California Supreme Court and Court of Appeal published (citable) opinions.
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Ventura Cty Emp Ret Assn v. Crim J Atty Ret Assn Ventura Cty SC
S283978 Second Appellate District, Division Six B325277 Santa Barbara County Superior Court VENCI00546574 July 27, 2026 Justice Kruger authored the opinion of the Court, in which Justices Corrigan, Liu, Groban, Evans, and Boulware Eurie*concurred.
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P. v. Vasquez CA4/2
George Vasquez appeals from a judgment entered after he pled guilty to firearm charges following the denial of his motions to unseal a search warrant affidavit, to traverse and quash the search warrant, and to suppress evidence. We conclude the trial
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In re X.A. CA2/1
Appellant Sarah M. (Mother) challenges for a second time the juvenile court’s order under Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 366.26 terminating her parental rights to minors X.A. (born 2019) and E.A. (born 2021). In a prior appeal, we affirmed the juvenile court’s finding th…
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Fox Paine & Co, LLC v. Twin City Fire Ins Co SC
S287404 First Appellate District, Division Two A168803 San Francisco City and County Superior Court CGC17557275 July 27, 2026 Chief Justice Guerrero authored the opinion of the Court, in which Justices Liu, Kruger, Groban, Evans, DeSantos,* and Feinberg** concurred.
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Toy v. City and County of S.F. CA1/2
Under validation statutes a public agency can file an action to uphold— that is, validate—its handling of an agency matter (see Code. Civ. Proc. § 860 et seq.). Validation actions can also be brought by private parties seeking to invalidate the matter in question, in what are som…
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Osborne v. Logan CA2/7
Shawn Osborne and Lawrence Sand (the challengers) are registered voters in the Los Angeles Unified School District. In 2024 the District sought to issue $9 billion in bonds, which required voter approval because the bonds would be repaid by an ad valorem tax on the district’s pro…
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The Law Firm of Fox & Fox v. Arteaga CA2/5
Plaintiff and appellant, the Law Firm of Fox and Fox (the Fox firm) represented itself through Attorney Frank O. Fox in a lawsuit filed against a former client—defendant and respondent Miguel Arteaga. Following a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, plaintiff filed a motion for attorne…
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Conservatorship of E.A. SC
Conservatorship of the Person of E.A. Petitioner and Respondent, v. Objector and Appellant. S287241 First Appellate District, Division One A169299 Contra Costa County Superior Court P20-00896 July 23, 2026
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Aud v. RRT Enterprises, LP CA2/7
Betsy Jentz sued RRT Enterprises LP dba Country Villa Wilshire Convalescent Center, Boardwalk West Financial Services, LLC, Rockport Administrative Services, LLC, and Shlomo Rechnitz (collectively, the defendants) for violating the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection…
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8451 Melrose Property, LLC v. Akhtarzad CA2/8
A commercial lease soured. The landlord won, and we affirmed, a significant money judgment against the tenant named in the lease. This appeal concerns the landlord’s postjudgment efforts to add several individuals and a corporation as judgment debtors through the summary process …
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Kumar v. Mid-Century Insurance Co. CA1/2
In January 2021, Sudarshan Kumar discovered mold caused by a leaky water heater in the garage of his rental property and submitted a claim to his property insurer, Mid-Century Insurance Company (Mid-Century). After investigating, Mid-Century issued partial payment and “clos[ed Ku…
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In re McCowen CA4/2
INTRODUCTION Petitioner Marcil McCowen was convicted of first degree murder (Pen. Code,1 § 187, subd.(a)) in 2001 and was sentenced to a term of 50 years to life in prison. His
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Pipitone v. Dept of Motor Vehicles CA2/6
Paul L. Pipitone appeals the denial of his petition for writ of mandate challenging the Department of Motor Vehicles’ (DMV) revocation of his driving privilege following a felony conviction for drug possession. The drugs were seized from appellant’s car. Appellant’s principal con…
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P. v. Lopez CA6
In 2014, a jury found Enrique Nuñez Lopez guilty of various crimes, including second degree murder, stemming from a fight he took part in involving several Sureño gang members. The trial court sentenced Lopez to 22 years to life in prison. In 2019, Lopez filed a petition requesti…
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Eagle Colton 55, LP v. City of Colton CA4/1
The City of Colton, Colton Housing Authority, and Stacey Dabbs (collectively, Colton) appeal from an order of the trial court denying a special motion to strike the complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute, 1 Code of Civil
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Quinn v. Coulton CA1/
After a 100-year storm dropped over five inches of rain on San Francisco in 24 hours, a retaining wall—which separated the backyards of two uphill neighbors from the backyards of two downhill neighbors—failed, “causing soils from the uphill properties to crash down into the backy…
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Mata v. Digital Recognition Network, Inc. CA4/1
California’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) statute requires public and private ALPR operators and end-users to implement certain procedural safeguards regarding the collection and storage of ALPR
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Marriage of G.E. & I.D. CA4/1
G.E. (Wife) appeals a family court order dismissing her petition for a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) and terminating a domestic violence temporary restraining order (DVTRO) against her husband, I.D. (Husband), under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (Fam. Code, § …
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P. v. Prak CA5
-ooOoo- INTRODUCTION Appellant Sarath Sam Prak appeals from the denial of his resentencing petition at the prima facie stage. (Pen. Code, § 1172.6, subd. (c).)1 He contends that, in denying the petition, the trial court improperly considered hearsay evidence contained in the prel…
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Grimberg v. Pour CA4/1
Objector and appellant Libby Pour temporarily served as the successor trustee to her aunt Priel Grimberg’s irrevocable trust. The guardian ad litem appointed to represent Priel’s interests requested that the probate court authorize the recordation of lis pendens against Pour’s re…