| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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B337098
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People v. Brown
Petitioner, who was sentenced to prison after violating probation, was eligible for Penal Code section 1203.41 relief even though his original sentence did not involve state prison. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
K. Yegan | May 23, 2025 |
|
A168363
|
People v. Mathis
Defendant's failure to raise a section 654 (double punishment) claim during his plea deal resulted in forfeiting the claim. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
G. Burns | May 23, 2025 |
|
B322799
|
Modification: Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc.
Plaintiffs' prospective, written waivers of their 30-minute meal period for shifts between five and six hours were valid and enforceable. |
Employment Law |
|
G. Martinez | May 23, 2025 |
|
D084344
|
Modification: Marriage of A.M. and R.Y.
Given the totality of the circumstances, evidence submitted by domestic violence restraining order applicant was legally sufficient to establish abuse. |
Family Law |
|
M. Buchanan | May 23, 2025 |
|
23-909
|
Kousisis v. U.S.
Inducing a victim to enter a transaction under materially false pretenses was sufficient to support federal wire fraud conviction even where the defendant did not seek to cause economic loss. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
A. Barrett | May 23, 2025 |
|
24-394
|
Oklahoma Charter School Board v. Drummond
Order |
|
May 23, 2025 | ||
|
22-16268
|
Anderson v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee
Merely contending that plan managers could have obtained better investment results was inadequate to progress employee's ERISA duty-of-prudence violation lawsuit. |
ERISA |
|
E. Miller | May 23, 2025 |
|
23-4220
|
Mission Hen, LLC v. Lee
The fact that debtors would need to use income surpluses from the first nine months to cover the shortfalls in the remaining months did not render a plan infeasible. |
Bankruptcy |
|
W. Fletcher | May 23, 2025 |
|
A169918
|
Restivo v. City of Petaluma
Trial court properly granted summary judgment for city, where plaintiff presented no evidence of the city's actual or constructive notice of the crack in the street that caused her skateboard accident. |
Torts, Government |
|
K. Banke | May 22, 2025 |
|
F087198
|
People v. Millan
Great bodily injury enhancement to attempted murder of defendant's infant son was not supported by substantial evidence where defendant only proximately caused injury to the infant. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
J. Detjen | May 22, 2025 |
|
G062770
|
People v. Richee
Trial court's erroneous instruction to jury on the now defunct natural and consequences doctrine warranted reversal of attempted murder convictions. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
K. O'Leary | May 22, 2025 |
|
B334636
|
Moving Oxnard Forward, Inc. v. City of Oxnard
Bonds issued by joint powers financing authority and financed using a lease-leaseback agreement did not violate the California Constitution's prohibition on local governments incurring long-term debts. |
Municipal Law |
|
H. Baltodano | May 22, 2025 |
|
B322799
|
Modification: Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc.
Plaintiffs' prospective, written waivers of their 30-minute meal period for shifts between five and six hours were valid and enforceable. |
Employment Law |
|
G. Martinez | May 22, 2025 |
|
24A1051
|
Libby v. Fecteau
Order |
|
May 22, 2025 | ||
|
H051407
|
Guracar v. Student Loan Solutions
Plaintiff had standing to sue, as the Fair Debt Buying Practices Act, the Private Student Loan Collections Reform Act, and the Rosenthal Act do not require plaintiffs seeking statutory damages to show concrete harm. |
Consumer Law, Civil Procedure |
|
D. Bromberg | May 22, 2025 |
|
B336550
|
Tarlton & Sons v. Great American Insurance Co.
Order sustaining demurrer on subcontractor's payment bond claim against school district was reversed, where no "cessation of labor" occurred that would trigger the statute of limitations. |
Municipal Law, Insurance |
|
T. Cody | May 22, 2025 |
|
A171858
|
McDaniel v. Superior Court (People)
Good-cause threshold for granting Racial Justice Act discovery request is a low bar--satisfied in this case by a plausible factual foundation, based on specific county-level data, that a violation could have occurred. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
I. Petrou | May 21, 2025 |
|
G064332
|
Mae M. v. Komrosky
Trial court abused its discretion in denying plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin a Temecula School Board Resolution that would ban Critical Race Theory and "other similar frameworks." |
Constitutional Law, Education |
|
K. O'Leary | May 21, 2025 |
|
21-927
|
Gonzalez-Juarez v. Bondi
Petitioner failed to establish that Board of Immigration Appeals erred in denying his request to cancel his removal based on extremely unusual hardship to his relatives, where substantial evidence showed little hardship beyond the usual. |
Immigration |
|
S. Ikuta | May 21, 2025 |
|
24A1007
|
A.A.R.P. v. Trump
Where district court's failure to act expeditiously had the same practical effect as refusing an injunction, Venezuelan detainees facing removal were entitled to interlocutory appeal. |
Immigration, Government |
|
P. Curiam (USSC) | May 20, 2025 |
|
C101517
|
Holman v. County of Butte
Because the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act creates a mandatory duty to notify other agencies of alleged child abuse, County's failure to cross-report was not protected by discretionary immunity. |
Torts, Government |
|
P. Krause | May 19, 2025 |
|
23-55418
|
Woodland v. Hill
Plaintiff failed to plausibly plead copyright claim alleging that Lil Nas X's semi-nude photos violated plaintiff's copyright in plaintiff's semi-nude photos. |
Copyright |
|
K. Lee | May 19, 2025 |
|
23-4466
|
Estate of Soakai v. Abdelaziz
Officers who engaged in an unnecessary high-speed police chase that killed bystanders were not entitled to qualified immunity. |
Qualified Immunity |
|
S. Graber | May 19, 2025 |
|
A169640
|
Rose v. Hobby Lobby Stores
The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency was not liable for the litigation costs incurred by a prevailing defendant, where the LWDA did not participate in the underlying PAGA litigation. |
Employment Law |
|
M. Miller | May 16, 2025 |
|
E085039
|
In re B.L.
Because a mother's drunk driving resulted in her child's serious brain injury, juvenile court's jurisdictional and visitation findings against mother were affirmed. |
Dependency |
|
D. Miller | May 16, 2025 |
|
B340707
|
Modification: Sanders v. Superior Court (Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.)
Federal Arbitration Act does not preempt Code of Civil Procedure Section 1281.98's 30-day time limit for arbitration fees. |
Arbitration, Civil Procedure |
|
G. Feuer | May 16, 2025 |
|
23-1239
|
Barnes v. Felix
With excessive-force claims involving death, moment-of-threat rule is inapplicable as it impermissibly narrows the proper "totality of the circumstances" instructions. |
Constitutional Law |
|
E. Kagan | May 16, 2025 |
|
25-2808
|
Community Legal Services In East Palo Alto v. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Order |
|
May 16, 2025 | ||
|
23-4108
|
U.S. v. Yafa
District court did not err when it used the gain that resulted from defendants' "pump and dump" securities scheme as an alternative measure for loss. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Securities |
|
M. Murguia | May 16, 2025 |
|
24-581
|
Yelp Inc. v. Paxton
Applying Younger doctrine, district court properly dismissed Yelp's motion to enjoin Texas' ongoing state court proceedings regarding Yelp's notifications for crisis pregnancy centers. |
Civil Procedure |
|
D. Bress | May 16, 2025 |
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