California Appellate Report

The City of Corona has banned all new billboards, but grandfathered old billboards.  AMG owns and operates some billboards, and wants to put...

That's a crush. In 2014, a Ninth Circuit panel issues an opinion that grants habeas relief.  Judge Schroeder writes the majority opin...

How often do you see the Ninth Circuit strike a reply brief?  Not often, I'd imagine.  But then again, how often do you see the Ninth Ci...

I was critical of the Court of Appeal's opinion when it came out a couple of years ago .  Today, the California Supreme Court reveals th...

When you're planning on filing an amicus brief, it's often better to make it short and to the point, rather than long and plodding. ...

The dispute is about statutory interpretation and Chevron  deference.  Particularly as applied to circuit precedent. Prompting a serious d...

I'm not sure I'm smart enough to figure this one out. Judge Kozinski authors an opinion in August of 2015.  It's unanimous.  ...

This makes sense. I'm not talking about the opinion.  Though that makes sense as well.  I'm talking about the underlying factual r...

The saga continues.  Or, perhaps, ends. It starts (for our purposes) in 2013 .  Then continues in 2014 .  With a twist in 2015 . But the...

The prosecutor in a first-degree murder case uses his peremptory challenges to strike nine African-American jurors, leaving only one African...

This opinion will affect your life . Not in a big way.  At all.  But it'll affect the types of movies you see. The Ninth Circuit ess...

As the legal world continues to buzz about potential nominees to replace Justice Scalia, the hum-drum business of actually deciding appeals ...

A statute says that you can impose a particular form of restitution "for felony violations of" Statute X. Defendant is convicted...

"Shannon was married to Donovan at the time of DJ's conception in 2010 and birth in 2011. In 2010, Shannon had an affair with David...

Nothing from the Ninth Circuit or California Court of Appeal so far today. So let's go back a tiny bit and give a cheer for Justice Ar...

Some en banc  opinions are hard.  Some en banc  opinions are easy. Today's opinion is an example of the latter . The panel felt itse...

I think Judge Clifton is right . It's not that Judge Randy Smith doesn't have a point.  It's a bankruptcy case, and the centra...

I'm looking at the caption of the case .  "Stuard v. Stuard".  Divorce case, I assume. Except it's Jeffrey Stuard v. Mat...

An test that Robert Smith took when he was 15 years old (in 1964) indicated that he had an I.Q. of 62.  One that he took later that year ind...

Defendant carjacks someone, pushing the victim down while her six-year old child stood by crying.  Defendant then speeds off in the vehicle,...