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Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. Coachella Valley Water District
Where water district failed to demonstrate a fair or reasonable relationship between the charges imposed and the benefits received within areas charged for groundwater, charges were unconstitutional. 		Tax 4DCA/2 Dec. 2, 2025
Estate of Bodmann
Proposed executor was properly disqualified when his behavior was not merely interpersonal unpleasantness but rather resulted in textbook mismanagement, contributing to the estate asset's decline. 		Trust and Estates 1DCA/4 Dec. 2, 2025
Airport Business Center v. City of Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa's determination that a parking garage was "surplus land" subject to designation for affordable housing was proper. 		Government, Real Property 1DCA/3 Dec. 2, 2025
Rodriguez v. City of Los Angeles
Recorded agreement memorializing low-income density bonus accepted by developer was equivalent to a condition attached to a permit, surviving foreclosure and binding successor property owners. 		Real Property 2DCA/1 Dec. 2, 2025
County of Los Angeles v. Niblett
Employee's statement referencing workplace shooting that had occurred the previous year, coupled with his history with supervisor, constituted a credible threat of violence warranting issuance of workplace violence restraining order. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/1 Dec. 2, 2025
Environmental Democracy Project v. Rael
California Organic Food and Farming Act applies broadly to all products labeled or sold as organic, including feminine hygiene products. 		Consumer Law 1DCA/2 Dec. 2, 2025
Modification: 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 Dec. 2, 2025
U.S. v. Dencklau
Federal indictment alleging the mandatory elements of a Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering offense was sufficient even though it did not allege the elements of the underlying state offenses. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Nov. 25, 2025
Singh v. Bondi
Substantial evidence supported Board of Immigration Appeals' determination that asylum applicant's experiences did not rise to the level of past persecution. 		Immigration 9th Dec. 2, 2025
In re S.R.
In dependency proceeding, because mandatory Child Abuse Central Index reporting involved an ongoing, redressable harm, mother's appeal remained justiciable, requiring merits review. 		Dependency, Civil Procedure CASC Dec. 2, 2025
Wonderful Nurseries, LLC v. Agricultural Labor Relations Board et al.
Trial court lacked jurisdiction to rule on Agricultural Labor Relations Board union certification orders because they are not "final orders" eligible for judicial review. 		Labor Law 5DCA Dec. 1, 2025
People v. Woodward
Trial court's downgrading of felony child pornography possession conviction to misdemeanor did not "de facto" reduce his later conviction for failure to register change of address to a misdemeanor. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Dec. 1, 2025
Agustin v. Golden Empire Transit District
Where the evidence shows the plaintiff's negligence was the sole proximate cause of an injury, comparative negligence need not be submitted to a jury. 		Torts 5DCA Dec. 1, 2025
Modification: 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 Dec. 1, 2025
People v. Gallardo
Assault with intent to commit rape is not a lesser included offense of rape of an unconscious person because the latter does not require the jury to find the defendant intended to use force. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 Dec. 1, 2025
Amended Opinion: Youth 71Five Ministries v. Williams
Religious organization that was denied grant funding based on government rule prohibiting religious discrimination was not entitled to a preliminary injunction because the rule likely withstood rational-basis review. 		Constitutional Law 9th Dec. 1, 2025
Marriage of Strong
Ex-husband's copyright in Michael Jackson collaboration was subject to monetization in order to satisfy over $2 million in delinquent support obligations. 		Remedies, Copyright 2DCA/1 Nov. 26, 2025
People v. The North River Ins. Co. (Bad Boys Bail Bonds)
Because appearance periods may be extended for good cause, trial court had authority to grant a good-cause continuance allowing prosecutors to decide whether to extradite fugitive. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/8 Nov. 26, 2025
Gessele v. Jack in the Box Inc.
Where competing factual inferences existed as to whether employer Jack in the Box's overdeductions for state benefits fund was willful, district court's granting of summary judgment on that issue was improper. 		Employment Law 9th Nov. 26, 2025
Dennis v. Monsanto Co.
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act did not preempt plaintiff's state-law claim that Monsanto failed to warn consumers about pesticide dangers. 		Consumer Law 4DCA/1 Nov. 26, 2025
Deol v. Cal. Veterinary Medical Bd.
Statute authorizing discipline for veterinarians in cases of unprofessional conduct covers more than just substance abuse. 		Administrative Agencies 1DCA/3 Nov. 26, 2025
Modification: 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 Nov. 26, 2025
Modification: 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 Nov. 26, 2025
Modification: 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 Nov. 26, 2025
Rojas-Espinoza v. Bondi
Order 		9th Nov. 26, 2025
County of Los Angeles v. Lugo
Trial court err by denying plaintiff's request to set aside a Voluntary Declaration of Paternity for fraud as untimely, where the declaration was executed before statutory amendment shortening filing deadline. 		Family Law 2DCA/1 Nov. 25, 2025
Roe v. Smith
Defamation plaintiffs suing for events that occurred when they were minors could not proceed pseudonymously where no overriding interest overcame the public's right of access to court records. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/2 Nov. 25, 2025
People v. Murphy
Trial court erred by relying on defendant's nonpayment of restitution fine when denying her request for expungement and reduction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Nov. 25, 2025
Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center
Despite being a Zen Buddhist minister, former employee's wage-and-hour claims were not barred by First Amendment's Religious Clauses' ministerial exception. 		Employment Law, Constitutional Law 1DCA/5 Nov. 25, 2025
Sproul v. Vallee
Trial court abused its discretion in denying plaintiffs leave to amend the complaint to more clearly allege their negligent misrepresentation claim. 		Torts, Civil Procedure 1DCA/3 Nov. 25, 2025
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