California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Bleavins v. Demarest

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for multiple causes of action arising out of defendant-law firm's counsel in a property dispute, judgment of the trial court partially...

Van Sickle v. Gilbert

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for accounting and breach of fiduciary duty, judgment of the trial court is reversed because although the court did not abuse its...

People v. McDonough

Health Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a Pen. Code section 1026(f) proceeding, judgment of the trial court denying outpatient treatment is reverse where it placed an undue burden on...

Behnke v. State Farm Ins. Company

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against a residential property insurer for breach of contract, insurance bad faith, and fraud, judgment of the trial court is affirmed...

Concerned Citizens v. West Point Fire Protection Dist.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a reverse validation action seeking to invalidate a special assessment by defendant-municipality on the grounds that the assessment violated...

Semler v. General Electric Capital Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Commercial Law
In a dispute involving the scope of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, Civ. Code section 51, judgment of the trial court dismissing action is affirmed...

Thorstrom v. Thorstrom

Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a property dispute arising from the trial court's grant of an implied easement, judgment of the court is reversed where although an implied...

People v. Superior Court (Gilbert)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a petition for a writ of prohibition challenging an order of the trial court dismissing a petition for the civil commitment of defendant and real...

In re E.S.

Civil Procedure, Family Law
In a Welfare and Institutions Code section 388 petition seeking reunification with petitioner's siblings, judgment of the juvenile court denying...

In re A.D.

Civil Procedure, Family Law
In a family law dispute arising from the termination of reunification services and an order of long-term foster care, judgment of the juvenile court...