California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Priceline.com Inc. v. City of Anaheim

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Tax Law
In plaintiff's petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the City of Anaheim to litigate tax assessment proceedings without the assistance of...

People v. Maikhio

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law
In a prosecution of defendant for misdemeanor fishing offenses, trial court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence is affirmed where: 1)...

Junkin v. Golden W. Foreclosure

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's action seeking damages for wrongful foreclosure and usurious interest against defendants, including a fellow investor, judgment in...

Banc of Am. Leasing & Capital, LLC v. 3 Arch Tr. Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a junior lien holder's action against defendant for conducting a nonjudicial foreclosure sale that resulted in excess sale proceeds, judgment in...

Cellphone Termination Fee Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against Sprint alleging that cell phone handsets sold by the defendant-company secretly had been locked with programming...

Town of Tiburon v. Bonander

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In plaintiff-property owners' suit against a town challenging its supplemental assessment to place overhead utility lines underground, trial court's...

Kemps v. Beshwate

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action arising from plaintiff's arrest on a bench warrant involving her alleged failure to appear as a subpoenaed witness in a murder trial,...

Ass'n of California Ins. Co. v. Poizner

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff-Association of California Insurance Companies' lawsuit disputing the validity of the 2006 amendments to regulations permitting consumer...

Biscaro v. Stern

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Judgement Enforcement
Default judgment and a restraining order against defendant to stay at least 100 yards away from his ex-wife and her adult son are reversed where: 1)...

Jasmine Networks, Inc. v. Sup. Ct.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In plaintiff's action under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act claiming that the defendants misappropriated certain trade secrets belonging to...