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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
Modification: Daimler Trucks North America LLC v. Superior Court (Hu)
Defendant's systematic business activities in California were sufficient to support a finding of specific jurisdiction even though the cause of action did not arise out of defendant's in-state conduct. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/5 Jul. 26, 2022
Transcon Financial, Inc. v. Reid & Hellyer, APC
Motions for sanctions filed on the 21st day of the safe harbor period instead of after the period had run required denial of the motions. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/2 Jul. 26, 2022
Leenay v. Superior Court (Lowe's Home Centers)
The trial court erred in staying plaintiff's action because of a pending arbitration to which the plaintiff was not a party. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/2 Jul. 25, 2022
Lang Van v. VNG Corp.
Personal jurisdiction existed in copyright infringement claim where foreign defendant had intentionally targeted American companies with actions in the United States market that would harm their interests there. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jul. 22, 2022
Medina Tovar v. Zuchowski
District court did not abuse its discretion in denying application for attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act because the government's non-prevailing position was substantially justified. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jul. 22, 2022
Parkford Owners for a Better Community v. Windeshausen
When appellate court dismisses a lawsuit based solely on mootness, a subsequent lawsuit involving the same parties is not barred by claim or issue preclusion. 		Civil Procedure 3DCA Jul. 18, 2022
Petrolink, Inc. v. Lantel Enterprises
Trial court had authority to enforce property purchase agreement between parties despite an unforeseen eminent domain action on the property encumbering the property's title. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Jul. 15, 2022
Tukes v. Richard
Plaintiff lacked standing to bring a malicious prosecution claim because he was not a named defendant in the original complaint and his uninvited answer did not make him a party. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/8 Jul. 14, 2022
Unified Data Services v. Federal Trade Commission
Pre-enforcement challenge to government policy prohibiting the use of soundboards in telemarketing lacked standing because plaintiffs did not articulate a concrete plan to violate the policy in question. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jul. 14, 2022
Daimler Trucks North America LLC v. Superior Court (Hu)
Defendant's systematic business activities in California were sufficient to support a finding of specific jurisdiction even though the cause of action did not arise out of defendant's in-state conduct. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/5 Jul. 11, 2022
Coastline JX Holdings LLC v. Bennett
Profit-sharing plan was automatically exempt from levy under both ERISA and California law because there was no conflict between ERISA and California law. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Jul. 11, 2022
Ross Dress for Less, Inc. v. Makarios-Oregon, LLC
Allowing a party to unilaterally withdraw jury demand was appropriate where the other party had agreed to a lease that contained a waiver of its right to a jury trial. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jul. 11, 2022
City and County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP
In a case involving whether oil and gas companies misled the public about fossil fuel dangers, oil and gas companies failed to establish federal jurisdiction to merit removal of case from Hawaii state court. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jul. 8, 2022
Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, Inc.
Class certification was reversed because the class members could not show that the whole class suffered damages traceable to their alleged misclassification as independent contractors. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jul. 6, 2022
Reposted to Provide Corrected Version: Grande v. Eisenhower Medical Center
Second class action regarding similar allegations was not precluded by judgment in first class action where the new defendant was a nonparty lacking privity with party in the first action. 		Civil Procedure CASC Jul. 5, 2022
Machowski v. 333 N. Placentia Property
Awarding attorney's fees according to schedule was an abuse of discretion when plaintiff clearly stated her intention to opt out of that method. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jul. 5, 2022
Grande v. Eisenhower Medical Center
Second class action regarding similar allegations was not precluded by judgment in first class action where the new defendant was a nonparty lacking privity with party in the first action. 		Civil Procedure CASC Jul. 1, 2022
Callahan v. Brookdale Senior Living Communities
Requesting to intervene in Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit because the PAGA settlement was too small was a disagreement over litigation strategy not meriting intervention as a matter of right. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jun. 30, 2022
LG Chem, Ltd. v. Superior Court (Lawhon)
Court could not exercise jurisdiction over Korean battery manufacturer since plaintiff's product liability claims for exploding vape battery did not arise out of manufacturer's sale of batteries for electric vehicles. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/1 Jun. 29, 2022
Doe v. The Regents of the University of California
Because trial courts have the power to render decisions, failing to join indispensable parties was not a jurisdictional defect. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/3 Jun. 28, 2022
Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
State legislative leaders were allowed to intervene in a case challenging the state's voter-ID law since their interests were not adequately represented by an Elections Board that had opposed the law. 		Civil Procedure USSC Jun. 24, 2022
Modification: Casey v. Hill
Trial court erred in ruling that Missouri court's exercise of personal jurisdiction violated due process because trial court ignored the material jurisdictional facts that were sufficient to satisfy the jurisdictional inquiry. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/1 Jun. 24, 2022
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. AmerisourceBergen Corp.
Stay of case was appropriate pending resolution of case in sister state where exact issues applied and more than 10 million pages of documents had already been generated in discovery. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Jun. 22, 2022
In re Marriage of Deal
A vexatious litigant's appeal of an order denying his request to file new litigation was dismissed as frivolous because it completely lacked merit and was intended to delay. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/3 Jun. 22, 2022
City of Los Angeles Dept. of Airports v. U.S. Specialty Insurance Co.
Surety was not entitled to attorney fees as the prevailing party, even though it only paid $1 in nominal damages, since it technically lost on all contract claims. 		Civil Procedure 1DCA/5 Jun. 17, 2022
D.D. v. Pitcher
Trial courts have discretion to restrict and reject improper content of proposed brief opening statements before voir dire. 		Civil Procedure 5DCA Jun. 17, 2022
Kemp v. U.S.
Plaintiff's motion to vacate was untimely under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) because the statutory term "mistake" covered the alleged judicial error, not just factual errors. 		Civil Procedure USSC Jun. 13, 2022
Field v. U.S. Bank Nat. Assn.
Plaintiff's discovery response that she was "unsure" if she had received the Notice of Trustee Sale barred her from later claiming that she never received the notice when opposing summary judgment. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/8 Jun. 10, 2022
Moskowitz v. American Savings Bank
District court abused its discretion in including attorney's fees in its award of costs under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(d) because "costs" has a long-standing definition that does not normally include attorney's fees. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jun. 10, 2022
Applied Underwriters, Inc. v. Lara
No exceptional circumstances existed to justify an exception to the prior exclusionary rule in a conservation action over an insurance company. 		Civil Procedure 9th Jun. 10, 2022
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