Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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25A264
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Trump v. Slaughter
Order |
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Sep. 30, 2025 | ||
25A269
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Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
Order |
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Sep. 30, 2025 | ||
24-6244
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Estate of Esche v. Bunuel-Jordana
Summary judgment order, which rejected defendant-hospital's good-faith defense in section 1983 claim, was not appealable. |
Civil Procedure |
|
M. Berzon | Sep. 30, 2025 |
B337518
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Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. County of Ventura
Article XIII, section 19 of the California Constitution does not mandate that utility property tax rates must be "comparable" to the tax rates of common property. |
Tax |
|
H. Baltodano | Sep. 29, 2025 |
F088265
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Modification: People v. Baldwin
Limiting resentencing to juvenile offenders expressly sentenced to life without the possibility of parole rather than those serving a term of years with parole eligibility did not violate equal protection. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
K. Meehan | Sep. 29, 2025 |
23-3969
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U.S. v. Wells
Because defendant's retirement account required spousal consent for a lump sum withdrawal, the government was prohibited from seizing the funds for victim restitution payment. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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J. Sung | Sep. 29, 2025 |
E085658
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People v. Superior Court (Lalo)
Granting discovery request pursuant to the Racial Justice Act was improper where the defendant failed to demonstrate the requisite "good cause" based on specific facts. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
D. Miller | Sep. 26, 2025 |
B337936
|
Ahn v. Parisotto
Despite subsequent in-the-interest-of-justice dismissal, criminal defendant's guilty plea for receiving illegal kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals meant his suspension from the workers' compensation system was statutorily required. |
Workers' Compensation, Criminal Law and Procedure |
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A. Collins | Sep. 26, 2025 |
A173010
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Hernandez v. Superior Court (People)
Defendant's case was dismissed for violating speedy trial rights when prosecutor's other case was not "in progress" under Penal Code section 1050(g)(2) and was not good cause for a continuance. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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M. Simons | Sep. 26, 2025 |
24-299
|
Rosenwald v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Because litigants may not establish diversity of citizenship purely by judicial notice, plaintiffs' failure to plead and prove defendant's citizenship meant the district court and Ninth Circuit lacked subject-matter jurisdiction. |
Civil Procedure |
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M. Smith | Sep. 25, 2025 |
E083505
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Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. County of Riverside
Fourth Appellate District, agreeing with recent sister appellate court decisions, determined assessment of different property tax rates between utility and common properties was not unconstitutional. |
Utilities, Tax |
|
R. Fields | Sep. 25, 2025 |
B339932
|
In re Miguel J.
Removal from father's custody was affirmed where substantial evidence supported that father's history of domestic abuse against mother exposed child to substantial nonaccidental harm. |
Dependency |
|
V. Viramontes | Sep. 24, 2025 |
23-3710
|
Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center
Plaintiff failed to plead a bona fide religious belief that conflicted with employer's COVID-19 testing requirement. |
Employment Discrimination |
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R. Seeborg | Sep. 24, 2025 |
24-2858
|
Thomson v. Hodgson
Order |
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Sep. 24, 2025 | ||
24-4195
|
St. Clair v. County of Okanogan
District court erred in applying continuing violation doctrine to plaintiff's sexual abuse claim against sheriff deputy when each encounter constituted a subsequent, discrete act. |
Civil Procedure, Torts |
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M. McKeown | Sep. 24, 2025 |
24-4818
|
U.S. v. Metcalf
Dismissal was required where plausible reading of state law meant defendant had no notice that his conduct potentially violated federal law prohibiting possession of firearms in school zones. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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L. VanDyke | Sep. 24, 2025 |
C100351
|
Regents of the University of California v. State Dept. of Public Health
Health and Safety Code section 1280.15's mandate that health facilities "shall prevent" unauthorized access to confidential medical information requires reasonable safeguards, and is not a strict liability statute. |
Health Care |
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P. Kraus | Sep. 24, 2025 |
C101389
|
Angel Lynn Realty, Inc. v. George
Despite prior decision that individual defendant was not the alter ego of corporate defendant, collateral estoppel did not bar plaintiff from adding individual as judgment debtor based on post-decision actions. |
Civil Procedure |
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L. Earl | Sep. 24, 2025 |
25-3293
|
American Federation of Government Employment AFL-CIO v. Trump
Order |
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Sep. 23, 2025 | ||
C098976
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Fennessy v. Altoonian
Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6 does not limit challenges to good faith settlement determinations to only writ petitions; postjudgment appeals are also an available avenue. |
Civil Procedure |
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A. Feinberg | Sep. 23, 2025 |
B338191
|
People v. Venancio
Resentencing petitioner was ineligible for relief as a matter of law because record of conviction showed he was convicted under a provocative act theory, which was still valid under current law. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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A. Egerton | Sep. 23, 2025 |
C101451
|
Brockman v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Trial court properly declined to compel arbitration, where defendants could not establish precise arbitration provision to which signatory agreed. |
Arbitration |
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E. Duarte | Sep. 23, 2025 |
F087656
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Southwest Jet Fuel Co. v. California Dept. of Tax and Fee Admin.
Because counties automatically incorporated the 1991 elimination of the jet-fuel sales exemption under the Bradley-Burns Act, jet fuel company's $11 million refund request was improperly granted. |
Tax, Municipal Law |
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M. Snauffer | Sep. 23, 2025 |
24-3188
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Mi Familia Vota v. Petersen
Order |
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Sep. 23, 2025 | ||
B329890
|
Bronshteyn v. Dept. of Consumer Affairs
Defense counsel's argument that trial court over-awarded hours for a fee award to plaintiff's counsel was undermined by defense counsel not disclosing their own hours worked on the case. |
Attorneys |
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J. Wiley | Sep. 19, 2025 |
B343879
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In re A.M.
If an incarcerated father has made a suitable plan for the proper care of his child, a juvenile court may not remove the child simply because he is in prison. |
Dependency, Family Law |
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J. Wiley | Sep. 22, 2025 |
21-30177
|
U.S. v. Rivera-Valdes
Due process was violated under the *Mullane-Jones* framework when the government failed to take additional practicable steps to rectify unclaimed certified mail service notifying defendant of his deportation hearing. |
Immigration, Constitutional Law |
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G. Sanchez | Sep. 22, 2025 |
F086411
|
People v. Pierce
Reasonable jurors could have concluded defendant had implied malice where he demonstrated predrinking intent to drive and engaged in a street race with a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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J. Detjen | Sep. 19, 2025 |
25-5724
|
National TPS Alliance v. Noem
Order |
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Sep. 19, 2025 | ||
25A169
|
Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
Order |
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Sep. 19, 2025 |