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AP-Colton v. Ohaeri

Civil Procedure, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit arising out of a commercial lease dispute between a landlord and a thrift store-tenant, the trial court's award of damages to landlord...

Simonelli v. City of Carmel-By-The-Sea

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a petition for writ of administrative mandamus, challenging city-defendant's approval of a non-party's development application, the trial court's...

Cutting v. City of Portland

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case to determine whether a city ordinance that prohibits standing, sitting, staying, driving, or parking on median strips violates the First...

Scher v. Burke

Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between landowners about the right to vehicular access over two roads in the unincorporated Topanga Canyon area of Los Angeles County,...

WA Southwest 2, LLC v. First Amer. Title Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In a lawsuit arising from the rubble of a failed multimillion dollar investment in commercial real estate, the trial court's sustainment of three...

Mak v. City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Bd.

Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a writ of mandate action challenging the City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board and trial court's rejection of a landlord's attempt to...

Castro v. City of Thousand Oaks

Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for dangerous condition of public property, the trial court's grant of summary judgment based on the affirmative defense of government...

Tribeca Co. v. First American Title Ins.

Banking Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a lawsuit initiated after defendant refunded a $1 million deposit to a real estate investor out of an escrow account that plaintiff had opened,...

Edwards v. The First American Corp.

Class Actions, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action filed against a title insurer, alleging that transactions between the insurer and captive title agencies violated the Real...

Needelman v. Dewolf Realty Co.

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action stemming from an unlawful detainer suit that was concluded by the parties' settlement agreement, which tenant-plaintiff later violated,...