California Appellate Report

You don't see many intestate succession disputes in the Court of Appeal. And in reading the facts of this one, it definitely harkens bac...

As a rule, I don't write about appellate cases in which I have some involvement, on the theory that I'm not neutral, and it doesn...

It's an important issue, and today's split decision by the Court of Appeal cogently identifies the competing positions. Justice Buc...

The factual recitation in Judge Tallman's opinion speaks for itself: "[Armond] Aria was the founder, owner, CEO, and registered ag...

It's not that I disagree with today's opinion from the California Supreme Court . I don't. Which is good, since it's unanimo...

We're in the middle of exam season here at the law school, so I read this Ninth Circuit opinion, I thought it'd be a great basis for...

The Court of Appeal holds that it's not a sufficient basis for a new trial, at least given the trial court's evidentiary findings i...

On first glance, this opinion from earlier today seems totally right. Ellen Reiche wants to take "direct action" to protest the ...

I share what I perceive to be Justice Stratton's unease regarding this case. Yes, the 10-month old infant had some injuries -- current a...

Adrien Camacho shoots and kills a police officer during a routine traffic stop in front of lots of people for basically no reason, so it...

I've never thought about it before -- and I've taught Civil Procedure for over a quarter century -- but, yeah, I agree with the Cour...

You'll care about this opinion if you litigate federal unfair competition cases and want to sue a foreign entity that has a trademark i...

I'm not sure why parties and lawyers repeatedly try to get out of sanctions orders through voluntary dismissals and then arguing that th...

Typically, one reads opinions from the Court of Appeal because the legal doctrines are interesting, or the public policy consequences are si...

I was trying to figure out why the company filed this appeal, which it lost . And I think, maybe, that I have at least a possible (partial?)...

Apparently Amiodarone is a drug developed in Belgium in the 1960s to treat angina, but that has a ton of really bad side effects, "incl...

Judge Callahan authors an opinion that affirms a criminal conviction and sentence . That's surely not a "man bites dog" story....

You can think about this case in one of two ways. One way is to believe that the plaintiff is being sleazy. Defendant makes a 998 offer shor...

It seems eminently sensible to me what the trial court did here, and the Court of Appeal largely affirms . I just have one question. It'...

Today sees a very thoughtful, persuasive opinion by Judge Bybee , joined by Judges Callahan and Collins. Now, as to the facts, I'm not r...