California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Higgins

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's convictions for burglary of an inhabited dwelling, assault with a deadly weapon or by means likely to cause great bodily injury, and...

Holmes v. Petrovich Dev. Co., LLC

Civil Rights, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, violation of the right to privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional...

Marriage of Fernandez-Abin and Sanchez

Civil Procedure, Family Law, International Law
In a husband's appeal of a restraining order issued under the Domestic Violence Protection Act protecting his wife and their minor children, claiming...

People v. Saibu

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendants' convictions and sentences for committing a robbery of a video store, two attempted robberies of a liquor store, and a murder in the liquor...

Cadwell-Faso v. Faso

Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In marital dissolution proceedings, trial court's determination that because seven days did not elapse between the time the husband was presented with...

Grewal v. Jammu

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In plaintiff's suit for defamation against a local publication and its editor and publisher, trial court's denial of defendants' anti-SLAPP motion is...

Villa Vicenza Homeowners Ass'n v. Nobel Court Dev., LLC.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' suit against a condominium developer asserting construction defect claims, trial court's denial of defendant's motion to compel...

Viterbi v. Wasserman

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In plaintiffs' suit against their former employee for securities fraud related claims, who worked as an analyst on plaintiffs' biotech investments,...

State of California v. Bank of Am., N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' qui tam action against Bank of America under the California False Claims Act, (CFCA), claiming that BOA defrauded the State by failing...

In re Marriage of Cantarella

Family Law
In marital dissolution proceedings, family court's award of wife's request for permanent spousal support is affirmed as, contrary to the husband's...