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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
Thai v. Richmond City Center, L.P.
Trial court erred by granting plaintiff's motions to compel compliance with subpoenas seeking partnership's consumer records because the motions were brought under the wrong section of the Code of Civil Procedure and were untimely. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Dec. 16, 2022
AIDS HealthCare Foundation v. City of Los Angeles
Though lawsuit involved the Political Reform Act, Government Code Section 65009's statute of limitation applied to case involving decisions made by investigated Los Angeles City's planning and land use management committee members. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/7 Dec. 15, 2022
Seto v. Szeto
Statute of limitations to bring action to trial was tolled during time plaintiffs' waited for defendants to meet agreement conditions. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/4 Dec. 14, 2022
Modification: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Superior Court (State of California)
Prior notice from the California State Controller is not a prerequisite of liability under the California False Claims Act. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/4 Dec. 14, 2022
Hooks v. Nexstar Broadcasting
In issuing a preliminary injunction, a district court should not presume a likelihood of irreparable harm due to having found a likelihood of success. 		Civil Procedure 9th Dec. 6, 2022
California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control v. Jim Dobbas Inc.
Insurer may intervene under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2) in a tort action to defend an insured that is unable to defend itself regardless of its position on coverage. 		Civil Procedure 9th Dec. 2, 2022
McKnight v. Hinojosa
Uber settlement, providing credit for class members, was flexible enough to not merit application of the Class Action Fairness Act's attorney fee restrictions. 		Civil Procedure 9th Dec. 1, 2022
Blizzard Energy v. Schaefers
Defendant's cross-complaint in a Kansas action counted as one of the "five litigations" required for a vexatious litigant finding under Code of Civil Procedure Section 391(b)(1). 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/6 Nov. 30, 2022
Patel v. Chavez
Superior court had jurisdiction to order forfeiture of undertaking posted as condition of appeal from Labor Commissioner's order to satisfy judgments despite lack of ongoing valid appeal by plaintiff-employers. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/1 Nov. 25, 2022
Valiente v. Swift Transportation Co. of Arizona
Agency's preemption decision regarding meal and rest break rules for truck drivers barred lawsuits predicated on those rules that were commenced before the decision was made from proceeding. 		Civil Procedure 9th Nov. 25, 2022
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Superior Court (State of California)
Prior notice from the California State Controller is not a prerequisite of liability under the California False Claims Act. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/4 Nov. 22, 2022
WV 23 Jumpstart, LLC v. Mynarcik
Personal jurisdiction over judgment debtor is not required for a court clerk to register a sister-state judgment in California where the original trial court had subject matter and personal jurisdiction. 		Civil Procedure 3DCA Nov. 22, 2022
Modification: Shapell Socal Rental Properties v. Chico's FAS
In an unlawful detainer action, plaintiff's counsel breached its ethical and statutory obligation to advise opposing counsel of the intent to seek entry of a default judgment. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Nov. 17, 2022
Marriage of Blake & Langer
Court was not divested of jurisdiction to impose sanctions for frivolous motion to disqualify despite plaintiff voluntarily dismissing joinder complaint since motion concerned collateral issues separate from the complaint's merits. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/4 Nov. 14, 2022
Dedication and Everlasting Love v. City of El Monte
Lot owner's appeal of a Hearing Officer's decision was transferred to the appellate division of the Los Angeles County Superior Court since it was a limited civil case. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/8 Nov. 10, 2022
Raja Development Co. v. Napa Sanitary Dist.
Sustaining demurrer was improper when the sanitation district had not established that the challenged fee was severable from the fee that was barred by the statute of limitations. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/4 Nov. 10, 2022
Unzueta v. Akopyan
Peremptory challenges may not be used to excuse potential jurors who are associated with characteristics listed in Government Code Section 11135(a) which includes those associated with someone who has a disability. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/7 Nov. 9, 2022
Modification: Shapell Socal Rental Properties v. Chico's FAS
In an unlawful detainer action, plaintiff's counsel breached its ethical and statutory obligation to advise opposing counsel of the intent to seek entry of a default judgment. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Nov. 2, 2022
Amended Opinion: Save the Bull Trout v. Williams
Environmentalist plaintiffs' claims were precluded because claim preclusion barred subsequent filings of claims that were subject to a denial of leave to amend. 		Civil Procedure 9th Nov. 2, 2022
Council for Education and Research v. Starbucks Corp.
Where Section 998 offer required a general release that encompassed claims beyond the scope of the litigation, the compromise offers were invalidated and trial court erred in denying taxing of costs. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/4 Oct. 28, 2022
Trujillo v. City of Los Angeles
A Section 998 offer to settle becomes inoperative once the court issues a summary judgment ruling, whether written or oral. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/2 Oct. 28, 2022
Limon v. Circle K Stores
Former gas station employee lacked standing to pursue damages in California because he did not suffer any injury under the Fair Credit Reporting Act from receiving an accurate consumer report. 		Civil Procedure 5DCA Oct. 27, 2022
K.M. v. Grossmont Union High School Dist.
Treble damages provision in Code of Civil Procedure Section 340.1 for a claim involving a prior cover-up of childhood sexual abuse is not applicable to public school districts. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/1 Oct. 27, 2022
City of Los Angeles v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC
Award of monetary sanctions for city's alleged egregious misuse of the discovery process was not authorized by the statutes cited under the Civil Discovery Act. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/5 Oct. 24, 2022
Shapell Socal Rental Properties v. Chico's FAS
In an unlawful detainer action, plaintiff's counsel breached its ethical and statutory obligation to advise opposing counsel of the intent to seek entry of a default judgment. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Oct. 19, 2022
Golf & Tennis Pro Shop v. Superior Court (Frye)
Although the time period to file notice of a motion to compel further responses does not start upon service of a combination of unverified responses and objections, petitioner's motion was nonetheless untimely. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Oct. 19, 2022
Amy's Kitchen v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Insured should have been granted leave to amend the complaint because the trial court never considered whether it could amend to properly allege a "communicable disease event" under property insurance policy. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/4 Oct. 6, 2022
Guzman v. Polaris Industries
Summary judgment was improper where district court lacked equitable jurisdiction and therefore could not make a determination on the merits of the underlying claim. 		Civil Procedure 9th Sep. 30, 2022
Sonner v. Premier Nutrition
District court did not abuse its discretion in denying injunction of state court complaint based on res judicata since the decision to enjoin under the Anti-Injunction Act relitigation exception is discretionary. 		Civil Procedure 9th Sep. 30, 2022
In Re Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation
Class action settlement was vacated and remanded because the district court applied the wrong legal standard and ignored precedent requiring a heightened fairness inquiry prior to class certification. 		Civil Procedure 9th Sep. 29, 2022
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