California Appellate Report

Two opinions this morning.  Both involving juveniles.  Both from San Diego.  Both involving kids for whom, sadly, I feel this opinion may no...

The police get a report of a woman screaming inside a particular home and go to investigate. When they arrive, the police see two men insi...

Is a butter knife -- the same one you probably used in the last 24 hours -- a "deadly weapon" in California? The Court of Appeal...

Here are the underlying facts from today's opinion : "When they arrived in Santa Ana, Martinez drove around 7th Street’s territor...

The California Supreme Court held long ago -- like, a year ago -- that the vexatious litigant statute doesn't apply to defendants who fi...

I'm confident that LA. attorney Michael Maroko cares more about the substance of this opinion than its caption.  Particularly since it...

Is this really right ? I mean, part of it seems right.  But I'm not sure about the very end. Michael Harris stole some money and was...

Nothing from the Ninth Circuit today.  Thus far, from the Court of Appeal, only this depressing story: Rebecca Quigley is seriously injure...

You've got to read today's privilege opinion from the Court of Appeal .  And I say that despite the fact that I fully realize that i...

Attorney Michael J. Flynn gets sanctioned by the Ninth Circuit.  A lot.  Under both FRAP 38 as well as under Section 1927.  For frivolous an...

Here's a depressing way to begin a post-Easter week: "A jury convicted defendant, Ruben Becerrada, of the first degree murder of ...

"In this appeal, we consider whether a federal agent is entitled to qualified immunity from suit for detaining an elderly woman in a pu...

I have a hard time understanding this opinion .  And I mean that literally.  I have difficulty even getting a basic understanding of what th...

This one probably should be published.  Which is what the Court of Appeal decides.   Albeit belatedly . When your case is (as here) very  ...

You wouldn't ordinarily think that a City was compelled to meet and confer with one of its unions over a citizen-sponsored initiative th...

Sometimes your senses get a bit dulled from reading the same basic criminal fact patterns again and again.  Defendant arrested for drug poss...

Of course a trial court's erroneous decision holding that a party isn't entitled to a jury trial should be reviewable (in an approp...

This opinion is devastatingly concise .  It rejects defendant's arguments on appeal quickly, easily, and with the precision of a surgeon...

This opinion ends not with a bang, but with a whimper. The final argument raised by appellant's challenge to her conviction is her cl...

Isn't it somewhat weird that this entire appeal is about the fact-specific issue of whether the fee award granted by the trial court in...