California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

In re Marriage of Tong and Samson

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Remedies
In a dispute arising from an order denying appellant's motion for modification of a temporary spousal support, judgment of the family court is...

The Ponderosa Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Public Utilities, Securities Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law
In a challenge to defendant's allocation of certain share proceeds to the ratepayers, determination of the defendant is reversed where it erred in...

County of Kern v. Jadwin

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute arising from a False Claim Act (FCA) action, Gov. Code section 12650 et seq., against defendant-former employee after defendant filed a...

People v. Vangelder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Transportation
In a DUI dispute involving whether the trial court erred in excluding expert testimony that would have demonstrated some unreliability in breath...

Global Packaging, Inc. v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, cs_82, Contracts, Intellectual Property
In dispute arising from an action for breach of an end user license agreement, judgment of the trial court denying motion to quash service of summons...

So. Orange County Wastewater Authority v. City of Dana Point

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a petition for a writ of mandate concerning the impact of the environment upon a proposed development project, judgment of the trial court denying...

Jacob A. v. C.H.

Family Law
In a family law dispute arising from a post-judgment order of the trial court denying appellant's request to relocate out-of-state with the parties'...

Ni v. Slocum

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law
In an initiative measure dispute involving the scope of Elections Code section 100, judgment of the trial court denying a petition for a writ of...

Citizens for a Better Eureka v. California Coastal Commn.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a petition for a writ of mandate concerning the jurisdiction of the defendant over the initial phase of a proposed mixed-use development project...

Wells Fargo v. FSI, Financial Solutions

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a tort action involving an overdrawn account, judgment of the trial court is reversed where although substantial evidence supports a conclusion...