California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Talley v. Valuation Counselors Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff's suit claiming fraud and related theories against various defendants for their roles in alleged securities fraud activities in the...

City of Santa Rosa v. Patel

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law
In a red light abatement action, trial court's order awarding attorney fees for the City of Santa Rosa and the People of the State of California is...

People v. Rosas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
On remand for resentencing of a defendant convicted of two attempted murders of a rival gang member, trial court's entry of a new restitution fine...

Dover Village Ass'n v. Jennison

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against the homeowner association for extensive repair costs to his condominium caused by a leaky sewer pipe beneath the concrete...

Fleming v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Government Law
A petition for a of mandate challenging the grand jury indictment against a former school district's superintendent for authorizing subordinates to...

Blix Street Records, Inc. v. Cassidy

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In plaintiffs' suit against the parents of a deceased singer and songwriter over a dispute involving a motion picture and an alleged breach of...

Turman v. Turning Point of Cent. California, Inc.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer for gender discrimination based on disparate treatment and hostile work environment, jury verdict in...

Azusa Land Partners v. Dep't of Indus. Relations

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate seeking to vacate a determination by the Department of Industrial Relations (Department) that a planned...

People v. Hollinquest

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of defendant for first degree murder with a special circumstance is affirmed where: 1) the prosecutor did not deny defendant the right of...

People v. Puentes

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of defendant for statutory rape of someone more than three years younger and placed on felony probation for three years, is reversed as the...