California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Sakhai v. Zipora

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' action for negligence and trespass against defendants arising from a flood and damage to their property after a water pipe burst in...

Santa Clara County Dep't of Family & Children's Serv. v. Patrick A.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Family Law
An order by a juvenile court removing a father's children from his home, placing them in the custody of their paternal grandparents, and ordering...

People v. Kennedy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Trial court's judgment requiring mandatory lifetime sex offender registration for a defendant convicted of attempting to exhibit harmful matter to a...

Donley v. Davi

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's petition for writ of administrative mandamus challenging a denial of his application for an unqualified real estate salesperson license...

Suarez v. Pac. Northstar Mech., Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a subcontractor arising from injuries suffered by two employees of the general contractor is...

Planning & Conservation League v. Castaic Lake Water Agency

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In plaintiffs' request for an administrative mandamus challenging an environmental impact report certified by the defendant pursuant to CEQA...

Derick B. Sup. Ct.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law
A juvenile defendant's petition for a writ of prohibition to bar the juvenile court from imposing a Fourth Amendment waiver condition is granted and...

In re A.S.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, Juvenile Law
Court of appeals' orders terminating a father's parental rights to his children and summarily denying his petition for modification under Welfare and...

City of Carlsbad v. Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In an action by a city against an insurance company seeking indemnification arising from a lawsuit by homeowners involving a landslide that occurred...

People v. Hernandez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Trial court's sentencing of a defendant to 50 years to life, plus a consecutive 8-year term after the jury convicted him of sodomy and rape and found...