Daily Summary — 2026-05-05
Daily Summary — 2026-05-05. 4 case(s) published, 15 investigated but skipped, 19 opinion(s) surfaced across 14 court(s) searched.
4Published
15Skipped
19Opinions surfaced
14Courts searched
5Email mentions
Cases Published
| Case | Court | Date | Practice areas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toothman v. Redwood Toxicology Laboratory — 1st District Says Direct Employer Cannot Enforce Arbitration Clause Signed with Temp Agency | 1DCA Div. 4 | 2026-05-05 | labor-employment-law, litigation |
| People v. Tourville — 2nd District Says Trial Court Cannot Condition Mental-Health Treatment on a No-Contest Plea Where Defendant Is Eligible for Diversion | 2DCA Div. 7 | 2026-05-05 | criminal-law, healthcare-law |
| People v. Mijares — 2nd District Affirms Murder Conviction Where Defendant's Attack Was a Substantial Factor in Death Despite Victim's Preexisting Conditions | 2DCA Div. 8 | 2026-05-05 | criminal-law |
| 3Pak LLC v. City of Seattle — Ninth Circuit Holds State-Created Danger Doctrine Doesn't Cover Pure Economic Loss, but Revives State Nuisance Claim Under Equitable Tolling | 9th Cir. | 2026-05-05 | constitutional-law, litigation |
Cases Investigated but Not Published
- Solan v. State of Arizona (25-3769, 9th Cir.) — Arizona unpub memo, no California nexus
- Morales Coro v. Blanche (25-1063, 9th Cir.) — Unpub immigration memorandum disposition
- Lopez Aguilar v. Blanche (25-994, 9th Cir.) — Unpub immigration memorandum disposition
- Liu v. Blanche (25-2550, 9th Cir.) — Unpub immigration memorandum disposition
- Levelfields, Inc. v. Reddit, Inc. (25-394, 9th Cir.) — Unpub short procedural memo
- Flores-Jimenez v. Blanche (25-1306, 9th Cir.) — Unpub immigration memorandum disposition
- Roshan v. Sunquist (25-3157, 9th Cir.) — Unpub short pro se memo
- Roshan v. Lawrence (24-7429, 9th Cir.) — Unpub short pro se memo
- Roman-Orsorio v. Blanche (25-2110, 9th Cir.) — Unpub immigration memorandum disposition
- Kelly v. Turner (25-3638, 9th Cir.) — Unpub short procedural memo
- Whitfield v. Mullin (25-5220, 9th Cir.) — Unpub short procedural memo
- Scianna v. Aurora Behavioral Healthcare-Tempe, LLC (25-2989, 9th Cir.) — Arizona behavioral health unpub memo, no CA nexus
- Sanai v. Cardona (24-6708, 9th Cir.) — Unpub pro se memo
- Villatoro-Ramos v. Blanche (25-3595, 9th Cir.) — Unpub immigration memorandum disposition
- Tabi v. Luzader (24-7450, 9th Cir.) — Unpub short procedural memo
Courts Searched
| Court | Source | Opinions found | Kept after triage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Supreme Court | courts.ca.gov | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st District Court of Appeal | courts.ca.gov | 1 | 1 | Toothman (employment arbitration) |
| 2nd District Court of Appeal | courts.ca.gov | 2 | 2 | Tourville (mental-health diversion) + Mijares (causation) |
| 3rd District Court of Appeal | courts.ca.gov | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 (Superior Court) | courts.ca.gov | 0 | 0 | |
| Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals | CourtListener (court_id:ca9) | 16 | 1 | 3Pak v. Seattle (published) kept; 15 unpub memos skipped |
| U.S. District Court — Central District of California | CourtListener (court_id:cacd) | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. District Court — Eastern District of California | CourtListener (court_id:caed) | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. District Court — Northern District of California | CourtListener (court_id:cand) | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. District Court — Southern District of California | CourtListener (court_id:casd) | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Supreme Court (CA-related) | CourtListener (court_id:scotus, name-filter) | 0 | 0 |
Email Newsletter Ingest
| Metric | Count |
|---|---|
| Messages processed | 15 |
| Newsletter URLs (case-source) | 1 |
| Case mentions extracted from newsletter bodies | 5 |
Subscribed sources: SCOTUSblog daily round-up, Reuters Legal newsletters, Law360, LexBlog topic newsletters, Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Sources Consulted
- courts.ca.gov/opinions/publishedcitable-opinions
- courts.ca.gov/opinions/unpublishednon-citable-opinions
- CourtListener API v4 — court_id: ca9, cacd, caed, cand, casd, scotus
- Casebot mailbox (IMAP, read-only)
- data/skipped_m_orders.log (M-suffix dedup audit; 0 new entries today)