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Sheetz v. County of El Dorado
Regardless of whether the fee was legislatively or administratively imposed, *Nollan/Dolan* test for takings applies--in this case, leading to the conclusion that a traffic impact mitigation fee did not violate the takings clause. 		Real Property, Constitutional Law 3DCA Jul. 31, 2025
Wang v. Peletta
Trial court did not err in determining that because plaintiffs' unpermitted retaining wall constituted a public nuisance, they could not obtain a prescriptive easement. 		Real Property 1DCA/3 Jul. 1, 2025
Ceron v. Liu
Defendant in malicious prosecution was entitled to judgment in her favor where she established a valid advice-of-counsel defense. 		Real Property, Civil Procedure 1DCA/3 Jun. 30, 2025
Applegate v. Carrington Foreclosure Services, LLC
Prospective owner-occupant of foreclosed property failed to state a claim under Civil Code section 2924m. 		Real Property 1DCA/2 Jun. 30, 2025
Amundson v. Catello
Decedent's surviving siblings lacked standing to prosecute partition claim where the estate was still subject to litigation because the siblings lacked clear title to the property. 		Real Property, Trust and Estates 4DCA/1 Jun. 4, 2025
People ex rel. Soto v. Group IX BP Properties
Government Code provision prohibiting ordinances that penalize landlords solely due to their contact with a law enforcement did not bar State's public nuisance action against property managers. 		Government, Real Property 2DCA/4 Apr. 18, 2025
Estate of St. John v. Schaeffler
Out-of-possesion landlord had no duty of care to decedent when landlord had no actual knowledge of the dangerous condition: failure to fence-in a 300-pound pig. 		Real Property, Torts 2DCA/5 Mar. 25, 2025
Modification: Baca v. Kuang
A commercial landlord consented to a month-to-month tenancy by accepting multiple months of rent following the expiration of a notice to terminate tenancy. 		Real Property 1DCA/5 Feb. 12, 2025
Cox v. City of Oakland
Since land parcel had always been conveyed with contiguous land, it was never a separate legal parcel created because of a division of land under the Subdivision Map Act. 		Real Property CASC Jan. 24, 2025
Baca v. Kuang
A commercial landlord consented to a month-to-month tenancy by accepting multiple months of rent following the expiration of a notice to terminate tenancy. 		Real Property 1DCA/5 Jan. 15, 2025
Reese v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.
Amendment could not cure defect to overcome demurrer where mortgage servicer remedied its alleged violation of Homeowner's Bill of Rights by waiting and recording a new notice of sale. 		Real Property 1DCA/4 Jan. 10, 2025
Modification: Schneider v. Lane
Civil Code Section 845 did not obligate easement owner to construct a riverbank stabilization project separate from the right-of-way to protect the easement road from risk of the riverbank's future erosion. 		Real Property 3DCA Jan. 6, 2025
JCCrandall, LLC v. County of Santa Barbara
Conditional use permit to cultivate cannabis was defeated by servient tenant's objection to easement on the grounds that cannabis is illegal under federal law. 		Real Property, Commercial Law 2DCA/6 Jan. 6, 2025
Newell v. Superior Court (Rollins)
Petitioner's lis pendens on property bought with trust assets was proper because her probate claims affected title to the property. 		Trust and Estates, Real Property 2DCA/7 Dec. 24, 2024
JJD-HOV Elk Grove, LLC v. Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
Cotenancy provision in retail lease reflected parties' agreement regarding acceptable alternative performance of negotiated obligations and was enforceable. 		Real Property, Contracts CASC Dec. 20, 2024
Majestic Asset Mgmt LLC v. The Colony at California Homeowners Assn.
Deed of trust valuation based on reasonable cost of putting golf course in condition it would have been in had trustor performed secured maintenance obligations was appropriate. 		Real Property, Remedies 4DCA/1 Dec. 17, 2024
Kaur v. Dual Arch International
Qualified, not absolute, immunity applied to trustee's communications during nonjudicial foreclosure. 		Real Property 5DCA Dec. 13, 2024
Schneider v. Lane
Civil Code Section 845 did not obligate easement owner to construct a riverbank stabilization project separate from the right-of-way to protect the easement road from risk of the riverbank's future erosion. 		Real Property 3DCA Dec. 4, 2024
Batta v. Hunt
A finding of a granted easement, an implied easement, and a prescribed easement was fatally conflicting and irreconcilable. 		Real Property 2DCA/8 Oct. 31, 2024
JCCrandall v. County of Santa Barbara
Conditional use permit for cannabis cultivation should not have been granted where owner of servient tenement objected to the use of easement for transportation of federally illegal cannabis across property. 		Real Property 2DCA/6 Oct. 30, 2024
Santa Clarita Organization for Planning v. County of Los Angeles
Despite involving California Environmental Quality Act violations, environmental groups' claim questioning County's approval of project's tentative tract map fell within the Subdivision Map Act's requirement for serving summons. 		Environmental Law, Real Property 2DCA/7 Oct. 24, 2024
A.D. Improvements v. Dept. of Transportation
The Streets and Highways Code requiring Caltrans to sell an excess property to its lessor necessitated only that the property be commercial at the time it was deemed excess. 		Real Property 4DCA/1 Oct. 23, 2024
City of Alameda v. Sheehan
Though trial court erred in determining that notice to pay rent or vacate required name of natural person not entity, judgment for tenant was still affirmed because of notice's other inaccuracies. 		Real Property 1DCA/2 Sep. 18, 2024
San Francisco Apartment Assn. v. City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco's ordinance extending 3-day notice to 10 days for landlords pursuing at-fault evictions was completely preempted by state law. 		Municipal Law, Real Property 1DCA/2 Sep. 13, 2024
Relevant Group LLC v. Nourmand
Litigation activities under CEQA that resulted in a settlement were not objectively baseless and therefore protected under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine. 		Real Property 9th Sep. 6, 2024
Holguin Family Ventures v. County of Ventura
Substantial evidence supported Ventura County Board of Supervisors' denial of winery-owners appeal from notices of violation regarding expansion of winery beyond its historical nonconforming use. 		Real Property 2DCA/6 Aug. 15, 2024
Doskocz v. ALS Lien Services
Civil Code Section 5655, requiring delinquent assessment payments be applied first to the assessment before collection fees, serves a public purpose and cannot be waived. 		Real Property 1DCA/1 May 22, 2024
Equinix LLC et al. v. County of Los Angeles
Despite being the property's original owner, because property lessor's lease term was less than 35 years, it triggered change in ownership and subsequent property tax reassessment. 		Real Property, Tax 2DCA/1 May 13, 2024
Sam v. Kwan
Summary judgment based on bona fide purchaser doctrine was improperly granted when there were obvious factual disputes as to whether purchaser was adequately diligent. 		Real Property 2DCA/8 Apr. 23, 2024
Sheetz v. El Dorado County
Whether imposed administratively or legislatively, conditions on land-use permits necessitated a Takings Clause assessment as to whether constitutional requirements were met. 		Real Property USSC Apr. 15, 2024
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