California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

In re Mims

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
On petition for writ of habeas corpus to seek review of a decision by the Board of Parole Hearings to deny the petitioner's release on parole, the...

People v. Brandao

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution for misdemeanor annoying and molesting a child under Penal Code section 647.6(a), the conviction is affirmed against a contention...

People v. Holford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for a sex offender convicted of possession of child pornography, Penal Code section 311.11, is modified to award the defendant additional...

Howard v. Omni Hotels Management Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a personal injury action after the plaintiff slipped in a bathtub at a hotel: 1) the district court's grant of summary judgment to the bathtub...

People v. Louie

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a sentencing appeal brought by defendants who were convicted of crimes including street terrorism, the trial court is directed to modify the...

Hotels Nevada v. L.A. Pacific Center, Inc.

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A judgment confirming an arbitration award is affirmed, where the trial court properly: 1) compelled arbitration; 2) determined that the procedure by...

Getchell v. Rogers Jewelry

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a slip-and-fall action, summary judgment in the defendant's favor is reversed, where the plaintiff produced evidence from which a reasonable...

Long Beach Police Officers Ass'n v. City of Long Beach

Constitutional Law, Media Law
In an action by a police officers association against the City of Long Beach, the Long Beach Police Department, and the Chief of Police seeking to...

People v. Latham

Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of parents for second-degree murder of their daughter by failing to obtain medical treatment for her in the days preceding her death,...

Maaso v. Signer

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Civil Procedure
On cross-appeals of a trial court judgment on an arbitration award rendered in favor of the plaintiff after the defendant had prevailed in an earlier,...