California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Valli

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of defendant for felony evading, following his acquittal of murder, attempted murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm, is...

Qualified Patients Ass'n v. City of Anaheim

Government Law, Health Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In plaintiffs' action against the City of Anaheim, seeking a declaratory judgment that state's medical marijuana laws preempted the city's ordinance...

MRI Healthcare Ctr. of Glendale, Inc. v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action against an insurer for denying plaintiff's claim under a business insurance policy for loss as a result of claimed damage to its MRI...

People v. Schmitz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Following the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia found on the floor in the rear...

Rivera v. First Databank, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' suit for negligence and breach of contract against a publisher of medication information, referred to as "monographs", claiming that...

Util. Consumers' Action Network v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of the State of California

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Plaintiff's petition for a writ of review challenging Public Utilities Commission of the State of California (Commission) decision granting San Diego...

Farr v. County of Nevada

Administrative Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a property owner's challenge of the Nevada County Assessment Appeals Board's property tax assessment decision for his owner-occupied, single family...

Phelps v. Orange County Assessment Appeals Bd. No. 1

Administrative Law, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a trustee's challenge to a county assessor's reassessment of a shopping center complex held by the trust upon the death of an income beneficiary of...

Walnut Producers of California v. Diamond Foods, Inc.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts
In plaintiff-walnut producers' class action suit against Diamond Foods, claiming that defendant breached an agreement by failing to pay them the...

Tr. of the S. California IBEW-NECA Pension Plan v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist.

Construction, Government Contracts
In a suit against the Los Angeles Unified School District and a construction contractor working for the school district, alleging that the contractor...