California Appellate Report

It's fairly shocking that the defendant thought there was even the slimmest possibility of success in this appeal. Plaintiffs file an em...

I was on the East Coast for a bit, so got behind on reading the daily appellate opinions. But upon my return, I found this election opinion ...

It's a 75-page-plus death penalty opinion. The defendant (Robert Bloom) admits that he killed his father but denies that he killed his s...

The Ninth Circuit is miffed. It's a lawsuit brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council against the EPA. The NRDC wants the EPA to ...

Justice Ramirez wants you to know a lot  about the vocabulary utilized by pimps and prostitutes. In the beginning, it was limited to one wor...

In today's opinion , you've got a per curiam opinion. You've got a concurrence by Judge Graber. You've got a concurrence by ...

A police officer sees a car traveling at 25 miles per hour. That seems "pretty fast" to him, even though it's within the speed...

Justice Yegan doesn't say anything in today's opinion that hasn't already been said previously. Yet it needs to be said here ag...

Some lessons you can learn from this opinion : (1) Be wary about taking on lawyers as your client. If you lose, you might well be the next p...

Sure, the California Supreme Court is left-leaning in a lot of areas, but sometimes when reading an opinion (or otherwise), you don't ne...

Unlike some people, I don't mind Justice Wiley's short, staccato style. Sometimes -- many times, even -- I affirmatively like it. Bu...

Justice Baker's opinion begins with a fairly powerful summary of the holding of the case: "At defendant and appellant Salvador Sal...

Today's opinion presents itself as your typical stalking case, and in many respects, it is one -- with the notable exception that it...

You can feel the love in this one . And when there's no love, you definitely feel that too. Division Two of the First repeatedly display...

It's a federal habeas death penalty case. The murder occurred in 1982 -- forty years ago. The California Supreme Court affirmed the conv...

When the government decides whether or not to terminate your welfare benefits, the Due Process Clause requires the state to provide an in-pe...

What first caught my attention in this opinion was the caption: Cleveland v. Taft Union High School District. It reminded me of the relevant...

This case comes out the way I thought it would , but not for the reasons I anticipated. The underlying facts aren't particularly relevan...

This is another classic Justice Wiley opinion , which means that it's (1) short (e.g., eight pages), with (2) tons of clippy, short sent...

I'm super pleased that the Court of Appeal finally elected to publish this opinion . I'm also somewhat surprised it didn't get m...