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U.S. v. Tainewasher
District court did not plainly err by failing to instruct jury that, to convict defendant of facilitating a drug felony, it must also find that the drug felony was actually committed. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Oct. 13, 2025
Community Legal Services v. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Order 		9th Oct. 13, 2025
New Commune DTLA LLC v. City Redondo Beach
City's residential overlay zone, which kept underlying commercial zoning, failed to meet strict Housing Element Law requirements to address low-income housing. 		Municipal Law, Real Property 2DCA/3 Oct. 13, 2025
Move Eden Housing v. City of Livermore
Because the City of Livermore's 2024 resolution did not reenact the essential features of its 2022 resolution, the 2024 resolution constituted a valid and complete repeal. 		Municipal Law, Real Property 1DCA/5 Oct. 9, 2025
People v. Gomez
Defendant who was a juvenile at the time of his offense was eligible for resentencing even though his adult codefendant had not been convicted of the same offense. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/4 Oct. 9, 2025
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. Diblin
Jury's negligence determination did not render defendant's intentional attack on his housemate an "accident" that was covered under insurance policy. 		Insurance 4DCA/1 Oct. 9, 2025
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 Oct. 9, 2025
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 Oct. 9, 2025
People v. Cortez
"Removals," violent intra-gang punishments of members accused of robbing or stealing from associates, provided non-reputational benefits required by amendments to gang special circumstances under Penal Code section 186.22. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 6DCA Oct. 9, 2025
Noem v. National TPS Alliance
Order 		USSC Oct. 9, 2025
Galarsa v. Dolgen California
Arbitration agreement did not encompass the issue of plaintiff's status as an "aggrieved employee" for the purposes of pursuing a non-individual action under the Private Attorneys General Act. 		Employment Law 5DCA Oct. 9, 2025
Villalobos v. Maersk, Inc.
Incorporating arbitration provider's rules into mandatory arbitration agreement was not unmistakable evidence of the parties' intent to delegate arbitrability issues to the arbitrator. 		Arbitration 2DCA/8 Oct. 8, 2025
Curtis v. Inslee
Healthcare workers' constitutional challenge to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination was properly dismissed because they lacked an enforceable right under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's emergency use authorization. 		Constitutional Law 9th Oct. 8, 2025
Modification: People v. Orozco
Amending information to include conspiracy to commit murder charge right before jury selection was improper because the offense had not been shown by evidence at the preliminary hearing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/8 Oct. 8, 2025
People v. Alvarez
Opinion 		4DCA/1 Oct. 7, 2025
Alliance San Diego v. California Taxpayers Action Network
City-affiliates' involvement in San Diego's Measure C did not change the measure's status as a citizens' initiative requiring only a simple majority vote. 		Government 4DCA/1 Oct. 7, 2025
Ahmed v. Collect Access, LLC
Because plaintiff's uncorroborated declaration denying residence and service was sufficient to show minimal merit, trial court's anti-SLAPP dismissal was erroneous. 		Anti-SLAPP 1DCA/4 Oct. 7, 2025
People v. Parker
Equitably tolling the two-year incompetency commitment limit under Penal Code section 1370 was proper because of defendant's unavailability due to concurrent proceedings in another county. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Oct. 7, 2025
People v. Garcia
Peremptory challenge based on prospective juror's lack of life experience and apparent lack of confidence was proper where trial court observed the cited behavior. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 Oct. 7, 2025
People v. Molina
Substantial evidence supported jury's conclusion that defendant-nurse "had the care" of elder who was abused in independent living facility. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Oct. 6, 2025
People v. Ramos
In Penal Code section 1172.6 resentencing hearing, even though petitioner was not a participant in codefendant's trial, transcripts from codefendant's trial identifying petitioner as the shooter were admissible. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/3 Oct. 6, 2025
Wilson v. Tap Worldwide, LLC
Fee award based on strict interpretation of statutory provision governing payment of arbitration fees was not valid given Supreme Court decision holding such an interpretation would result in preemption. 		Arbitration 2DCA/1 Oct. 6, 2025
Modification: In re Grinder
Rule prohibiting use of hearsay testimony to prove a commitment offense involved the use of force or violence was procedural, rather than substantive, and did not apply retroactively. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Oct. 6, 2025
Paris v. Brown
District court abused its discretion when it misapplied the fugitive-disentitlement doctrine to dismiss noncitizen, nonnoncustodial parent's Hague Convention petition. 		International Law, Family Law 9th Oct. 6, 2025
Caldrone v. Circle K Stores Inc.
Plaintiffs in age discrimination failure-to-promote suit did not have to apply for the promotion to demonstrate prima facie case where employer did not solicit applications or announce position. 		Employment Discrimination 9th Oct. 6, 2025
People v. U.S. Fire Insurance Co.
Trial court was not required to forfeit bond when defendant failed to appear for trial readiness conference because defendants may be excused from such a hearing and his counsel appeared. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 Oct. 3, 2025
Kivett v. Flagstar Bank, FSB
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's *Cantero v. Bank of America* decision, California's escrow-interest requirement is not preempted by the National Bank Act. 		Banking 9th Oct. 3, 2025
McDoniel v. Kavry Management
Employer's violation of statute prohibiting requiring employees to submit to polygraph examinations as a condition of continued employment supported a claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. 		Employment Law 4DCA/1 Oct. 2, 2025
People ex rel. Alameda County Taxpayers' Assn. v. Brown
Residency requirements for elected County Board of Supervisors did not apply to vacancy appointment following sudden death of a previous supervisor. 		Government 1DCA/4 Oct. 2, 2025
Montrose Chemical Corp. of California v. Superior Court (Canadian Universal Insurance Co.)
Where petitioner was advancing exactly the same interpretation of insurance policy language that past case authorities had already discounted, trial court did not err in excluding proffered evidence to settle language's purported ambiguity. 		Insurance, Evidence 2DCA/3 Oct. 2, 2025
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