California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

PR/JSM Rivara LLC v. Cmty Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' petition for a writ of mandate to compel defendants to set aside certain design guidelines, denial of the request and entry of judgment...

County of Kern v. California Dep't of Health Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Health Law
In plaintiff's suit challenging defendant's decision to reduce plaintiff-county's Medi-Cal reimbursements, arising from a contract dispute involving a...

People v. Duong

Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies, Sentencing
Trial court's denial of district attorney's motion requesting that defendant pay full restitution to the victim is vacated and remanded as the trial...

People v. Skiles

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Sentence of defendant convicted of burglary and receiving stolen property is modified as defendant cannot be punished for both burglary and receiving...

Ohton v. California State Univ. of San Diego

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a petition for a writ of mandate seeking leave to file a civil action for damages against a university for retaliation is reversed as the...

In re Miguel H.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Juvenile Law
An order sustaining a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 after the juvenile court found defendant possessed tools to commit...

Full Throttle Films, Inc. v. Nat'l Mobile Television, Inc.

Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement
In ex parte proceedings, arising after plaintiff obtained a writ of attachment and levied on certain deposit accounts of defendant, a grant of...

People v. Gonzalez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Convictions of defendants for attempted murder and assault with a semiautomatic firearm and true findings on various enhancements is reversed in part...

Lawson v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Inmate's petition for a writ of mandate seeking review of trial court's ruling sustaining demurrers to several of her and her infant daughter's causes...

San Diego County Health & Human Serv. Agency v. Deidre B.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
In a petition by a County Public Conservator to reestablish a conservatorship of an individual under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act on the...