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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
John Doe R.L. v. Merced City School District
Because Assembly bill's retroactive exemption of childhood sexual assault claims created procedural immunity rather than new substantive liability for public entities, it did not violate the California Constitution's gift clause. 		Education, Immunity 5DCA Sep. 10, 2025
Hu v. City of San Jose
Because bike lane adjacent to city street was not a "trail" under Government Code section 835, trail immunity did not shield City from potential liability for biker's injury. 		Municipal Law, Immunity 6DCA Sep. 10, 2025
Jones v. City of North Las Vegas
Though officers' warrantless backyard entry was unlawful due to their tardiness in pursuing fleeing suspect, individual officer's shooting of attacking dogs after entry was entitled to qualified immunity. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Immunity 9th Sep. 9, 2025
Doe v. Mount Pleasant Elementary School District
Neither Education Code's field trip waiver nor off-campus supervision immunity shielded school from liability of student's negligence claims involving sexual assault on overnight science program. 		Education, Immunity 6DCA Sep. 3, 2025
Halverson v. Burgum
Mandamus action seeking to compel Bureau of Indian Affairs compliance was barred by sovereign immunity. 		Immunity 9th Aug. 22, 2025
Moncada v. Rubio
Man born and living in the United States for over 70 years was not a birthright citizen because of his father's apparent diplomatic immunity at the time of his birth. 		Constitutional Law, Immunity 9th Aug. 21, 2025
The GEO Group v. Inslee
For intergovernmental immunity analysis, the appropriate comparators for a privately owned and operated civil immigration detention facility are other privately operated civil detention facilities rather than state prisons. 		Immunity 9th Aug. 20, 2025
John Doe 1 v. Twitter Inc.
Twitter's delay in removing minors' pornographic images allowed continuance of plaintiffs' negligence per se claim because it had a duty to report the pornography violation as soon as it knew. 		Cyber Law, Immunity 9th Aug. 4, 2025
Allos v. Poway Unified School Dist.
School district was immunized from liability for employee's claims stemming from its decision to require employees to return to in-office work after COVID-19 stay-at-home order was lifted. 		Immunity, Employment Discrimination 4DCA/1 Jul. 9, 2025
Taylor v. Los Angeles Unified School District
Education code shielded school district from liability for negligent hiring of employee who caused student's death during non-school-related, off-campus interaction with the employee. 		Immunity, Torts 2DCA/3 Jul. 7, 2025
Chang v. U.S.
Whether to repair hole in park recreation area was routine maintenance that did not qualify for Federal Tort Claims Act's discretionary function exception to the Act's waiver of sovereign immunity. 		Torts, Immunity 9th Jun. 10, 2025
K.C. v. County of Merced
Despite statute reviving time-barred claims for childhood sexual assault, County was immunized from liability for claims of alleged sexual assault occurring in foster care that were not investigated. 		Immunity, Torts 5DCA Mar. 13, 2025
Hungary v. Simon
The commingling of funds alone could not sufficiently establish the commercial nexus required by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's expropriation exception. 		Immunity, International Law USSC Feb. 24, 2025
Nwauzor v. The GEO Group, Inc.
The application of Washington's Minimum Wage Act to civil detainees held in GEO's privately operated federal detention center did not violate the doctrine of intergovernmental immunity. 		Government, Immunity 9th Jan. 17, 2025
Abbey v. U.S.
Sovereign immunity shielded government from plaintiffs' Federal Tort Claims Act claim alleging government's misrepresentation as to Hunter Point Shipyard's environmental hazardous condition. 		Immunity 9th Aug. 21, 2024
In re: Timothy L. Blixseth
Sovereign immunity shielded state from adversary proceeding filed by debtor seeking to recover costs resulting from involuntary bankruptcy petition because the proceeding was not necessary to effectuate bankruptcy court's jurisdiction. 		Bankruptcy, Immunity 9th Aug. 15, 2024
Trump v. U.S.
Presidents enjoy presumptive immunity from criminal prosecution for acts within the outer perimeter of their official responsibility, rebuttable by a showing that prosecution would pose no dangers of intrusion on the function of the Executive Branch. 		Immunity USSC Jul. 2, 2024
Amended Opinion: Rieman v. Vasquez
Defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity from suit after making misrepresentations to the juvenile court and failing to provide notice of the hearing. 		Immunity 9th Apr. 3, 2024
Rieman v. Vasquez
Defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity from suit after making misrepresentations to the juvenile court and failing to provide notice of the hearing. 		Immunity 9th Mar. 6, 2024
Modification: City of Norwalk v. City of Cerritos
City was immune from liability for public nuisance caused by the necessary consequences of the statutorily authorized adoption of an ordinance that prohibited certain trucks from using its streets. 		Immunity 2DCA/2 Feb. 26, 2024
Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz
The Fair Credit Reporting Act waives the United States government's sovereign immunity from lawsuit seeking damages for its failure to comply with the law's requirements. 		Immunity USSC Feb. 9, 2024
City of Norwalk v. City of Cerritos
City was immune from liability for public nuisance caused by the necessary consequences of the statutorily authorized adoption of an ordinance that prohibited certain trucks from using its streets. 		Immunity 2DCA/2 Feb. 2, 2024
Perez v. Oakdale Irrigation Dist.
Government's "canal immunity" applies whenever an injured person interacted with relevant property in an unforeseen manner regardless of whether the interaction was intentional. 		Immunity 5DCA Jan. 10, 2024
Munoz v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
State-court judges may not be sued in their judicial capacity for judicial actions because they enjoy Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity. 		Immunity 9th Jan. 10, 2024
Moore v. Garnand
Tucson Police Officers were entitled to qualified immunity because plaintiffs did not show that the Officers' allegedly retaliatory investigation was clearly unlawful at the time. 		Immunity 9th Oct. 2, 2023
Carr v. City of Newport Beach
Swimmer diving off a bay-side concrete wall constituted a hazardous recreational activity that limited Newport Beach's liability for his paralyzing injury. 		Immunity 4DCA/3 Aug. 31, 2023
Smith v. Agdeppa
Immediate threat posed by large, violent man in the gym was sufficient for qualified immunity for police officer accused of using unreasonable deadly force. 		Immunity 9th Aug. 31, 2023
Modification: Altizer v. Coachella Valley Conservation Commission
Public entity was entitled to hazardous recreational activity immunity for injuries sustained on its property by off-road motorcyclist even though he was not engaged in the activity for recreational purposes. 		Immunity 4DCA/2 Aug. 24, 2023
Altizer v. Coachella Valley Conservation Commission
Public entity was entitled to hazardous recreational activity immunity for injuries sustained on its property by off-road motorcyclist even though he was not engaged in the activity for recreational purposes. 		Immunity 4DCA/2 Aug. 22, 2023
Leuthauser v. U.S.
Summary judgment was not appropriate on plaintiff's alleged sexual assault claim against transportation security officer because the officer fell within the Federal Tort Claims Act's law enforcement proviso. 		Immunity 9th Jun. 27, 2023
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