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Dieves v. Butte Sand Trucking Co.
Trial court erred in striking Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claim on the ground that individualized proof made the claim unmanageable. 		Employment Law 3DCA Dec. 15, 2025
People v. Kinnear
Trial court erred by imposing upper term and second-strike sentence after accepting defendant's stipulation without advising him of his constitutional rights or eliciting a knowing and voluntary waiver. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Dec. 12, 2025
Human Rights Defense Center, Inc. v. Uttecht
Prison officials were required to show that policy restricting mail to prisoners--impinging their First Amendment rights--advanced penological interest of reducing inmate-on-inmate violence. 		Prisoners' Rights 9th Dec. 12, 2025
Epic Games Inc. v. Apple Inc.
District court did not abuse its discretion by finding Apple in contempt after it willfully violated an injunction prohibiting anticompetitive behavior that discouraged purchases from App Store developers. 		Antitrust 9th Dec. 12, 2025
People v. Harrison
Defendant's resentencing petition for mitigation due to military service-related conditions failed because his conviction was for a statutorily excluded super-strike offense rendering him categorically ineligible. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/4 Dec. 12, 2025
Modification: Gilliland v. City of Pleasanton
Trial court applied an incorrect legal standard in finding that vehicle collision occurred during a qualifying police "pursuit," which would immunize the city from liability. 		Torts, Immunity 1DCA/1 Dec. 11, 2025
Sierra Pacific Industries Wage and Hour Cases
Defendant-employer waived the right to compel arbitration after engaging in extensive discovery and refusing to identify employees who signed arbitration agreements, despite court order instructing it to do so. 		Arbitration, Employment Law 3DCA Dec. 11, 2025
U.S. v. Kittson
Illegal transfer of a machinegun to undercover government agent did not qualify for the exemption for transferring machineguns to the United States government. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 11, 2025
Dreher v. City of Los Angeles
City's tiered water rate structure--allowing customers to control their ultimate rate through discretionary water use--did not violate California Constitution's proportional cost of service requirement. 		Utilities 2DCA/1 Dec. 10, 2025
Peterson v. Zhang
Denial of motion for sanctions in underlying case did not trigger the interim adverse judgment rule to defeat malicious prosecution claim because it revealed nothing about the merits. 		Torts, Anti-SLAPP 2DCA/8 Dec. 10, 2025
People v. Grandberry
Petitioner was ineligible for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6 because he was a major participant in felonies underlying a murder and acted with reckless indifference to human life. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/3 Dec. 10, 2025
People v. Cain
Because Penal Code section 1509 makes habeas corpus the exclusive vehicle for attacking death judgments, invoking section 1172.75 to reopen a final death sentence was an impermissible collateral attack. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 Dec. 10, 2025
Amended Order: State of Oregon v. Trump
Because President Trump's action to federalize the Oregon National Guard in response to Portland ICE facility unrest was within his statutory authority, State of Oregon's ultra vires claim failed. 		Constitutional Law 9th Dec. 10, 2025
Marriage of M.P. and M.C.
Minor's statements regarding stepdad's sexual abuse were admissible for their truth, but it was error to use pending criminal charges as substantive proof of abuse in restraining order proceeding. 		Family Law, Evidence 4DCA/3 Dec. 10, 2025
People v. S.H.
Because defendant's child-pornography offense was not a "direct result" of sexual violence, Penal Code section 236.15 relief was unavailable. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Dec. 10, 2025
Davenport v. U.S.
Order 		USSC Dec. 9, 2025
Doe v. Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC
Louisiana statute immunizing healthcare providers from civil liability during public health emergencies could not block plaintiff's federal claims. 		Health Care USSC Dec. 9, 2025
People v. Frederickson
Resentencing first-degree murder conviction--thereby eliminating special circumstance that attached only to first-degree murders--did not run afoul of Penal Code section 1385.1, which prohibits judges from striking special circumstances. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Dec. 9, 2025
Maneri v. FCA US LLC
Lemon-law plaintiff could not recover costs for long-term rentals or replacement vehicle where those expenses neither exceeded the original purchase price nor were related to care of the original vehicle. 		Consumer Law 4DCA/3 Dec. 9, 2025
California FAIR Plan Assn. v. Lara
Trial court erred by deferring to non-contemporaneous agency interpretation allowing Insurance Commissioner to add liability insurance as part of "basic property insurance." 		Insurance, Real Property 2DCA/3 Dec. 9, 2025
Modification: In re Mattison
Penal Code section 1465.9(d)'s 10-year limit on restitution fines does not trigger the full resentencing rule when vacating that portion of a judgment. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Dec. 9, 2025
Salazar v. Majestic Realty Co.
Trial court erred in denying plaintiff's request to preliminarily enjoin shopping centers from enforcing their total ban on the expressive activity of handing out leaflets. 		Constitutional Law 2DCA/1 Dec. 8, 2025
Rodriguez v. WNT, Inc.
Because dismissal resulted from both the client's nonparticipation and counsel's deliberate noncompliance, mandatory relief under Code of Civil Procedure section 473(b) for terminating sanctions was unavailable. 		Civil Procedure, Attorneys 4DCA/1 Dec. 8, 2025
Modification: Jacobson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
The Education Code does not require vendors to disclose fees for retirement investment products that, while previously offered to public education employees, are no longer available to prospective purchasers. 		Education 2DCA/1 Dec. 8, 2025
Villa Zinfandel v. Bearman
Awarding more than $35,000 in damages in civil action originally classified as limited was not error where the case was consolidated for all purposes with an unlimited civil action. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/1 Dec. 8, 2025
State of Washington v. U.S. Dept. of Education
Federal government was unlikely to succeed on its claim that the Court of Federal Claims, not the district court, had jurisdiction over States' challenge to discontinuance of education grants. 		Education 9th Dec. 8, 2025
Abbott v. League of United Latin American Citizens
Order 		USSC Dec. 8, 2025
International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc. v. Ferguson
Order 		9th Dec. 8, 2025
Andrews v. Wagner
Landowner bore no liability for insurance inspector's injuries occurring on her backyard steps when, despite being qualified as a "hirer" under *Privette*, the steps were not a concealed hazard. 		Torts, Real Property 2DCA/6 Dec. 5, 2025
Jacobson v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
The Education Code does not require vendors to disclose fees for retirement investment products that, while previously offered to public education employees, are no longer available to prospective purchasers. 		Education 2DCA/1 Dec. 5, 2025
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