California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Pellegrino v. Robert Half Int'l

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' action against their former employer, a temporary staffing firm, for hour and wage violations, trial court's award of plaintiffs'...

Parchester Vill. Neighborhood Council v. City of Richmond

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Indian Law
Trial court's judgment granting plaintiffs' petition for writ of mandate and requiring the agreement (MSA) between a city and an Indian tribe to be...

People v. Perez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for three sex offenses involving different victims is affirmed where: 1) defendant's claim that the statute of limitations...

People v. Benitez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of defendant for resisting arrest and possession of methamphetamine and sentence to 3 years' probation plus 180 days in custody to be...

Daniels v. Robbins

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's action against various defendants arising from an underlying lawsuit brought against her, trial court's decision is affirmed where: 1)...

Lobo v. Tamco

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's wrongful death action against defendant-employer, arising from a collision between defendant's employee and plaintiff's husband, grant...

McAdams v. Monier, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts
In plaintiffs' action under the Consumer Legal Remedies Act and the Unfair Competition Law, claiming that defendant failed to disclose that the color...

Drum v. San Fernando Valley Bar Ass'n

Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In plaintiff's action against a bar association, trial court's grant of defendant's dismissal is affirmed as a voluntary bar association did not...

People v. Taravella

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Trial court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate his obligation to register as a sex offender, based on his 1987 conviction for oral copulation...

In re W.B.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Indian Law, Juvenile Law
Juvenile court's order removing a minor from his mother's custody and ordering him placed in a foster home, group home, relative home, county or...