California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

People v. Copass

Criminal Law & Procedure, Transportation
Conviction of defendant for evading a police officer with a willful disregard for the safety of others and driving with a suspended or revoked license...

People v. Limon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Trial court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate a 1988 conviction for marijuana related crimes, resulting in his deportation from the US in 1995...

In re Masoner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In an appeal of an order granting a prisoner's petition for a writ of habeas relief after governor Schwarzenegger reversed the Board of Parole...

Balian v. Balian

Administrative Law, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Probate court's order granting a declaratory relief petition brought by a trust beneficiary to determine that a proposed petition to modify an...

People v. Ten Thousand One Hundred Fifty Three Dollars and Thirty Eight Cents In US Currency

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure
In forfeiture proceedings related to $10,153.38 seized by police at the time of defendant's arrest for drug related crimes, trial court's order of...

George v. California Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's employment discrimination and retaliation suit against defendant-agency for being suspended as an administrative law judge on three...

Golden Drugs Co., Inc. v. Maxwell-Jolly

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandamus challenging the termination of its Medi-Cal provisional provider license by the director of the...

People v. O'Neal

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Securities Law
In an administrative action brought by the Commissioner of Corporations against defendant for the offer and sale of unqualified, not-exempt...

Howe v. Bank of America N.A.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' putative class action suit against defendant and other entities claiming discrimination under the Unruh Civil Rights Act by requiring...

In re S.C.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law, Sentencing
Juvenile court's determination that the juvenile-defendant be a ward of the court and placed on probation after concluding that he was in possession...