Agency failed to investigate the father's Native American...

Epitech, Inc. v. Kann

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a case in which a corporation's short-term creditors brought suit against a financial advisor to the corporation, alleging that his fraudulent...

Henry M. Lee Law Corp. v. Superior Court (Chang)

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment compensation case in which the plaintiff's former attorney moved to intervene in the action and to amend a postjudgment order...

Brown v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In residential real estate foreclosure proceedings, a trial court order dissolving a preliminary injunction is affirmed, and the appeal is deemed...

People v. Allexy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a case in which a defendant pled no contest to felony child endangerment and the trial judge suspended execution of sentence and placed the...

In re Fratus

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
A petition for a writ of habeas corpus is granted and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is directed to either restore to petitioner...

William L. Lyon & Associates, Inc. v. Superior Court (Henley)

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure
In a case in which real estate purchasers sued their broker and the sellers, the trial court's denial of a motion for summary judgment is affirmed,...

In re Ana C.

Constitutional Law, Evidence, Juvenile Law
In juvenile dependency court proceedings in which the court found that the appellant posed a risk of emotional and physical harm and sexual abuse as...

People v. Kurtenbach

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution for various arson-related offenses, the trial court is directed to modify the judgment to stay execution of the sentence on the...