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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
Cocoa AJ Holdings, LLC v. Schneider
Trial court correctly granted anti-SLAPP motion where building management brought counterclaims against unit-owner for campaigning against amending Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions. 		Anti-SLAPP 1DCA/3 Nov. 5, 2025
Lee v. Yan
Where evidence supported proper substituted service at defendant's usual place of business, and defendant's contrary claims were inconsistent, default judgment was valid and trial court correctly denied defendant's motion to vacate. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/8 Nov. 5, 2025
People ex rel. Bonta v. City of Huntington Beach
State law prohibiting voter identification requirements beyond those required by state or federal law preempted city ordinance attempting to impose such requirements for municipal elections. 		Municipal Law 4DCA/3 Nov. 5, 2025
People v. Gomez
Hesitation and reluctance from mother of minor witness-victim were insufficient to show genuine impossibility of live testimony. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 4DCA/1 Nov. 5, 2025
Valame v. Trump
Equal Rights Amendment-based challenge to Military Selective Service Act's requirement that men register for selective service was properly dismissed for failure to state a claim. 		Constitutional Law 9th Nov. 5, 2025
Pena v. City of Los Angeles
The government's destruction of private property when necessary for the defense of public safety is exempt from the scope of the Takings Clause. 		Constitutional Law 9th Nov. 5, 2025
People v. Guevara
Defense counsel's repeated delay and eventual failure to file resentencing brief or presenting evidence in mitigation prejudiced defendant's resentencing outcome, constituting ineffective assistance of counsel. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Attorneys 1DCA/3 Nov. 4, 2025
People v. Superior Court (Taylor)
Trial court abused its discretion in granting pretrial mental health diversion when no evidence established defendant's probable compliance with treatment or nonrisk to public safety. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/1 Nov. 3, 2025
In re H.T.
Juvenile court had discretion to order Sacramento County to pay for youth's housing at transitional housing facility after probation department struggled to secure housing that complied with probation terms. 		Juveniles 3DCA Nov. 3, 2025
Marriage of Nelson
When substantial evidence supported creation of a $3 million spousal support trust under Family Code section 4360 as "just and reasonable," trial court did not abuse its discretion. 		Family Law 4DCA/3 Nov. 3, 2025
People v. Olea
Trial court's order denying defendant's request for recall and resentencing was appealable despite no explicit statutory right because the trial court's actions and order affected his substantial rights. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Nov. 3, 2025
People v. Perez-Tinoco
Penal Code Section 1172.6 does not prevent a trial court from granting a writ of habeas corpus alleging error under *People v. Chiu*. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Nov. 3, 2025
U.S. v. Pheasant
Order 		9th Nov. 3, 2025
Natural Grocers v. Rollins
Federal agency committed legal error by excluding "highly refined" foods from the statutory definition of "bioengineered food" solely because their modified DNA was undetectable in the final product. 		Administrative Agencies 9th Nov. 3, 2025
Oregon Right to Life v. Stolfi
Non-religious employer with alleged sincerely held religious beliefs regarding abortion was entitled to constitutional protection because its board members had shared beliefs that were recognized and promulgated through the corporation. 		Constitutional Law 9th Nov. 3, 2025
State Water Resources Control Bd. v. Superior Court (Kings County Farm Bureau)
Pursuant to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, State Water Resources Board actions in designating a probationary basin and implementing related procedures were exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act. 		Water Rights 5DCA Oct. 31, 2025
Kings County Farm Bureau v. State Water Resources Control Bd.
Remand was appropriate for trial court to reconsider its weighing of relative harm caused by preliminary injunction where its analysis of likelihood of success on the merits was flawed. 		Water Rights 5DCA Oct. 31, 2025
People v. Cervantes
Trial court had inherent authority to correct unauthorized sentence and erred in ruling it lacked jurisdiction to do so. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 Oct. 31, 2025
Doe v. Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft
Same-sex couple traveling between California and Saudi Arabia had specific personal jurisdiction in California over defendant airline for its alleged disclosure of their marital status and sexual orientation. 		Civil Procedure 9th Oct. 31, 2025
U.S. v. $1,106,775.00 in United States Currency
Order 		9th Oct. 30, 2025
People v. Mirabal
Battery was a lesser included offense of rape of an intoxicated person that the jury should have been instructed on based on the evidence produced at trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Oct. 30, 2025
People v. Taito
Trial court properly denied Penal Code section 1172.6 petition, where jury's true finding on felony-murder special circumstance rendered defendant ineligible for resentencing as a matter of law. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/3 Oct. 30, 2025
Modification: Adoption of X.D.
As self-authenticating evidence, trial court abused its discretion in disallowing admission of texts biological father sent to his sister revealing threats to kill biological mother. 		Evidence, Family Law 2DCA/8 Oct. 30, 2025
Mass v. Regents of the University of California
University of California Retirement Plan's section 12.10 does not grant retroactive benefits to members who delayed applying for retirement. 		Contracts 1DCA/4 Oct. 30, 2025
Kim v. New Life Oasis Church
Though attorney's lien claim for property to secure legal payment was barred by issue preclusion, his lis pendens filing was protected by litigation privilege. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/8 Oct. 30, 2025
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