California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Beutz v. County of Riverside

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a residential property owner's suit against a county to void a landscape assessment on the ground that it violated article XIII D of the California...

Huverserian v. Catalina Scuba Luv, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action against a scuba diving equipment rental company for the death of plaintiff's son arising from a scuba diving incident,...

Sandarg v. Dental Bd. of California

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
Superior court's denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandate seeking reinstatement of his dental license, which was revoked by the Dental...

Bomersheim v. Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Ctr.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' negligence suit claiming that defendant accepted a duty to provide medical care consistent with the applicable standard of care and...

In re Elec. Refund Cases

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Public Utilities
In plaintiffs' suit against Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (Arizona) to recover for the alleged unjust and unreasonable rates the plaintiffs...

Barnett v. First Nat'l Ins. Co. of Am.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' suit against their home owner's insurance company for damage to their home, trial court's denial of defendant's request for expert fees...

Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. v. Happening House Ventures

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a free medical clinic's suit for breach of fiduciary duty and other claims against its founder and a limited partnership, formed to assist the...

Howard v. County of San Diego

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' suit against a county claiming that the county inversely condemned their property when it allegedly refused to process plans for a...

Chino Commercial Bank, NA v. Peters

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a breach of contract and fraud suit brought by a bank to recover overdraft fees and seeking a right to attach property of defendant, arising from a...

People v. Casas

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of defendant for embezzlement is affirmed as, even if the defendant had intended to eventually return both the trade-in vehicle and the...