1st District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law, Litigation
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May 28, 2026
The First District reverses the denial of compassionate release for a prisoner whose severe medical deterioration — complete loss of lower extremity function, fused spine, and incontinence — made any realistic possibility of future harm impossible.
4th District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
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May 28, 2026
The Fourth District conditionally reverses gang murder convictions, finding the trial court applied the wrong legal standards when denying Racial Justice Act motions and discovery requests based on the prosecution's introduction of a rap song at trial.
California Supreme Court, Civil Procedure, Litigation
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May 28, 2026
The California Supreme Court overrules Solberg and holds that courts may now scrutinize alleged blanket peremptory challenges to judges under CCP section 170.6, adopting a Batson-like three-step procedure to protect judicial independence.
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May 28, 2026
8 case(s) published, 51 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Litigation
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May 27, 2026
The Second District Court of Appeal reversed denial of arbitration in a lemon law case, holding that the plaintiff failed to dispute the existence of arbitration agreements in both the lease and the manufacturer’s warranty booklet.
4th District Court of Appeal, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
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May 27, 2026
The Fourth District holds that the CPRA’s “promptly available” production standard is a flexible, context-dependent requirement — not a fixed deadline — and sets out a multi-factor test for courts to evaluate agency compliance.
4th District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law
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May 27, 2026
The Fourth District affirms a murder conviction where a suspect’s incriminating statements to a jailhouse undercover agent were admissible despite his prior Miranda invocation, because no known officer stimulated conversation after the invocation.
4th District Court of Appeal, Business Transactions, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law
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May 27, 2026
The Fourth District revives claims against a rival mortgage company that allegedly orchestrated a branch defection scheme, holding that all employees owe a duty of loyalty and that CUTSA does not displace interference or computer fraud claims.
4th District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law
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May 27, 2026
The Fourth District holds that arrest records cannot be sealed under Penal Code section 851.91 when the arrest led to a conviction in a separately filed case arising from the same underlying conduct.
Appellate Division (Superior Court), Litigation, Real Estate Law
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May 27, 2026
The Appellate Division holds that a three-day pay-or-quit eviction notice is void where the mail payment option lists only a “leasing office” without the name and telephone number of a specific person, as required by Code of Civil Procedure section 1161(2).
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May 27, 2026
9 case(s) published, 44 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Litigation
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May 26, 2026
California appellate court holds that a nonsignatory defendant cannot compel arbitration by relying on generic boilerplate agency allegations in an unverified complaint as judicial admissions.
6th District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
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May 26, 2026
California's Sixth District Court of Appeal upholds lifetime sex offender registration for offenders convicted of lewd acts with minors under Penal Code section 288(c)(1), rejecting an equal protection challenge comparing them to section 288(a) offenders who face shorter registration periods.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Litigation
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May 26, 2026
California appellate court reverses juvenile's commitment to a Secure Youth Treatment Facility because the minor's most recent offense by date was not a qualifying crime under section 707(b).
2nd District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Litigation
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May 26, 2026
California appellate court rules that defendants must be allowed to argue aggravating sentencing factors to a jury, reversing an upper-term firearm enhancement where the trial court denied closing argument on those factors.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Litigation
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May 26, 2026
The Ninth Circuit held that federal agencies likely violated the First Amendment by terminating University of California research grants based on recipients' perceived viewpoints on DEI and environmental justice, while ruling that a separate class of grant termination challenges falls outside district court jurisdiction under the Tucker Act.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Litigation
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May 26, 2026
The Ninth Circuit held that hash-value matches between a suspect's files and known child pornography can establish probable cause for a search warrant without agents first downloading and visually confirming the files.
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May 26, 2026
0 case(s) published, 23 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
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May 25, 2026
0 case(s) published, 24 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
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May 24, 2026
0 case(s) published, 24 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
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May 23, 2026
4 case(s) published, 37 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
1st District Court of Appeal, Environmental Law, Litigation
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May 22, 2026
California's First District Court of Appeal holds that the doctrine of substantial compliance applies to Proposition 65 pre-suit notice requirements, reversing a trial court that dismissed a toxic-substances lawsuit for failing to identify a responsible individual by name in the notice.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Procedure, Litigation
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May 22, 2026
The Ninth Circuit holds that under its binding precedent in Filice, California state claim preclusion law—not federal law—governs the preclusive effect of FTCA judgments, and a statute-of-limitations dismissal has no preclusive effect under California law.
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May 22, 2026
6 case(s) published, 41 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
Civil Procedure, Personal Injury & Tort
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May 21, 2026
The Fourth Appellate District (Division One) affirmed summary judgment for Uber in a wrongful-death suit, holding that an intoxicated college passenger’s death after she was struck on a freeway interchange roughly four miles from where two Uber drivers had left her was not within the scope of risk created by the drivers’ conduct.