California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Nordstrom Comm'n Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In class action suits against Nordstrom, claiming that the department store's policy of paying net sales commission to its commissioned sales...

Stevenson v. Bd. of Ret. of the Orange County Employees' Ret. Sys.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's petition for administrative mandate challenging the decision of the Board of Retirement of the Orange County Employees Retirement...

Clarendon Am. Ins. Co. v. N. Am. Capacity Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's suit for declaratory relief, equitable contribution, and partial equitable indemnity, seeking a proportionate or equitable share of...

City of Alhambra v. County of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In a petition for a writ of administrative mandate challenging a county's method of calculating property tax administration fee (PTAF) charged to...

In re Marriage of Schopfer

Family Law
Trial court's denial of a father's motion to reduce his child support obligation to zero from the $900 that he paid to the child's stepfather each...

Jackson v. County of Amador

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against a county and its recorder, claiming that the county recorder breached a duty to plaintiff by failing to determine that she...

Koszdin v. State Comp. Ins. Fund

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In six class action suits brought by two attorneys against employers and workers' compensation insurance carriers, claiming that they failed to pay...

Munoz v. BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action lawsuit against Coca-Cola Bottling company seeking damages and penalties for allegedly unpaid overtime wages and violation of other...

People v. Phillips

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for methamphetamine possession, trial court's imposition of a two-year sentence and various fees and fines, including a...

Gilb v. Chiang

Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Administrative Law, Government Law
In Department of Personnel Administration's (DPA) action seeking a declaratory relief against State Controller Chiang and the Office of State...