California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Ghaffarpour v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Judges & Judiciary
In a case in which the trial court denied a motion by the plaintiffs to disqualify a judge after the case had been remanded, a writ of mandate is...

Christie v. Kimball

Probate, Trusts & Estates
On appeal of an order of the probate court requiring a trustee to file an accounting to document trust assets, the order is affirmed, where: 1) the...

People v. Geter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for grand theft from the person, the judgment of conviction is reversed and the matter is remanded to the trial court with directions...

Tverberg v. Fillner Construction, Inc.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by a husband and wife based on injuries sustained after the husband, an independent contractor, was injured on a worksite on which...

Tracy J. v. Superior Court

Family Law, Juvenile Law
On a petition by developmentally disabled parents for review of juvenile court orders terminating family reunification services and setting a hearing...

General Development Co., L.P. v. City of Santa Maria

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
On appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered in favor of the City of Santa Maria after the trial court ruled that a developer's petition for writ of...

People v. Thiessen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
On appeal of a conviction on two counts of attempted premeditated murder and two counts of shooting from an occupied vehicle, in which the jury...

Flores v. Kmart Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action brought against a corporation that had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy pursuant to which a bankruptcy court had entered an...

Klein v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a class action complaint predicated on the defendant's practice of purchasing wholesale motor fuel in gallon units at a standardized temperature of...

Vitkievicz v. Valverde

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Transportation
In a challenge to the temporary revocation of a driver's license, the trial court's dismissal of a petition for writ of mandate after the sustaining...