California Appellate Report

By a single vote, the en banc panel holds unconstitutional the Southern District of California's routine practice of shackling every s...

Today's en banc  opinion is worth reading in its entirety.  It's about whether it's permissible for Congress to distinguish bet...

This is one of those cases in which I'm not entirely sure why the panel decides to certify the state law question to the state supreme ...

The EEOC wants contact information from the defendant about those female employees the company required to take a strength test (their names...

I think this is a darn good -- and equitable -- opinion by Justice Miller .  The separation agreement was signed in 2010 that says that Wife...

Here's another example of that "liberal" Ninth Circuit. The district court suppresses a defendant's statements because i...

There shouldn't be any surprise that today's opinion by the Ninth Circuit is so short.  Or that it did not require oral argument.  ...

Back in 2011, I wrote this , in which I simultaneously expressed my appreciation for the merits of the Court of Appeal's opinion as well...

"Defendant] was caught transporting (among other drugs) more than 3,600 doses of methamphetamine with a street value between $111,000 a...

The Court of Appeal publishes this opinion today, which begins by saying: "In this construction defect lawsuit by a homeowner, the j...

The Ninth Circuit says today : "We've got some good news, and we've got some bad news.  Bad news first.  You filed a habeas p...

When I think of a carjacking, I think of someone putting a gun to someone's head, or throwing them out of the car, or doing stuff like t...

Oh my . "At midday on May 7, 2012, defendant attacked Shannon Collins, a woman whom he did not know, as she was walking on Broadway i...

Judge Fisher, joined by Judge Paez, wants to -- and does -- decide both the particular case at hand as well as the underlying legal issue. ...

Opinions from the Court of Appeal sometimes give you a glimpse into the lives of the relevant individuals at issue.  Including types of live...

Mail fraud and wire fraud are bad enough.  But then, while you're defending yourself, to add escape and multiple contempt citations to y...

No Ninth Circuit opinions today, and only one Court of Appeal opinion . Fortunately, you can get the gist of today's opinion merely by...

I get it.  If you coordinate a certain series of cases, then add-on cases based on the same basic facts generally need to be coordinated as ...

From today's order : "Judge Watford voted to grant the petition for rehearing en banc. The petition for rehearing en banc was ci...

John Diehl lives in Washington State but owns eight vacant lots in Crescent City.  He doesn't much take care of them, and in a lengthy  ...