California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Green

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Conviction and sentencing of defendant on two counts of grand theft by embezzlement, Penal Code sections 487(b) and 503, with a section 12022.6(a)(1)...

Giorgianni v. Crowley

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Judgement Enforcement
In a dispute involving an arbitration award under the Mandatory Fee Arbitration Act, Bus. and Prof. Code section 6200 et seq., judgment of the trial...

Hartt v. County of Los Angeles

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for wrongful death based on respondeat superior liability, judgment of the trial court in favor of defendant-municipality is affirmed...

People v. Buza

Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a constitutional challenge to a provision of the DNA and Forensic Identification Data Base and Data Bank Act, Pen. Code Section 295 et seq., which...

Ames v. Public Utilities Commission

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a Public Utilities Code section 454.5(b)(9)(C) dispute challenging the defendant's approval of certain budget proposals by real parties in...

Mansur v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, cs_82, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In a tort action arising from a fatal car accident and alleging strict product liability, negligence, and breach of implied and express warranties,...

Ames v. Public Utilities Commission (S. California Edison Co.)

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for review of decisions concerning aspects of a utility rate approval process on the ground that the defendant erred by approving...

Department of Fish & Game v. Superior Court (Adams)

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to overturn a decision of the Superior Court certifying an underlying dispute as a class action, petition...

Edna Valley Watch v. County of San Luis Obispo

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute involving the scope of Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5, in an underlying action alleging violations of CEQA during a church's land...

People v. Cruz

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a dispute involving the scope of Penal Code section 1210.12(a), judgment of the trial court holding that the defendant was not in violation of his...