California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Perez v. City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In proceedings brought after plaintiff-police officer was terminated based on misconduct, partial grant of her petition for a writ of administrative...

People v. Munoz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a criminal case involving a Fourth Amendment privacy claim related to evidence uncovered during a search of a motel room occupied by defendant,...

In re H.M.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Juvenile Law
Juvenile court finding that defendant possessed a concealable firearm is affirmed where: 1) the trial court correctly held that a pat search was...

Freedom Communications, Inc. v. Superior Court of Orange County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
Order prohibiting petitioner, doing business as The Orange County Register, from reporting on trial testimony of witnesses in a case in which it is...

Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In an action alleging that petitioner-Hewlett Packard's Pavilions series notebook computers suffer from a manufacturing defect, petition for writ of...

People v. Jasmin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Military Law
Airman's conviction for first degree murder, attempted murder, second degree robbery, assault with a firearm and numerous off-base offenses is...

Kenney v. Purepac Pharm. Co.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a civil action for injury as a result of using the prescription drug metoclopramide manufactured by defendant, demurrer in favor of defendant is...

Hernandez v. County of Los Angeles

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a matter involving a post-election challenge to Measure R, denial of a petition for writ of mandate is affirmed where the single subject rule does...

Medrano v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a workers' compensation matter, decision finding that amount of petitioner's earning from subsequent employment must be subtracted from vocational...

Wilkinson v. Zelen

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the context of legal malpractice actions stemming from an attorney's representation in an underlying criminal trial, a legal malpractice plaintiff...