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People v. Rockhill
Judge's ex parte communications with a prosecutor created a constitutionally intolerable probability of judicial bias, violating defendant's right to a fair trial. 		Judges, Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Nov. 14, 2025
In re A.H.
Juvenile court erred by ordering out-of-home placement in a short-term residential therapeutic program without requiring probation officer to present a statutorily required "case plan" before or at the disposition hearing. 		Juveniles 1DCA/2 Nov. 14, 2025
Modification: People v. Krueger
Petitioner was ineligible for resentencing relief under Penal Code section 1172.6 because she was not convicted under any theory of liability affected by the requisite amendments to murder statutes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/2 Nov. 14, 2025
Modification: People v. Warner
Defendant who possessed the requisite mental state for direct aiding and abetting murder was ineligible for relief under Penal Code section 1172.6. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/2 Nov. 14, 2025
People v. Demacedo
Defendant's conviction for driving under the influence causing injury was not a lesser included offense of gross vehicular manslaughter when different victims were involved with the separate charges. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Nov. 14, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Steinman
Thirty-minute-long traffic stop was not unreasonably prolonged where officer questioned defendant while writing the citation and waiting for the criminal history check. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Nov. 14, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Sullivan
Defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction requiring a nexus between his conduct and a Federal Trade Commission investigation for a Section 1505 obstruction conviction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Nov. 13, 2025
Carroll v. City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco's methods for calculating employee disability retirement benefits did not discriminate based on age of entry into the City's retirement system. 		Employment Discrimination 1DCA/4 Nov. 13, 2025
Hernandez v. Superior Court (People)
Because officers' racially charged remarks and assumptions showed prima facie bias, the trial court erred in denying a Racial Justice Act evidentiary hearing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Nov. 12, 2025
Baer v. Tedder
Code of Civil Procedure sections 2023.030(a) and 2031.320(b) (discovery abuse sanctions) authorize a trial court to award a successful respondent attorney's fees incurred on appeal. 		Civil Procedure, Attorneys 4DCA/3 Nov. 12, 2025
Illinois Midwest Insurance Agency, LLC v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board/Rodriguez
After 2013 legislative reforms, disputes regarding medically necessary procedures must be resolved through independent medical review rather than the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. 		Workers' Compensation 2DCA/3 Nov. 12, 2025
In re Mattison
Penal Code section 1465.9(d)'s 10-year limit on restitution fines does not trigger the full resentencing rule when vacating that portion of a judgment. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Nov. 11, 2025
Jimenez v. Hayes Apartment Homes, LLC
Defendants' building code violation--failing to install fall-prevention devices when replacing upper-story windows--constituted negligence per se. 		Torts 1DCA/4 Nov. 11, 2025
People v. Tokhunts
Sustaining objection to peremptory challenge was not prejudicial error where defendant failed to demonstrate the juror was incompetent and could have been dismissed for cause based on the record. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/3 Nov. 11, 2025
Trump v. Orr
Order 		USSC Nov. 11, 2025
Veneno v. U.S.
Order 		USSC Nov. 11, 2025
Hunt v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Under securities laws, PricewaterhouseCoopers's role as an independent auditor protected it from strict liability for financial misstatements made on initial public offering registration. 		Securities 9th Nov. 11, 2025
Amended Opinion: Lemus-Escobar v. Bondi
Immigration judge erred by failing to inquire into, and make a reasoned determination regarding, petitioner's mental competency where evidence from withholding of removal proceedings indicated the possibility of incompetence. 		Immigration 9th Nov. 11, 2025
Los Angeles Police Protective League v. City of Los Angeles
Requiring complainants to read and sign advisory notice that filing a knowingly false complaint of police misconduct was a crime placed an unconstitutional burden on speech. 		Constitutional Law CASC Nov. 11, 2025
Rojas-Espinoza v. Bondi
Order 		9th Nov. 11, 2025
Chinese Theater, LLC v. Starline Tours USA, Inc.
Where plaintiff left summons with a bus washer lacking authority or connection to the defendant's business, substituted service was invalid and default judgment was vacated. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/8 Nov. 10, 2025
Evleshin v. Meyer
Initial refusal to mediate did not forfeit the refusing party's right to recover attorneys' fees under contract requiring pre-filing mediation where refusal was retracted prior to commencement of an action. 		Contracts 6DCA Nov. 10, 2025
State of California v. Del Rosa
*Ex parte Young* relief is available under the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act. 		Native American Affairs, Civil Procedure 9th Nov. 10, 2025
Hawatmeh v. City of Henderson
Officers did not seize kidnapped child for Fourth Amendment purposes when they employed hostage rescue tactics that resulted in the death the kidnapper and, seconds later, the child. 		Qualified Immunity, Civil Rights 9th Nov. 10, 2025
In re: Kevan Harry, Gilman, Debtor
Order 		9th Nov. 10, 2025
Taking Offense v. State of California
By regulating discriminatory conduct rather than suppressing protected expression, the statute safeguarding long-term care residents from repeated misgendering survived constitutional challenge. 		Constitutional Law CASC Nov. 7, 2025
Willis v. The Walt Disney Company
Disney's alleged "booking ban" of The Village People fell within the scope of conduct protected by the catchall provision of California's anti-SLAPP statute. 		Anti-SLAPP 4DCA/1 Nov. 6, 2025
Modification: People v. Melgoza
Modified jury instruction defining "force" for forcible rape and forcible oral copulation as including movement or positioning of the victim's body misstated the law and constituted prejudicial error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Nov. 6, 2025
Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation v. Naples Restaurant Group, LLC
Citizen suit under the Clean Water Act was mooted by defendant obtaining and continuing to pay annual fee for general discharge permit, making the violative conduct unlikely to recur. 		Environmental Law, Civil Procedure 9th Nov. 6, 2025
Modification: Atlanta Falcons v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd.
Atlanta Falcons NFL team was exempted from former football player's workers' compensation claim under Labor Code sections 3600.5(c) and (d). 		Workers' Compensation 4DCA/3 Nov. 6, 2025
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