California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Madain v. City of Stanton

Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate challenging the city's denial of his application for a permit to operate an adult-oriented cabaret, on...

Espinosa v. Kirkwood

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' suit against the driver of their getaway vehicle (they were participants in a burglary) for damages for personal injuries sustained in...

People v. Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Remedies, Sentencing
Trial court's restitution order following defendant's no contest plea to a single count of felony false imprisonment by force in exchange for...

People v. Lopez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for molesting his two stepdaughters, including convictions for committing a lewd act upon a child under the age of 14, is...

People v. Tompkins

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction of multiple counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under the age of 14 is affirmed over claims: 1) that the corpus...

Schaffer v. Superior Court

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's request for extraordinary relief to set aside an order of the superior court denying his motion to compel the People to provide copies of...

In re Marriage of Hartman

Civil Procedure, Family Law
Trial court's denial of wife's motion to vacate an order restraining her from interfering with ex-husband's child custody time is affirmed as the...

Thrifty Payless, Inc. v. Mariners Mile Gateway, LLC

Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a tenant's suit against the landlord over a lease for new commercial property, trial court's grant of defendant's motion for nonsuit and expert...

Fox v. JAMDAT Mobile, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In a stockholder's suit against a company and individual directors, claiming that both the acquisition process, and the common stock arising from the...

Myrick v. Mastagni

In a wrongful death action against building owners for negligence in failing to perform seismic retrofitting of the building that killed two women in...