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Marriage of Patel
Family court acted within its authority in dismissing appellant's petition for legal separation under Family Code section 2345 when respondent's lack of consent made a judgment legally impossible. 		Family Law 4DCA/3 Dec. 23, 2025
Amaro v. Weber
Secretary of State improperly denied applications for restitution from corporate fraud fund as resubmissions without proper evidence and was required to properly evaluate them. 		Corporations 3DCA Dec. 23, 2025
Make UC a Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of California
Plaintiffs were not "successful parties" under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 where their temporary appellate victories were abrogated by legislation and reversed by the Supreme Court. 		Fees and Costs 1DCA/5 Dec. 23, 2025
Faiaipau v. THC-Orange County, LLC
Trial court erred by not ordering individual plaintiffs' wrongful death claim to arbitration, where death was allegedly caused by medical facility's disconnection of decedent's ventilator, not lack of custodial care. 		Arbitration 1DCA/4 Dec. 23, 2025
U.S. v. Rodriguez
District court properly applied sentencing enhancement for possession of two California driver's licenses, where defendant conceded possession, and the Sentencing Guidelines contained no mens rea requirement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 23, 2025
Ruiz v. Bondi
Despite statutory provision removing decisions regarding asylum applications' timeliness from courts' jurisdiction, courts retained jurisdiction to review, albeit deferentially, mixed questions of law and fact presented by such determinations. 		Immigration 9th Dec. 23, 2025
VIP Mortgage Inc. v. Gates
Arbitrator's failure to remember a fee-allocation stipulation was not a legally dispositive factual error warranting vacatur under the Federal Arbitration Act. 		Arbitration 9th Dec. 23, 2025
California Apartment Assn. v. City of Pasadena
While Pasadena's Measure H, which added provisions to the City Charter pertaining to rent control and evictions, was a constitutionally permissible Charter amendment, state law preempted some provisions. 		Constitutional Law 2DCA/7 Dec. 22, 2025
Modification: Environmental Democracy Project v. Rael
California Organic Food and Farming Act applies broadly to all products labeled or sold as organic, including feminine hygiene products. 		Consumer Law 1DCA/2 Dec. 22, 2025
Johnson v. Rubylin, Inc.
Attorney-client privilege did not apply to statutorily required disclosure of claimed attorney's fees and costs incurred prior to an early evaluation conference in construction-related accessibility suit. 		Evidence, Disability Discrimination 6DCA Dec. 22, 2025
Weldeyohannes v. State of Washington
Numerous genuine disputes of material fact regarding prison officials' investigation into prisoner's request for transportation accommodation precluded district court's grant of summary judgment for the State. 		Disability Discrimination, Prisoners' Rights 9th Dec. 22, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Patrick
Federal penalty statute allowed district court to simultaneously enter a total fine amount "due immediately" while establishing an installment schedule for payment due to defendant's indigent status. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 22, 2025
U.S. v. Justus
District court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of defendant's violent, anti-government Facebook activity at trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 9th Dec. 22, 2025
Reges v. Cauce
Under the *Pickering* balancing test, defendant university failed to demonstrate its legitimate institutional interests outweighed plaintiff professor's First Amendment interest in speaking about a public concern matter in the university setting. 		Constitutional Law 9th Dec. 22, 2025
City of San Jose v. Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn.
Because City had a legal obligation to address its pension shortfall, the constitutional debt limit did not restrict the City's discretion in determining how to address that obligation. 		Municipal Law, Constitutional Law CASC Dec. 19, 2025
International Longshore and Warehouse Union v. National Labor Relations Board
Order 		9th Dec. 18, 2025
Quilala v. Securitas Security Services USA
Trial court did not err by considering, sua sponte, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act as a basis for denying motion to compel arbitration. 		Arbitration, Employment Discrimination 1DCA/3 Dec. 18, 2025
Bareilles v. State Water Resource Control Board
State Water Resources Control Board's refusal to review regional board order was not subject to judicial review where plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies and where no rights were adjudicated. 		Water Rights 1DCA/1 Dec. 18, 2025
People v. Cabalar
Trial court abused its discretion in denying mental health diversion when defendant met all statutory criteria, and there was no evidence supporting defendant was a risk to public safety. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Dec. 18, 2025
Benavides v. Superior Court (People)
Penal Code section 859b required dismissal of criminal complaint when preliminary hearing was continued beyond statutory period without good cause and defendant actually remained in custody beyond that period. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/5 Dec. 18, 2025
In re Thai
Limiting types of prison conduct credits available to advance youth parole eligibility date while allowing non-youthful offenders to utilize other types of credits did not violate equal protection. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Dec. 18, 2025
U.S. v. Avalos
Deciding Service officers in administrative removal proceedings are not "inferior Officers" subject to the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. 		Constitutional Law, Immigration 9th Dec. 18, 2025
Kuhnel v. Appellate Division
Because petitioner's probation expired by operation of law due to ameliorative, retroactive legislation before the trial court summarily revoked it, the court lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate alleged probation violation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Dec. 18, 2025
Disney Platform Distribution v. City of Santa Barbara
Because voters intended to tax video programming irrespective of delivery technology, City of Santa Barbara's Ordinance 5471 validly applied to Disney Company's video-streaming services, incurring roughly $612,000 in tax liability. 		Municipal Law, Tax 2DCA/6 Dec. 18, 2025
Vergara v. Ouse
Therapist selected to provide supervised visitation was shielded from suit for terminating visitation by quasi-judicial immunity because she was performing a delegated judicial authority. 		Immunity 6DCA Dec. 17, 2025
People v. Ismaiel
Trial court's incorrect instruction that defendant's alleged mistake of fact (as to minor's age) had to be reasonable was prejudicial, as a juror could have found defendant's testimony of mistake credible. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/5 Dec. 17, 2025
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. City of Los Angeles
Voter-initiated ordinance allowing real property tax earmarked for homeless programs was not invalidated by the Los Angeles City Charter or California Constitution. 		Municipal Law, Tax 2DCA/4 Dec. 17, 2025
Romero v. County of Kern
Firefighter was not required to exhaust administrative remedies under Kern County's internal rules because they did not provide defined procedures for the submission, evaluation, and resolution of whistleblower retaliation claims. 		Employment Law, Government 5DCA Dec. 17, 2025
Prime Healthcare Management v. Superior Court (Gavriiloglou)
Subsequent opinions from other appellate districts did not trigger the law-of-the-case doctrine's intervening change in the law exception. 		Employment Law 4DCA/2 Dec. 17, 2025
Pham v. Superior Court (Kon)
Trial court properly awarded embryos to former wife, where divorcing couple's valid in vitro fertilization agreement delineated disposition of cryopreserved embryos upon divorce. 		Family Law, Contracts 4DCA/3 Dec. 17, 2025
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