First District reverses an attempted-lewd-act conviction, holding the trial court violated Code of Civil Procedure section 231.7(d)(1) by failing to explain its reasons for overruling defense counsel’s objection to the prosecutor’s peremptory strike of a prospective juror.
First District holds a parking-garage operator’s collection of customers’ license-plate information without the publicly available ALPR policy California law requires is itself the kind of harm that supports a private suit under the ALPR Law.
First District holds the automatic bankruptcy stay does not bar appellate proceedings the debtor itself brought, and affirms a defense verdict and attorney-fee award in a $1.5 million loan-related contract and fraud dispute.
First District reverses summary judgment for the Salvation Army in a wage suit by adult-rehabilitation ‘work therapy’ participants, holding that the trial court applied the wrong legal standard for distinguishing a volunteer from an employee under California wage law.