California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

King v. Johnston

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiff's suit against defendant alleging undue influence on the trustee to breach a trust of which plaintiff was a beneficiary, judgment in...

Louie v. BFS Retail & Commercial Operations, LLC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's suit against defendants for violations of California's Disabled Persons Act (DPA), alleging the countertops in defendant's business...

Nader Atuo. Group, LLC. v. New Motor Vehicle Bd.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts
In plaintiffs' protest to their termination as franchised dealers of Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Audi of America, Inc., dismissal of the protest...

Evans v. Lasco Bathware, Inc.

Class Actions, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' products liability suit against defendant for manufacturing shower pans that allegedly resulted in water damage, trial court's order...

People v. Lyons

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defender's appeal from judgment entered following his negotiated guilty plea to possessing methamphetamine and related offenses is dismissed as the...

Doe v. Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In fifteen plaintiffs' statewide clergy sex abuse case against defendants, trial court's order sustaining defendants' demurrers without leave to amend...

Joseph v. Johnson

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' suit against defendant for damages arising out of their sexual molestation by defendant's husband, trial court's judgment is affirmed...

Gardner v. Schwarzenegger

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law
Trial court's judgment enjoining Governor Schwarzenegger and other defendants from enforcing Senate Bill No. 1137 sections 1-12 that sought to amend...

Perlan Therapeutics, Inc. v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In plaintiff's case against the defendant for misappropriation of its trade secrets of an anti-viral protein based therapeutic used as a daily nasal...

Simandle v. Vista de Santa Barbara

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's judgment in favor of defendant-Mobilehome Park that it could remove a mobilehome owned by plaintiffs' deceased parents at plaintiffs'...