4th District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law, Litigation
4th District Court of Appeal, Construction Law, Litigation
AVL Test Systems v. Hensel Phelps Construction — Whether Equipment Becomes “Fixed Part of the Structure” for Contractor Licensing Exemption Is a Question of Fact
California Supreme Court, Family Law
In re Z.G. — Juvenile Court Cannot Terminate Parental Rights Based Solely on Adoptability, and Mother’s Lawyer Was Ineffective for Failing to Demand Required Reunification Services
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Immigration
Hanan v. USCIS — Ninth Circuit holds the marriage fraud bar applies even when the noncitizen never applied for benefits based on the sham marriage, and that USCIS need not produce the ex-spouse for cross-examination
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Litigation
Reach Community Development v. USDHS — Ninth Circuit stays Portland injunction barring tear gas at ICE protests, holding bystanders likely have no substantive-due-process right against incidental chemical exposure
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Litigation
Dickinson v. Trump — Ninth Circuit stays Portland injunction restricting federal crowd-control tactics, faulting overbroad class relief and uniform-redesign order in protest-retaliation case
3rd District Court of Appeal, Environmental Law, Litigation
People ex rel. Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District v. Defty — Cross-Complaint Challenging Validity of Underlying Agency Policy Does Not Arise From Protected Activity for Anti-SLAPP Purposes
1st District Court of Appeal, Environmental Law, Real Estate Law
Citizens Against Marketplace Apartment/Condo Development v. City of San Ramon — Approval of Mixed-Use Infill Housing Project Was Consistent With City General Plan and Zoning
1st District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law, Litigation
People v. Emrick — Probation Condition Allowing Probation Department to Jail Defendant Without Hearing Improperly Delegates Judicial Authority
2nd District Court of Appeal, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation
Stoker v. Blue Origin — Blue Origin Arbitration Agreement Substantively and Procedurally Unconscionable; Severance Not Appropriate
4th District Court of Appeal, Civil Procedure, Litigation
Amezcua v. Superior Court — Trial Court Cannot Condition Leave to Amend Under Section 473 on Payment of Attorney’s Fees
California Supreme Court, Administrative Law, Real Estate Law
Shear Development Co. v. California Coastal Commission — Courts Decide Coastal Commission Jurisdiction Independently, and the Commission Cannot Take Appeals Just Because a Site Allows Multiple Principal Uses
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Business Transactions, Environmental Law
County of San Bernardino v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania — Ninth Circuit holds policy’s aggregate limit does not apply to property damage, restoring per-occurrence coverage for Chino Airport environmental cleanup
2nd District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
Jessica M. v. CDCR — Penal Code Section 3051 Youth Offender Parole Hearings Constitutional as Applied to Forcible Sex Offenders Sentenced Under Section 667.6
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Litigation
United States v. State of California — Ninth Circuit grants injunction barring enforcement of California’s No Vigilantes Act ID requirement against federal officers, holding the law violates the Supremacy Clause
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Litigation
Moving Oxnard Forward v. Lopez — Ninth Circuit en banc upholds Oxnard’s per-candidate and aggregate campaign-contribution limits against First Amendment challenge
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Litigation
J.R. v. Ventura Unified School District — Ninth Circuit holds IDEA’s two-year clock starts when parents reasonably suspect inadequate special education, not when a later diagnosis confirms it
2nd District Court of Appeal, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation
Santana v. Studebaker Health Care Center — Multiple Arbitration Documents With Minor Ambiguities Form Enforceable Agreement
2nd District Court of Appeal, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
People v. Hardy — California’s Assault Weapon, Silencer, and Large-Capacity Magazine Bans Survive Second Amendment Facial Challenge After Bruen
4th District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law, Litigation
Bobo v. Appellate Division of Superior Court — Trial Court Cannot Deny Misdemeanor Vehicular Manslaughter Diversion Based Solely on the Inherent Elements of the Charged Offense
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Litigation
United States v. Bolandian — Ninth Circuit vacates insider-trading conviction, holding the trial court abdicated its duty to investigate a juror who said he might not be impartial
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. U.S. Department of the Interior — Ninth Circuit denies en banc rehearing in dispute over BLM land exchange involving 1900 ceded reservation lands, leaving panel ruling for the tribes intact
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Business Transactions, Litigation
McAuliffe v. Robinson Helicopter — Ninth Circuit holds GARA’s rolling 18-year repose period restarts for replacement parts even without substantive alteration, reviving Hawaiian crash family’s wrongful-death suit against Torrance manufacturer
5th District Court of Appeal, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation
Martinez v. Sierra Lifestar — Defenses Common to All Class Members Cannot Defeat Typicality of Class Representative’s Claim
6th District Court of Appeal, Criminal Law, Litigation