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California Dental Assn. v. Delta Dental of California
Delta Dental did not breach the covenant of good faith and fair dealing by making fee changes that its contracts with dentists expressly permitted. 		Contracts 1DCA/1 Oct. 14, 2025
Doe v. Kachru
Plaintiff's Civil Code section 52.4 claim failed because statute requires discriminatory gender-based intent, and medical battery during childbirth alone does not constitute gender-motivated violence. 		Torts, Health Care 1DCA/1 Oct. 14, 2025
State of Oregon v. Trump
Order 		9th Oct. 10, 2025
De Meo v. Cooley LLP
Law firm had no attorney-client relationship with tech company's co-founder when its conduct evidenced that its relationship was solely with the company, not its co-founder. 		Attorneys 4DCA/1 Oct. 10, 2025
Gopher Media LLC v. Melone
Orders denying motions to strike under California's anti-SLAPP statute are not immediately appealable and do not satisfy the requirements for an interlocutory appeal under the collateral order doctrine. 		Anti-SLAPP 9th Oct. 10, 2025
People v. Guevara
Considering the constitutional avoidance doctrine, Penal Code section 1172.75's resentencing directive was ambiguous enough to incorporate section 1170.126's public safety inquiry, maintaining courts' resentencing discretion and the statute's constitutionality. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law CASC Oct. 10, 2025
People v. Hill
Sixth Amendment's unanimity requirement was not violated where statute allowed jury to convict for continuous sexual abuse of a child without agreeing on the individual underlying acts supporting guilt. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Oct. 13, 2025
People v. McKean
Penal Code section 1172.75 does not permit resentencing for defendants serving time on convictions for in-prison offenses because those subsequent sentences do not merge or aggregate with the original term. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Oct. 13, 2025
In re Claudia R.
Child welfare agency's noncompliance with Indian Child Welfare Act inquiry obligation resulted in parental termination orders being conditionally reversed for conformance with statutory requirements. 		Dependency 2DCA/7 Oct. 13, 2025
People v. Garcia
Trial court correctly overruled objection to peremptory challenge of Black prospective juror where, considering totality of circumstances, an objectively reasonable person would not view cognizable group membership as a factor. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/4 Oct. 13, 2025
U.S. v. Tainewasher
District court did not plainly err by failing to instruct jury that, to convict defendant of facilitating a drug felony, it must also find that the drug felony was actually committed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Oct. 13, 2025
Community Legal Services v. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Order 		9th Oct. 13, 2025
New Commune DTLA LLC v. City Redondo Beach
City's residential overlay zone, which kept underlying commercial zoning, failed to meet strict Housing Element Law requirements to address low-income housing. 		Municipal Law, Real Property 2DCA/3 Oct. 13, 2025
Move Eden Housing v. City of Livermore
Because the City of Livermore's 2024 resolution did not reenact the essential features of its 2022 resolution, the 2024 resolution constituted a valid and complete repeal. 		Municipal Law, Real Property 1DCA/5 Oct. 9, 2025
People v. Gomez
Defendant who was a juvenile at the time of his offense was eligible for resentencing even though his adult codefendant had not been convicted of the same offense. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/4 Oct. 9, 2025
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. Diblin
Jury's negligence determination did not render defendant's intentional attack on his housemate an "accident" that was covered under insurance policy. 		Insurance 4DCA/1 Oct. 9, 2025
Atlanta Falcons v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd.
Atlanta Falcons NFL team was exempted from former football player's workers' compensation claim under Labor Code sections 3600.5(c) and (d). 		Workers' Compensation 4DCA/3 Oct. 9, 2025
People v. Melgoza
Modified jury instruction defining "force" for forcible rape and forcible oral copulation as including movement or positioning of the victim's body misstated the law and constituted prejudicial error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Oct. 9, 2025
People v. Cortez
"Removals," violent intra-gang punishments of members accused of robbing or stealing from associates, provided non-reputational benefits required by amendments to gang special circumstances under Penal Code section 186.22. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Oct. 9, 2025
Noem v. National TPS Alliance
Order 		USSC Oct. 9, 2025
Galarsa v. Dolgen California
Arbitration agreement did not encompass the issue of plaintiff's status as an "aggrieved employee" for the purposes of pursuing a non-individual action under the Private Attorneys General Act. 		Employment Law 5DCA Oct. 9, 2025
Villalobos v. Maersk, Inc.
Incorporating arbitration provider's rules into mandatory arbitration agreement was not unmistakable evidence of the parties' intent to delegate arbitrability issues to the arbitrator. 		Arbitration 2DCA/8 Oct. 8, 2025
Curtis v. Inslee
Healthcare workers' constitutional challenge to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination was properly dismissed because they lacked an enforceable right under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's emergency use authorization. 		Constitutional Law 9th Oct. 8, 2025
Modification: People v. Orozco
Amending information to include conspiracy to commit murder charge right before jury selection was improper because the offense had not been shown by evidence at the preliminary hearing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/8 Oct. 8, 2025
People v. Alvarez
Opinion 		4DCA/1 Oct. 7, 2025
Alliance San Diego v. California Taxpayers Action Network
City-affiliates' involvement in San Diego's Measure C did not change the measure's status as a citizens' initiative requiring only a simple majority vote. 		Government 4DCA/1 Oct. 7, 2025
Ahmed v. Collect Access, LLC
Because plaintiff's uncorroborated declaration denying residence and service was sufficient to show minimal merit, trial court's anti-SLAPP dismissal was erroneous. 		Anti-SLAPP 1DCA/4 Oct. 7, 2025
People v. Parker
Equitably tolling the two-year incompetency commitment limit under Penal Code section 1370 was proper because of defendant's unavailability due to concurrent proceedings in another county. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Oct. 7, 2025
People v. Garcia
Peremptory challenge based on prospective juror's lack of life experience and apparent lack of confidence was proper where trial court observed the cited behavior. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 Oct. 7, 2025
People v. Molina
Substantial evidence supported jury's conclusion that defendant-nurse "had the care" of elder who was abused in independent living facility. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Oct. 6, 2025
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