| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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24-3659
|
Tohono O'Odham Nation v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior
District court erred in granting Bureau of Land Management's dismissal request when it only relied on its previous preliminary injunction ruling to determine if dismissal was appropriate. |
Civil Procedure |
|
M. Bennett | May 28, 2025 |
|
23-3731
|
Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. v. Halicki
Despite appearing in multiple films, sports car was not a character entitled to copyright protection because it lacked conceptual qualities, consistent traits, and was not especially distinct, unlike the Batmobile. |
Copyright |
|
J. Kernodle | May 28, 2025 |
|
D083655
|
Thomas v. Corbyn Restaurant Development Corp.
Trial court correctly concluded that defendants, who wired settlement funds to impostor pretending to be plaintiffs, were in the best position to prevent the fraud. |
Remedies |
|
D. Rubin | May 28, 2025 |
|
24A966
|
Trump v. Wilcox
Order |
|
May 27, 2025 | ||
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23-2807
|
Amended Opinion: 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 |
|
M. Christen | May 27, 2025 |
|
23-4097
|
U.S. v. Greene
Plain error found where elements of offense used as pseudo-count to calculate offense level for sentencing purposes were not satisfied by facts stipulated by the defendant in plea agreement. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
M. Christen | May 28, 2025 |
|
24-1865
|
U.S. v. Watson
Defendant's parole agreement requiring that he cooperate with probation officer did not violate his Fifth Amendment rights in subsequent interrogation by police for a separate offense. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
R. Tallman | May 27, 2025 |
|
24-2697
|
PharmacyChecker.com LLC v. LegitScript LLC
Plaintiff's purported illegal importation of drugs did not bar it from pursuing its antitrust claims against defendant competitor. |
Antitrust |
|
C. Bea | May 27, 2025 |
|
B337098
|
People v. Brown
Petitioner, who was sentenced to prison after violating probation, was eligible for Penal Code section 1203.41 relief even though his original sentence did not involve state prison. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
K. Yegan | May 23, 2025 |
|
A168363
|
People v. Mathis
Defendant's failure to raise a section 654 (double punishment) claim during his plea deal resulted in forfeiting the claim. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
G. Burns | May 23, 2025 |
|
B322799
|
Modification: Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc.
Plaintiffs' prospective, written waivers of their 30-minute meal period for shifts between five and six hours were valid and enforceable. |
Employment Law |
|
G. Martinez | May 23, 2025 |
|
D084344
|
Modification: Marriage of A.M. and R.Y.
Given the totality of the circumstances, evidence submitted by domestic violence restraining order applicant was legally sufficient to establish abuse. |
Family Law |
|
M. Buchanan | May 23, 2025 |
|
23-909
|
Kousisis v. U.S.
Inducing a victim to enter a transaction under materially false pretenses was sufficient to support federal wire fraud conviction even where the defendant did not seek to cause economic loss. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
A. Barrett | May 23, 2025 |
|
24-394
|
Oklahoma Charter School Board v. Drummond
Order |
|
May 23, 2025 | ||
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22-16268
|
Anderson v. Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee
Merely contending that plan managers could have obtained better investment results was inadequate to progress employee's ERISA duty-of-prudence violation lawsuit. |
ERISA |
|
E. Miller | May 23, 2025 |
|
23-4220
|
Mission Hen, LLC v. Lee
The fact that debtors would need to use income surpluses from the first nine months to cover the shortfalls in the remaining months did not render a plan infeasible. |
Bankruptcy |
|
W. Fletcher | May 23, 2025 |
|
A169918
|
Restivo v. City of Petaluma
Trial court properly granted summary judgment for city, where plaintiff presented no evidence of the city's actual or constructive notice of the crack in the street that caused her skateboard accident. |
Torts, Government |
|
K. Banke | May 22, 2025 |
|
F087198
|
People v. Millan
Great bodily injury enhancement to attempted murder of defendant's infant son was not supported by substantial evidence where defendant only proximately caused injury to the infant. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
J. Detjen | May 22, 2025 |
|
G062770
|
People v. Richee
Trial court's erroneous instruction to jury on the now defunct natural and consequences doctrine warranted reversal of attempted murder convictions. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
K. O'Leary | May 22, 2025 |
|
B334636
|
Moving Oxnard Forward, Inc. v. City of Oxnard
Bonds issued by joint powers financing authority and financed using a lease-leaseback agreement did not violate the California Constitution's prohibition on local governments incurring long-term debts. |
Municipal Law |
|
H. Baltodano | May 22, 2025 |
|
B322799
|
Modification: Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, Inc.
Plaintiffs' prospective, written waivers of their 30-minute meal period for shifts between five and six hours were valid and enforceable. |
Employment Law |
|
G. Martinez | May 22, 2025 |
|
24A1051
|
Libby v. Fecteau
Order |
|
May 22, 2025 | ||
|
H051407
|
Guracar v. Student Loan Solutions
Plaintiff had standing to sue, as the Fair Debt Buying Practices Act, the Private Student Loan Collections Reform Act, and the Rosenthal Act do not require plaintiffs seeking statutory damages to show concrete harm. |
Consumer Law, Civil Procedure |
|
D. Bromberg | May 22, 2025 |
|
B336550
|
Tarlton & Sons v. Great American Insurance Co.
Order sustaining demurrer on subcontractor's payment bond claim against school district was reversed, where no "cessation of labor" occurred that would trigger the statute of limitations. |
Municipal Law, Insurance |
|
T. Cody | May 22, 2025 |
|
A171858
|
McDaniel v. Superior Court (People)
Good-cause threshold for granting Racial Justice Act discovery request is a low bar--satisfied in this case by a plausible factual foundation, based on specific county-level data, that a violation could have occurred. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
I. Petrou | May 21, 2025 |
|
G064332
|
Mae M. v. Komrosky
Trial court abused its discretion in denying plaintiffs' motion to preliminarily enjoin a Temecula School Board Resolution that would ban Critical Race Theory and "other similar frameworks." |
Constitutional Law, Education |
|
K. O'Leary | May 21, 2025 |
|
21-927
|
Gonzalez-Juarez v. Bondi
Petitioner failed to establish that Board of Immigration Appeals erred in denying his request to cancel his removal based on extremely unusual hardship to his relatives, where substantial evidence showed little hardship beyond the usual. |
Immigration |
|
S. Ikuta | May 21, 2025 |
|
24A1007
|
A.A.R.P. v. Trump
Where district court's failure to act expeditiously had the same practical effect as refusing an injunction, Venezuelan detainees facing removal were entitled to interlocutory appeal. |
Immigration, Government |
|
P. Curiam (USSC) | May 20, 2025 |
|
C101517
|
Holman v. County of Butte
Because the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act creates a mandatory duty to notify other agencies of alleged child abuse, County's failure to cross-report was not protected by discretionary immunity. |
Torts, Government |
|
P. Krause | May 19, 2025 |
|
23-55418
|
Woodland v. Hill
Plaintiff failed to plausibly plead copyright claim alleging that Lil Nas X's semi-nude photos violated plaintiff's copyright in plaintiff's semi-nude photos. |
Copyright |
|
K. Lee | May 19, 2025 |
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