The Sixth District ordered cell-location evidence suppressed because an armed carjacking investigation did not establish a case-specific emergency excusing a warrant.
The Court of Appeal held that prosecutors forfeited their objection to a renewed Romero motion and upheld dismissal of a prior strike.
The Second District held that a juvenile’s assault offense was not expressly within the statutory list barring dismissal and record sealing after probation.
The First District upheld a $1.2 million future-rent award because it compensated actual lease loss and the tenant did not prove greater mitigation.
The Second District held that POBRA did not govern an officer’s termination for failing to meet a generally applicable vaccination qualification.
The Second District dismissed an appeal from a temporary-support ruling because the trial court retained power to revise the award retroactively.
The Fourth District held that valid rescission for a contractor’s material application misrepresentations also eliminated an additional insured’s coverage.
The Court of Appeal reversed and directed the trial court to strike the doxing claim.
The Fifth District held that sexually violent predator patients are governed by regulations permitting contraband inspection, not the LPS Act’s right to unopened correspondence.
The Second District held that unpaid leave reasonably accommodated a teacher’s religious objection to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate where in-person work posed an undue hardship.
A published California appellate decision revived residents’ claims that Stanton failed to meet affordable-housing replacement and relocation-planning duties during a long-running neighborhood acquisition project.
The Ninth Circuit vacated certification of a consumer class because the plaintiffs’ proposed classwide damages model was not sufficiently developed or reliable on the record presented.
The Central District denied the habeas petition.
The Central District left the liability verdict intact, rejecting the defense request for judgment as a matter of law and conditionally denying a new trial.
The Central District denied remand.
The court granted the petition after reviewing the unopposed allegations and determining that they stated a due-process violation.
The Central District ordered immediate release.
The Central District granted the unopposed habeas petition and ordered immediate release.
The Central District conditionally granted habeas relief.
The Central District granted the petition in part and ordered immediate release on reasonable supervision conditions.
ICE must release asylum applicant re-detained without a hearing.
A federal court kept a California lemon-law suit because the vehicle’s full purchase price and potential civil penalty plausibly exceeded $75,000.
mandatory removal-period detention defeats early due-process challenge.
release does not moot challenge to threatened ICE re-detention.