California Appellate Report

This is an eminently moderate and reasonable opinion . M.T. transitioned to being a girl when she was a minor, and at 19, legally changed he...

It's a bit ironic -- or at least caused me sly amusement -- that this appeal involves a (successful) anti-SLAPP motion filed against a ...

I'm of two minds regarding the decision to publish this opinion. On the one hand, yes, it's important, and we want to make sure that...

Do you remember Pennoyer v. Neff  -- likely from your first day of Civil Procedure as a first year in law school? Today's opinion from t...

I'm often protective of professors, but ironically enough, here's a recent opinion from the Court of Appeal involving a $20 million...

Today's Ninth Circuit opinion notes that "Shih, an electrical engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, ...

You're not going to read this opinion unless you're a super  nerd; or perhaps care deeply about appellate jurisdiction over nonfina...

How do you feel about sentences that are not grammatically complete sentences? Personally, I'm not a monster stickler for old-style gram...

Judge Bumatay (alongside Judges Bennett, Nelson & VanDyke) dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc in this case. It's a 30-page...

A statute requires CalTrans to sell “commercial real property acquired for the construction of a state highway, but no longer required for t...

If she had consistently met all her other deadlines but got caught in multiple traffic accidents on her way to court, would you deport someo...

Judge Bybee writes a very persuasive opinion that grants mandamus relief and requires Judge Brailsford to recuse herself from the underlyin...

There are undoubtedly a lot of reasons why you don't want to be homeless and living in a Salvation Army shelter. Nontrivially amongst th...

The trial court thought that the board members of the Coachella Valley Water District had brought an entirely frivolous anti-SLAPP motion, s...

Clearly I'm just meaner than the Court of Appeal. Or at least the 4/3. Plaintiff files a lawsuit, and defendant propounds twenty RFAs. P...

Montana passed a statute during the height of COVID that prohibited anyone from requiring vaccination; e.g., for employment or to enter an e...

It seems like the Court of Appeal is gradually becoming more like the Ninth Circuit . Sadly.

I feel like most of the cases with the caption "Union Pacific R.R. v. Superior Court" are from an earlier century -- say, the 1800...

Whenever you might think that your family life contains a bit too much drama, feel free to compare your situation to this one for a little ...

Maybe I should listen to more "true crime" podcasts, but I didn't know before reading this opinion that there was a serial ki...