| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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A162646
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Ceron v. Liu
Defendant in malicious prosecution was entitled to judgment in her favor where she established a valid advice-of-counsel defense. |
Real Property, Civil Procedure |
|
I. Petrou | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
B330610
|
Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Los Angeles
Environmental impact report for new development project was misleading regarding greenhouse gas emissions because it proposed offsetting emissions through state's cap-and-trade program for which the project was ineligible. |
Environmental Law |
|
G. Martinez | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
A170085
|
Applegate v. Carrington Foreclosure Services, LLC
Prospective owner-occupant of foreclosed property failed to state a claim under Civil Code section 2924m. |
Real Property |
|
M. Miller | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
B341644
|
Teran v. Superior Court (People)
Despite obtaining the information from Los Angeles Sheriff's Department database, former employee did not violate Penal Code section 502(c)(2) because the information was publicly available on the Los Angeles Superior Court website. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Government |
|
C. Moor | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
B338089
|
Getzels v. The State Bar of California
State Bar rule 2.30, which precludes inactive licensees from acting as private arbitrators and mediators, does not violate the Equal Protection Clauses of the federal and California Constitutions. |
Attorneys, Constitutional Law |
|
A. Mori | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
24A884
|
Trump v. CASA, Inc.
Because the Judiciary Act of 1789's endowment of jurisdiction is limited to remedies traditionally accorded at the time of the founding, universal injunctions are beyond the scope of judicial authority. |
Civil Procedure, Judges |
|
A. Barrett | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
24-316
|
Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc.
Preventive Services Task Force members subject to at-will removal by principal officer and whose recommendations could be blocked by said principal were inferior officers under the Appointments Clause. |
Constitutional Law, Administrative Agencies |
|
B. Kavanaugh | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
24-354
|
Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research
Federal Communications Commission's universal-service contribution scheme has an intelligible principle and thus does not violate the nondelegation clause. |
Constitutional Law, Commercial Law |
|
E. Kagan | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
24-297
|
Mahmoud v. Taylor
Public school's no-opt-out policy for storybooks presenting LGBTQ+-inclusive perspectives likely violated religious parents' First Amendment rights to direct their children's religious upbringing. |
Constitutional Law |
|
S. Alito | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
24-109
|
Louisiana v. Callais
Order |
|
Jun. 30, 2025 | ||
|
23-656
|
U.S. v. Keller
District court did not err in denying motion to suppress defendant-psychiatrist's journal because the seizure fell within the scope of the search warrant and its seizure was supported by probable cause. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
P. Curiam (9th Cir.) | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
23-1122
|
Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
Texas law requiring age-verification to access sexual material was subject to intermediate scrutiny, and because it only incidentally burdened adults' access, it did not violate Free Speech rights. |
Constitutional Law |
|
C. Thomas | Jun. 30, 2025 |
|
23-1270
|
Riley v. Bondi
Board of Immigration Appeals orders denying withholding-only immigration removal proceedings are not final orders of removal and such proceedings do not render an existing final order non-final. |
Immigration |
|
S. Alito | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
23-7809
|
Gutierrez v. Saenz
Death row prisoner had standing to bring section 1983 claim challenging Texas's postconviction DNA testing procedures under the Due Process Clause. |
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
S. Sotomayor | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
23-1275
|
Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Medicaid statute did not create a "right" that would allow Planned Parenthood to pursue a civil rights violation claim against the state of South Carolina for disallowing use of state funds for abortions. |
Civil Rights |
|
N. Gorsuch | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
23-1002
|
Hewitt v. U.S.
The First Step Act confers the benefit of the Act's more lenient penalties to defendants facing post-Act resentencing following vacatur of their pre-Act sentence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
K. Jackson | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
23-593
|
Idaho Conservation League v. Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration's decision to spend only 10 percent of excess reserves on fish and wildlife protection was not a breach of its obligations under the Northwest Power Act. |
Environmental Law |
|
E. Miller | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
S283169
|
People v. Rhodius
Except for sentencing enhancements for sexually violent offenses, any prior-prison-term enhancement imposed prior to 2020 is legally invalid, regardless of whether it was actually executed or stayed. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
L. Kruger | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
S283326
|
People v. Wiley
Overruling *People v. Towne*, California Supreme Court determined that trial court, in imposing the upper term based on aggravating facts not decided by a jury, engaged in impermissible fact finding. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
C. Corrigan | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
D084376
|
A.B. v. County of San Diego
Because properly trained officers could know that placing body weight on a hogtied individual gasping, "can't breathe" could constitute deadly force, trial court erred in granting summary judgment on negligent-training claim. |
Torts |
|
M. Buchanan | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
B340941
|
Eshagian v. Cepeda
A tenant cannot appeal a judgment for possession in an unlawful detainer proceeding if the landlord has outstanding damages claims that have not been adjudicated. |
Torts |
|
G. Feuer | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
C102316
|
Modification: Sacramento Television Stations Inc. v. Superior Court (City of Roseville)
Generalized concerns about victim trauma and fair-trial publicity were insufficient to find that "active investigation" exemption to the California Public Records Act absolved police of their duty to release bodycam footage. |
Public Records Act |
|
S. Boulware Eurie | Jun. 27, 2025 |
|
D083412
|
Scott v. County of Riverside
County's fee to determine timeshare owners' portion of property tax was a tax requiring voter approval because it failed to provide evidence of the actual expenditures incurred in assessing the fee. |
Tax |
|
J. Irion | Jun. 26, 2025 |
|
C096306
|
People v. Trent
Vacatur of defendant's murder conviction under Penal Code section 1172.6 rendered his gang offense "nonfinal" for purposes of the retroactive application of Assembly Bill No. 333. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
P. Krause | Jun. 26, 2025 |
|
B335987
|
People v. Dixon
Criminal defendant was not eligible to have his death sentence reduced under Penal Code Section 1172.75 because habeas corpus remained the exclusive method for collaterally attacking such a sentence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
J. Segal | Jun. 26, 2025 |
|
G064325
|
Cradduck v. Hilton Domestic Operating Co.
Denial of continuance and dismissal of complaint were proper where plaintiff and his counsel failed to request the continuance in writing and failed to appear as ordered for trial. |
Civil Procedure |
|
E. Moore | Jun. 26, 2025 |
|
A168292
|
People v. Munoz
Despite not requiring unanimity amongst jurors as to which specific overt act was required for conspiracy to commit murder, jury instructions did not violate Sixth Amendment. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
D. Chou | Jun. 26, 2025 |
|
A169225
|
Allison v. Dignity Health
Where adjudicating defendant employer's affirmative defense against meal break violations would create too many individualized inquiries to support class treatment, trial court appropriately decertified class treatment. |
Employment Law, Civil Procedure |
|
D. Simonds | Jun. 26, 2025 |
|
F089603
|
In re Brissette
Penal code sections 1172.2 and 1170.1(c) are not irreconcilable--the latest court to impose a sentence in a multiple-case situation is the sentencing court, which then becomes the court to rule on compassionate release. |
Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
D. Franson | Jun. 25, 2025 |
|
G063231
|
People v. Ramos
No evidentiary error when trial court admitted transcripts from co-participant's jury trial to determine that defendant was ineligible for Penal Code section 1172.6 resentencing. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence |
|
E. Moore | Jun. 25, 2025 |
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