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Modification: Conservatorship of A.H.
Petitioner was deprived of due process where conservatorship trial took 10 months to reach a grave disability finding. 		Conservatorship 1DCA/5 Oct. 2, 2025
Levy v. City and County of San Francisco
Labor Code section 512.1, which extends meal and rest break protections to specific public healthcare employees, does not include charter cities such as San Francisco. 		Employment Law 1DCA/4 Oct. 2, 2025
Berkeley People's Alliance v. City of Berkeley
Alleging city council recessed meetings and reconvened in different room rather than attempting to restore order by clearing the original room stated a plausible claim for violating the Brown Act. 		Government 1DCA/4 Oct. 2, 2025
People v. Page
Current version of jury instruction for introducing child sexual abuse patterns of behavior expert testimony did not violate defendant's right to fair trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/1 Oct. 2, 2025
Casarez v. Irigoyen Farms
State law negligence claims against grower and retailer of produce being transported by a motor carrier at the time of fatal traffic collision were preempted by federal law. 		Torts 5DCA Oct. 2, 2025
Benally v. U.S. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Order 		9th Oct. 2, 2025
Kashanian v. National Enterprise Systems
A plaintiff seeking statutory damages under the Collection Notice law and Rosenthal Act has standing by virtue of a debt collector's statutory violations, not the suffering of an actual injury. 		Consumer Law 1DCA/3 Oct. 2, 2025
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. 1, 2025
Ridley v. Rancho Palma Grande Homeowners Assn.
Substantial evidence supported trial court's findings that homeowners association had violated its duty under its covenants and restrictions to investigate and remediate water intrusion and mold in condominium common area. 		Real Property, Contracts 6DCA Oct. 1, 2025
Bean v. City of Thousand Oaks
When a defendant moves for summary judgment, a codefendant with an adverse interest has standing to oppose the motion regardless of whether it has filed a cross-complaint. 		Civil Procedure 2DCA/6 Oct. 1, 2025
Uc Encarnacion v. Bondi
Immigration Board's failure to give reasoned consideration to potentially dispositive evidence regarding country conditions warranted reversal of its order denying petition under Convention Against Torture. 		Immigration 9th Oct. 1, 2025
Alvarado v. Wal-Mart Associates Inc.
Though attorneys' fees for "mixed work"--successful and unsuccessful claims--were recoverable under *Hensley* and the parties' section 998 agreement, district court's inadequate explanation required case's remand. 		Attorneys, Civil Procedure 9th Oct. 1, 2025
Trump v. Slaughter
Order 		USSC Sep. 30, 2025
Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
Order 		USSC Sep. 30, 2025
Estate of Esche v. Bunuel-Jordana
Summary judgment order, which rejected defendant-hospital's good-faith defense in section 1983 claim, was not appealable. 		Civil Procedure 9th Sep. 30, 2025
Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. County of Ventura
Article XIII, section 19 of the California Constitution does not mandate that utility property tax rates must be "comparable" to the tax rates of common property. 		Tax 2DCA/6 Sep. 29, 2025
Modification: People v. Baldwin
Limiting resentencing to juvenile offenders expressly sentenced to life without the possibility of parole rather than those serving a term of years with parole eligibility did not violate equal protection. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 5DCA Sep. 29, 2025
U.S. v. Wells
Because defendant's retirement account required spousal consent for a lump sum withdrawal, the government was prohibited from seizing the funds for victim restitution payment. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Sep. 29, 2025
People v. Superior Court (Lalo)
Granting discovery request pursuant to the Racial Justice Act was improper where the defendant failed to demonstrate the requisite "good cause" based on specific facts. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Sep. 26, 2025
Ahn v. Parisotto
Despite subsequent in-the-interest-of-justice dismissal, criminal defendant's guilty plea for receiving illegal kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals meant his suspension from the workers' compensation system was statutorily required. 		Workers' Compensation, Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/4 Sep. 26, 2025
Hernandez v. Superior Court (People)
Defendant's case was dismissed for violating speedy trial rights when prosecutor's other case was not "in progress" under Penal Code section 1050(g)(2) and was not good cause for a continuance. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/5 Sep. 26, 2025
Rosenwald v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Because litigants may not establish diversity of citizenship purely by judicial notice, plaintiffs' failure to plead and prove defendant's citizenship meant the district court and Ninth Circuit lacked subject-matter jurisdiction. 		Civil Procedure 9th Sep. 25, 2025
Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. County of Riverside
Fourth Appellate District, agreeing with recent sister appellate court decisions, determined assessment of different property tax rates between utility and common properties was not unconstitutional. 		Utilities, Tax 4DCA/2 Sep. 25, 2025
In re Miguel J.
Removal from father's custody was affirmed where substantial evidence supported that father's history of domestic abuse against mother exposed child to substantial nonaccidental harm. 		Dependency 2DCA/8 Sep. 24, 2025
Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center
Plaintiff failed to plead a bona fide religious belief that conflicted with employer's COVID-19 testing requirement. 		Employment Discrimination 9th Sep. 24, 2025
Thomson v. Hodgson
Order 		9th Sep. 24, 2025
St. Clair v. County of Okanogan
District court erred in applying continuing violation doctrine to plaintiff's sexual abuse claim against sheriff deputy when each encounter constituted a subsequent, discrete act. 		Civil Procedure, Torts 9th Sep. 24, 2025
U.S. v. Metcalf
Dismissal was required where plausible reading of state law meant defendant had no notice that his conduct potentially violated federal law prohibiting possession of firearms in school zones. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Sep. 24, 2025
Regents of the University of California v. State Dept. of Public Health
Health and Safety Code section 1280.15's mandate that health facilities "shall prevent" unauthorized access to confidential medical information requires reasonable safeguards, and is not a strict liability statute. 		Health Care 3DCA Sep. 24, 2025
Angel Lynn Realty, Inc. v. George
Despite prior decision that individual defendant was not the alter ego of corporate defendant, collateral estoppel did not bar plaintiff from adding individual as judgment debtor based on post-decision actions. 		Civil Procedure 3DCA Sep. 24, 2025
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