Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Business Transactions, Litigation
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May 15, 2026
The Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal of a California consumer fraud class action, holding that a licorice product's "Free of Artificial Colors & Flavors" label can mislead reasonable consumers when the product allegedly contains petroleum-derived DL malic acid as a flavoring.
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May 15, 2026
7 case(s) published, 28 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law
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May 14, 2026
The Second District vacated a murder conviction because the trial court improperly added and underlined 'unintentionally' in the voluntary manslaughter jury instruction, misleading the jury about when heat of passion applies.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Litigation, Real Estate Law
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May 14, 2026
The Second District upheld LA's post-COVID eviction-threshold ordinance as a valid exercise of city police power, but struck down its relocation-assistance mandate as preempted by the Costa-Hawkins Act.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
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May 14, 2026
The Ninth Circuit held that a public university violated a professor's First Amendment rights by investigating and reprimanding him for inserting a counter-statement to a recommended land acknowledgment in his syllabus.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
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May 14, 2026
The Ninth Circuit held that Loper Bright's elimination of Chevron deference does not undermine AEDPA's deferential standard in habeas cases, reversing a district court's grant of relief to a California death-row inmate.
California Supreme Court, Intellectual Property, Litigation
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May 14, 2026
The California Supreme Court held that a CMIA breach occurs when medical data is exposed to a significant risk of unauthorized access — rejecting the prior 'actually viewed' standard and disapproving three Court of Appeal decisions.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Insurance Law, Litigation
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May 14, 2026
The Second District reversed summary judgment for State Farm, finding triable issues on whether a pinhole pipe leak met the policy's seepage exclusion and whether the insurer acted in bad faith by reversing its own coverage determination.
6th District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law, Litigation
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May 14, 2026
The Sixth District ordered a trial court to reinstate blood-alcohol evidence in a DUI murder case, holding that a defendant's breath-test request is irrelevant to blood-draw warrant probable cause and that the implied consent statute does not override a valid warrant.
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May 14, 2026
2 case(s) published, 41 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
1st District Court of Appeal, Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation
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May 13, 2026
California appeals court holds that Humboldt County can be sued for failing to enroll a 40-year court reporter in CalPERS and losing her personnel records, establishing that pension enrollment and record-keeping are mandatory duties enforceable under Government Code section 815.6.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Administrative Law, Environmental Law
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May 13, 2026
Ninth Circuit orders EPA to strengthen regulation of decaBDE, a toxic flame retardant, holding the agency failed to justify exemptions for recycling, waste disposal, wastewater, and sewage sludge under TSCA's expedited rulemaking mandate.
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May 13, 2026
3 case(s) published, 36 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
4th District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Collections & Creditor Rights, Litigation
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May 12, 2026
California’s Fourth District holds that check memo-line annotations labeling payments as “loan payment” are not sufficient written acknowledgments to revive a debt already barred by the statute of limitations.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Litigation
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May 12, 2026
The Ninth Circuit holds that when a racially biased juror is discovered and removed before a verdict is accepted, courts must apply the Remmer framework’s heavy presumption of prejudice—and reverses a tax-fraud conviction because the government could not rebut that presumption.
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May 11, 2026
2 case(s) published, 34 investigated but skipped, 16 court(s) searched.
4th District Court of Appeal, Litigation, Real Estate Law, Tax (non-estate)
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May 11, 2026
Fourth District holds that a property company’s declaratory relief claim challenging tax assessments arose from the county assessor’s protected speech and petitioning under the anti-SLAPP statute, reversing the trial court’s denial of the county’s motion to strike.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Litigation
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May 11, 2026
Second District reverses $19,285 in sanctions because the movant’s notice of motion lacked a hearing date, holding that LA County’s electronic filing system does not excuse noncompliance with section 128.7’s mandatory safe harbor provisions.
2nd District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
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May 11, 2026
Second District affirms summary judgment for LAUSD in a COVID-19 vaccine mandate challenge after school safety officers forfeited their appeal by failing to cite any record evidence in their opening brief.
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May 10, 2026
0 case(s) published, 21 investigated but skipped, 9 court(s) searched.
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May 9, 2026
0 case(s) published, 21 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
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May 8, 2026
3 case(s) published, 26 investigated but skipped, 14 court(s) searched.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
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May 8, 2026
The Ninth Circuit holds that federal kidnapping under 18 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1) can be committed by deception alone, but vacates the murder-kidnapping conviction because the trial judge improperly coerced a unanimous verdict from a deadlocked jury.
5th District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law, Litigation
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May 8, 2026
The Fifth District holds that Penal Code section 1172.75(f) excludes from resentencing only inmates who were both convicted of a sexually violent offense and sentenced to death or LWOP — reopening SB 483 resentencing for many lifers.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Immigration
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May 8, 2026
The Ninth Circuit holds that DHS is not constitutionally required to translate the entirety of a Notice to Appear — including the obligation to update one's address with the immigration court — into the alien's native language.