California Appellate Report

You knew it was going to happen.  It had to. But I didn't realize until today that it would only take around a week. The first (star...

The California Court of Appeal is taking off the holidays, and hasn't published anything for a while. But the Ninth Circuit remains ha...

There are few things more peaceful than a University over the holiday break.  Few things colder, either.  At least in Southern California.  ...

The Federal Arbitration Act allows an aribtrator to “summon in writing any person to attend before them . . . as a witness and in a proper c...

The first paragraph of the statement of facts in today's opinion reads: "At the time of the events leading to A.F.'s depende...

There's a lot of good stuff in today's Ninth Circuit opinion .  It reverses a murder conviction on multiple grounds, and also expres...

We haven't seen much from the Ninth Circuit lately.  Basically one published opinion a day for the past week. Of course, it's the ...

You don't see many convictions like the one in today's opinion , which was for "attempting to take another person from the law...

Some people have problems.  Real problems.  Problems that aren't too hard to figure out. As in today's case . "Defendant wa...

"This case under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (Civ. Code, § 1790 et seq., Act), concerned an allegedly defective car which co...

Joseph Rubino is caught on surveillance video trying to burn down the office of the mobile home park in which he resides.  He doesn't ha...

Your children are rarely perfect.  Perfection is pretty darn hard to achieve. And, even short of perfection, it's often helpful to rem...

Fred Kagmar has a great life.  He's got a couple of businesses, a smart and loving wife, and four great kids.  He's sufficiently ric...

Today's opinion seems especially timely given the numerous wildfires raging throughout Southern California.  It's about the protrac...

I really do think that holdings like this one , were they left to stand, would essentially spell the death of consumer class actions in Cali...

It says something when a psychologist facing an investigation is ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination.  And refuses to do so. That...

Who gets to fish west of Whidbey Island , in Washington? That's an issue that's taken a huge amount of litigation to resolve. Bu...

Which one do you want to obtain: (A) Insight into the trials and tribulations of the (now former) marriage of famed restaurateur  Piero Se...

I'm a little confused about one portion of this morning's opinion by Judge Tallman. A prison in Montana bars its inmates from rec...

The defendant in this lawsuit sells cars in South Gate as Discount Auto Plaza.   But based on what I read in this opinion , it's a place...