California Case Summaries

Courts Searched — 2026-05-15

Daily Summary — 2026-05-15

Daily Summary — 2026-05-15. 4 case(s) published, 23 investigated but skipped, 4 opinion(s) surfaced across 14 court(s) searched.
4Published
23Skipped
4Opinions surfaced
14Courts searched
18Email mentions

Cases Published

Case Court Date Practice areas
Dept. of Human Resources v. CCPOA — Court of Appeal Upholds Arbitrator’s Award Reversing Union Rep’s 60-Day Suspension CA3 2026-05-15 labor-employment-law, administrative-law
People v. Lopez-Tapia — Court Holds Childhood Trauma Must Be Linked to Specific Offense to Trigger Lower-Term Presumption CA1/4 2026-05-15 criminal-law
Sargenti v. City of Long Beach — Court Affirms Summary Judgment for City in E-Scooter Sidewalk Fall, Limits Sweetwater Doctrine CA2/7 2026-05-15 personal-injury-tort, civil-procedure
Colonial Manor v. Reyes — Surviving Spouse Protected by Rent Control After Original Tenant’s Death, Costa-Hawkins Does Not Preempt LA Appellate Division 2026-05-15 real-estate-law, family-law

Cases Investigated but Not Published

  • Shear Development Co., LLC v. Cal. Coastal Com. (S284378M, Supreme Court) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • P. v. Hsiung (A169697M, CA1/5) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Tulare Medical Center Property etc. Valdivia (F089334M, CA5) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Marriage of Nishida & Kamoda (G064200M, CA4/3) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Cleare et al. v. Super. Ct. (A173289N, CA1/2) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Aerni v. RR San Dimas, L.P. (B341484M, CA2) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Dept. of Water Resources Cases (C103207M, CA3) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • P. v. Tzul (B343256M, CA2/7) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Chi v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles (A172237M, CA1/5) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Marriage of Jenkins (A169217M, CA1/4) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. v. Superior Ct. (E085766N, CA4/2) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Cleare et al. v. Super. Ct. (A173289M, CA1/2) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Meiner v. Superior Court (G065769M, CA4/3) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • The Merchant of Tennis, Inc. v. Superior Court (E085766M, CA4/2) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Domestic Partnership of Campos & Munoz (D085584M, CA4/1) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Nichols v. Alghannam (C100433M, CA3) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Bartholomew v. Parking Concepts, Inc. (A171546M, CA1/5) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Semaan v. Mosier (G064385M, CA4/3) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Navellier v. Putnam (A172077M, CA1/5) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • P. v. Dixon (F087625M, CA5) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Microsoft Corp. v. Super. Ct. (B347381M, CA2/4) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • P. v. Aguilar (D083172M, CA4/1) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted
  • Marriage of Starr (A172153M, CA1/4) — Modification order — underlying opinion already posted

Courts Searched

Court Source Opinions found Kept after triage Notes
California Supreme Court courts.ca.gov 0 0 No new published opinions on 2026-05-14
1st District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 1 1
2nd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 1 1
3rd District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 1 1
4th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0
5th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0
6th District Court of Appeal courts.ca.gov 0 0
Appellate Division courts.ca.gov 1 1
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals CourtListener API v4 0 0 Initial page-1 fetch timed out; retry returned 0 rows
U.S. District Court, Central District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California CourtListener API v4 0 0 Initial page-1 fetch timed out; retry returned 0 rows
U.S. Supreme Court (California-related) CourtListener API v4 0 0

Email Newsletter Ingest

Metric Count
Messages processed 49
Newsletter URLs (case-source) 583
Case mentions extracted from newsletter bodies 18

Subscribed sources: CourtListener Alerts, SCOTUSblog, Justia Case Alerts, Justia Verdict, Justia Onward, Patently-O, JD Supra, Law360, JURIST Daily Digest, Thomson Reuters Daily Docket, LexBlog Newsletters, Attorney at Work

Sources Consulted

  • courts.ca.gov — published and unpublished opinions listings
  • CourtListener API v4 — court_id: ca9, cacd, caed, cand, casd, scotus
  • Newsletter inbox (IMAP, read-only)
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