California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Golin v. Allenby

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' civil rights suit against multiple local and state agencies arising from the removal of their developmentally impaired daughter from...

Dang v. Smith

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Legal Malpractice
In plaintiff's legal malpractice action against her former attorneys and their firm, who had represented plaintiff in obtaining and attempting to...

Boblitt v. Boblitt

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's action for damages against her ex-husband based on his alleged domestic violence against her, trial court's conclusion that the...

Bldg. Indus. Ass'n of Cent. California v. County of Stanislaus

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit by the Building Industry Association of Central California (BIA), challenging the facial validity of the County and the County Board of...

People v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution of defendant for marijuana possession for sale, trial court's denial of her motion to suppress is affirmed as the two police officers...

Am. Express Bank, FSB v. Kayatta

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts
In American Express's suit for money damages against defendant, claiming that defendant failed to pay in full each and every charge that he personally...

In re Marriage of Stanton

Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Military Law
In marital dissolution proceedings, trial court's denial of the husband's requests for modification of awards of temporary child and spousal support...

People v. Soojian

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for various crimes, including attempted murder and robbery, is reversed and a new trial is ordered where: 1) this is one of...

City of San Jose v. Garbett

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Remedies
Trial court's grant of multiple injunctions to the City of San Jose, its mayor, and other individuals, restricting defendant's conduct toward the...

BBA Aviation PLC v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer and defendant-parent corporation for wrongful termination, defendant's petition for writ of mandate...