California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Haro v. Ibarra

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action brought by doctors who were former shareholders of a medical corporation, trial court's dismissal of the complaint is reversed and...

People v. Leal

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for rape and sexual penetration by artifice, pretense or concealment and related crimes is affirmed where: 1) the evidence...

Park 100 Inv. Group II v. Ryan

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's action against defendant-attorneys claiming that a lis pendens on property was wrongfully recorded, denial of attorneys' anti-SLAPP...

Zermeno v. Precis, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiffs' unfair competition action against defendants-healthcare discount program providers, trial court's judgment in favor of the defendants...

Turner v. Vista Pointe Ridge Homeowners

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff-homeowners' suit against defendant-homeowners association (HA) arising from its application of architectural guidelines, trial court's...

American Meat Inst. v. Leeman

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by the plaintiffs-American Meat Institute and National Meat Association seeking a declaration that the consumer warnings required by the...

Massey v. Mercy Med. Center Redding

Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's negligence action against a nurse and the hospital that employed the nurse alleging that he sustained injury after falling from a...

Polster v. Sacramento County Office of Educ.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of a writ of mandate commanding county superintendent to process payroll requests pursuant to a transition plan adopted by the outgoing board of...

Washington Mut. Bank v. Jacoby

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection
Trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of State Farm General Insurance Company (State Farm), in an interpleader action initiated by...

People v. Franco

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Conviction for maintaining a place for selling, giving away or using a controlled substance is reversed and remanded where: 1) trial court erred by...