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Cooper v. Social Security Administration
Logical relationship test for equitable recoupment requires consideration of the equities in each case, so recoupment of social security overpayment from bankrupt beneficiary who engaged in no malfeasance was impermissible. 		Bankruptcy 9th Mar. 21, 2025
Roe v. Critchfield
Because student's facial challenge to Idaho's anti-transgender school bathroom bill was deemed unlikely to succeed on the merits, preliminary injunction was properly denied. 		Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure 9th Mar. 21, 2025
Madrigal v. Hyundai Motor America
While CCP 998 sets out a default rule for cost-shifting, parties remain free to agree to their own allocation of costs and fees as part of a settlement agreement. 		Civil Procedure CASC Mar. 21, 2025
Escamilla v. Vannucci
One-year statute of limitations period for claims against attorneys only applies to professional misconduct claims between attorneys and their clients or their intended beneficiaries, not tort claims by third parties. 		Attorneys, Torts CASC Mar. 21, 2025
Duncan v. Bonta
Law banning possession of large-capacity magazines, the accessory of choice for most mass shooters, did not violate Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms. 		Constitutional Law 9th Mar. 21, 2025
Modification: Maniago v. Desert Cardiology Consultants' Medical Group
Voluntary dismissal with prejudice was not an appealable final judgment, and it stripped the appellate court of jurisdiction to hear the appeal. 		Civil Procedure California Courts of Appeal Mar. 21, 2025
Order: Duncan v. Bonta
Order 		9th Mar. 21, 2025
People v. Padron
Trial court erred in denying asylee's request to vacate plea when asylee sufficiently evidenced that his mental impairment affected ability to fully understand plea's consequences which he would have rejected otherwise. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Mar. 19, 2025
Johnson v. Dept. of Transportation
Trial court did not abuse its discretion in disqualifying attorney who received a privileged communication from opposing counsel, refused to destroy it, and shared it with experts. 		Attorneys 3DCA Mar. 19, 2025
People v. Batten
Statute that treated inmates serving life sentences for murder differently depending on whether they were paroled before or after July 2020 did not violate equal protection. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Mar. 19, 2025
People v. Tafoya
Where defendant's Facebook posts were part of conduct constituting a credible threat, posts were not protected speech. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Mar. 19, 2025
Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. County of Merced
The California Constitution does not bar disparate tax rates between common property and utility property. 		Tax 5DCA Mar. 19, 2025
U.S. v. Enriquez
Anti-Kickback Statute's bona fide employee exception was an affirmative defense and did not need to be negated by the prosecution in the indictment. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Mar. 19, 2025
Cahill v. Nike, Inc.
A district court had the power to order the return or destruction of confidential documents that were inadvertently disclosed by another party to an intervenor. 		Civil Procedure, Employment Discrimination 9th Mar. 19, 2025
People v. Tang
A stricken enhancement is not an "imposed" enhancement within the meaning of Penal Code Section 1172.75(a) and cannot be used to qualify for invalid prison prior enhancement resentencing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 Mar. 19, 2025
People v. Hyatt
A defendant need not be incarcerated in state prison to meet right to speedy trial request requirements and may make the request while in county jail awaiting state prison term. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Mar. 18, 2025
Harding v. Lifetime Financial, Inc.
Financial advisory firm owed no duty to plaintiff who was scammed by an impostor posing as an advisor employed by the firm. 		Torts 4DCA/3 Mar. 18, 2025
Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC
The capturing and storing of floodwater was not sufficient to merit classification of that water as personal property following property foreclosure. 		Water Rights 5DCA Mar. 18, 2025
Kaushansky v. Stonecroft Attorneys, APC
Professional negligence award was not supported by evidence where plaintiff failed to demonstrate the collectability of the hypothetical underlying judgment that served as the basis for the award. 		Attorneys, Torts 2DCA/7 Mar. 18, 2025
Koi Nation of Northern California v. City of Clearlake
City's approval of hotel project was set aside after it failed to follow state environmental requirements regarding tribal consultation. 		Native American Affairs, Environmental Law 1DCA/2 Mar. 18, 2025
U.S. v. Rodriguez-Arvizu
Agents' failure to inform arrestee of his charges did not cause him to make incriminating statements, and therefore that violation did not require suppression of those statements. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Mar. 18, 2025
U.S. v. Thompson
District court's reduced sentence for defendant, who committed the second largest data breach in the U.S. at the time, was clear error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Mar. 18, 2025
Singh v. Bondi
Adverse credibility determination in asylum proceedings was not error where applicant's declaration appeared to be a "canned claim" that copied linguistic and narrative components from other asylum applicants' declarations. 		Immigration 9th Mar. 18, 2025
People v. Gray
Breaking locks to access utility bins and compartments on exterior of utility trucks was sufficient to support a conviction for second-degree burglary of a vehicle. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 3DCA Mar. 14, 2025
Kuo v. Dublin Unified School Dist.
Labor Code provision classifying school volunteers as "employees" applied to school volunteer who was killed, thereby rendering workers' compensation plaintiffs' sole remedy. 		Torts, Workers' Compensation 1DCA/4 Mar. 14, 2025
Six4Three v. Facebook
Anti-SLAPP motion was appropriately granted against developer seeking to use defendant Facebook's photo data for an app allowing users to search for photos of people in swimsuits. 		Anti-SLAPP 1DCA/4 Mar. 14, 2025
U.S. v. Sullivan
Defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction requiring a nexus between his conduct and a Federal Trade Commission investigation for a Section 1505 obstruction conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Mar. 14, 2025
Bird v. Dzurenda
Prison officials who retaliated against prisoner for complaining about another inmate were shielded by qualified immunity because it was not clearly established that doing so violated the inmate's civil rights. 		Qualified Immunity, Prisoners' Rights 9th Mar. 14, 2025
Race v. Salmonsen
Despite district court's proper adherence to promptly review and dismiss habeas petition as untimely, due process considerations necessitated that petitioner be notified and provided opportunity to be heard before dismissal. 		Habeas Corpus 9th Mar. 14, 2025
Volcano Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
Public Utilities Commission's actions and decisions regarding broadband affiliates, one receiving subsidy funding which the other benefited from, was not an unconstitutional taking nor outside of its jurisdictional purview. 		Utilities 2DCA/3 Mar. 17, 2025
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