California Appellate Report

Sure, there are lots of upsides. But there are some serious potential downsides of having a high-profile criminal defense attorney as a par...

Sometimes a unanimous opinion of the California Supreme Court is actually a 4-3. Like here . Everyone agrees that the decision here should ...

Slim pickings today. Two published opinions from each tribunal. One Ninth Circuit opinion about dolphin-safe tuna and a dispute regarding ...

Yet another reason not to drink and drive . Or even drink and pass out (or sleep) in your car thereafter.

Hmmm. I admit that this one is close . But I think that I agree with Justice Bedsworth's dissent more than I do with Justice Moore's...

Sometimes amendments make a difference. For example, this one , which reads in its substantive entirety: On page 19, in the first full para...

I think the Ninth Circuit comes out looking good on this one. It's a bankruptcy case, and the question is whether the bankruptcy court s...

How can you not want to read this case ? It's fun and interesting on so many different levels. First, the sentence. Tom Shadden is ang...

Want to die in prison? Molest three little girls. John Gary Schnabel did. And was sentenced to 375 years in prison. Oh, yeah. He's 71 ye...

Sometimes you can tell the result of a case from the first few words of an opinion. Even if they consist of a straightforward, and neutral,...

This afternoon was slightly more interesting than this morning. Or at least more active. Which is simply to say that some opinions were ac...

What a thrilling and fun-filled day. Only one published opinion, in total, from the California Court of Appeal and the Ninth Circuit. And ...

This is a continuation of the challenge to Arizona's requirement that voters prove that they're a citizen (by presenting identifica...

Sometimes it isn't hard to read between the lines . As amply revealed by the first three paragraphs of this opinion by Justice Coffee : ...

Want to see an example of doing equity? Then look at this opinion . I like what Justice Croskey does here. And it takes a lot of work -- at ...

Yesterday I noted that the California Court of Appeal had amended a plethora of its opinions that day, and slightly complimented them for d...

Maybe we need to do a little more Westlaw training (or, perhaps, careful wordsmithing). Footnote 8 of this opinion by Justice Benke says ...

I always find it fascinating how the judiciary deals with loopholes; e.g., methods that attempt to circumvent what are otherwise clear rules...

One good thing about the California Court of Appeal is that it's generally willing to amend its opinions in order to respond to argument...

Yet another good reason to have live-client, robust civil clinics. Because sometimes you get to argue the case in front of the California Su...