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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
People v. Lamb
Great bodily injury enhancement attached to conviction for felony assault is not barred by Penal Code section 12022.7(g). 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 3, 2017
OC Interior Services LLC v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Void default judgment is nullity for all purposes and title did not pass to purported bona fide purchaser free of first deed of trust. 		Real Property Feb. 2, 2017
Hensley v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
Homeowners improperly precluded from presenting any evidence of emotional distress based on court's erroneous theory that those are somehow distinct from annoyance and discomfort damages. 		Torts Feb. 2, 2017
Rincon EV Realty LLC v. CP III Rincon Towers, Inc.
California interest in protecting right to civil trial by jury trumps contractual waiver of right in loan agreement containing New York choice-of-law provision. 		Contracts Feb. 2, 2017
Orange County Water District v. Public Employment Relations Board (Orange County Water District Employees Association)
Public agency unsuccessful in obtaining relief from decision determining it committed unfair practice by refusing to consent to agency shop election. 		Government Feb. 2, 2017
Kalnoki v. First American Trustee Servicing Solutions LLC
Homeowners fail to overturn dismissal of their wrongful foreclosure action based on 'documentary fraud' especially where homeowners failed to establish prejudice. 		Real Property Feb. 2, 2017
Van v. Language Line Services
Order denying motion to stay deposition not specific enough to be basis for contempt finding and sanctions award. 		Civil Procedure Feb. 2, 2017
Ronald F. v. Dept. of Developmental Services (North Los Angeles Regional Center)
Doctrine of res judicata bars appellant's claim for benefits under Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act. 		Civil Procedure Feb. 2, 2017
People v. Hernandez
Did the trial court err by imposing an "electronics search condition" on the juvenile as a condition of his probation when that condition had no relationship to the crimes he committed but was justified on appeal as reasonably related to future criminality under People v. Olguin (2008) 45 Cal.4th 375 because it would facilitate the juvenile's supervision? 		Feb. 2, 2017
In re D.H.
Did the trial court err by refusing to order the expungement of juvenile's DNA record after his qualifying felony conviction was reduced to a misdemeanor under Proposition 47 (Pen. Code section 1170.18)? 		Feb. 2, 2017
U.S. v. Niebla-Torres
Defendant unsuccessful in challenging conspiracy conviction based on argument that government did not introduce sufficient evidence to corroborate his confession under corpus delicti doctrine. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Feb. 1, 2017
Williamson v. Brooks
Damages do not exist against cotrustees in fiduciary duty breach case, as evidence suggests that beneficiary would have sold home even with greater information of contents of trust. 		Probate and Trusts Feb. 1, 2017
Fulle v. Kanani
Statutory damage multiplier for trespass to timber apply to intangible noneconomic damages, including tree owner's annoyance and discomfort damages. 		Torts Feb. 1, 2017
Montano v. The Wet Seal Retail Inc.
Nonseverable waiver of statutory representative action renders arbitration agreement unenforceable. 		Arbitration Jan. 31, 2017
People v. Bichara
Failure to object to confession obtained after defendant told detectives he 'refused to talk' to them constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel, requiring reversal of murder conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 31, 2017
McGinnis v. Superior Court (People)
Motion for post-conviction discovery may not be denied solely due to habeas petitioner's inability to pay for copies of materials in advance. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 30, 2017
U.S. v. Simon
Order 		Jan. 30, 2017
Manley v. Rowley
Conflicting narrative of prison cell removal not captured on camera constitutes dispute over material facts, barring summary judgment in excessive force case. 		Prisoners Rights Jan. 30, 2017
Van Patten v. Vertical Fitness Group LLC
In case alleging violation of Telephone Consumer Protection Act, summary judgment properly granted in defendants' favor where plaintiff consents to receive text messages at issue. 		Consumer Law Jan. 30, 2017
U.S. v. Laursen
Selfies taken by 45-year-old man and teenage girl sufficient to support man's child pornography convictions despite legality of their sexual relationship under Washington law. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 30, 2017
Acqua Vista Homeowners Association v. MWI Inc.
Homeowners suing under Right to Repair Act for alleged standards violation must show violation was caused by defendant's negligence or breach of contract. 		Administrative Agencies 4DCA/1 Jan. 29, 2017
C.M. v. M.C.
Gestational carrier unsuccessful in challenging parentage of intended father and in attacking constitutionality of surrogacy agreements in California. 		Family Law Jan. 29, 2017
People v. Brown
Second degree commercial burglary conviction involving intent to fill forged prescription does not fall within new shoplifting misdemeanor offense under Proposition 47. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 29, 2017
Sandoval v. Yates
Oregon conviction for delivering heroin does not constitute aggravated felony that would render petitioner ineligible for cancellation of removal. 		Immigration Jan. 29, 2017
Hardy v. Chappell
Convicted murderer entitled to habeas relief where, despite finding counsel's performance deficient, state court nevertheless upheld his guilty verdict under an alternate theory. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 29, 2017
Q.R., a Minor
Juvenile probation condition requiring minor to submit electronic devices to warrantless search reasonable given offenses and use of such devices in commission of those offenses. 		Juveniles Jan. 29, 2017
In re Mallard
Fifteen percent limit on conduct credits under Penal Code section 2933.1 applies to defendant's sentence after his felony conviction reclassified as misdemeanor under Proposition 47. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 29, 2017
People v. Garrett
Remand ordered for limited purpose of determining whether defendants had adequate opportunity to make record of mitigating evidence relevant to future youth offender parole hearing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 29, 2017
Leyva v. Crockett & Co. Inc.
Club operator not liable to hiker injured by stray golf ball as he was hiking along public trail adjacent to the golf course. 		Immunity Jan. 26, 2017
People v. Forrest
First degree murder conviction upheld for husband who killed wife with single gunshot wound to head and proceeded to gut her like an animal. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jan. 26, 2017
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