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S.C. v Doe 1
Leave to amend complaint to correct date of alleged sexual assault should have been granted even though statute under which the complaint had been filed required a certificate of merit. 		Civil Procedure 5DCA Oct. 21, 2025
Gurganus v. IGS Solutions LLC
Trial court properly denied employer's motion to compel arbitration, where multiple agreements simultaneously signed by employee had the net effect of destroying mutuality. 		Arbitration 1DCA/3 Oct. 21, 2025
Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage Dist. v. Dept. of Water Resources
The Delta Reform Act's certification of consistency requirement does not incorporate CEQA's whole-of-an-action requirement and prohibition against piecemealing. 		Environmental Law 3DCA Oct. 21, 2025
King v. Villegas
In a Section 1983 case, where the Heck bar is at issue, a plaintiff's nolo contendere plea is inadmissible under FRE 410(a) to show that he committed the charged crime. 		Evidence 9th Oct. 21, 2025
U.S. v. Davis
District court using criminal defendant's statements made during psychological exam to determine his competency at sentencing phase did not violate the defendant's right against self-incrimination. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Oct. 21, 2025
Hastings College Conservation Committee et al. v. State of California et al.
Renaming Hastings College of the Law did not violate plaintiffs' rights or breach a purported contract between S.C. Hastings and the State of California. 		Contracts, Constitutional Law 1DCA/4 Oct. 17, 2025
Ani v. Bondi
Adverse credibility determination based on previous sham marriage was supported by substantial evidence, even though the falsehood was not central to the present claim for immigration relief. 		Immigration 9th Oct. 17, 2025
In re R.L.
Trial court correctly found that Family Services failed to meet its burden of proving that child was at a current risk of harm based on isolated incident of neglect. 		Dependency 2DCA/8 Oct. 16, 2025
People v. Hernandez
Peremptory challenges to jurors based on youth alone do not violate prohibitions against discrimination in jury selection because youth is not a cognizable group for those purposes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 Oct. 16, 2025
Humphreys v. Emmons
Order 		USSC Oct. 16, 2025
Thomas v. Humboldt Cty.
Order 		USSC Oct. 16, 2025
Lee v. Poudre School Dist. R-1
Order 		USSC Oct. 16, 2025
People v. Dain
Remoteness in time, by itself, cannot serve as the basis for dismissing a criminal defendant's prior strike conviction under the Three Strikes law. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/2 Oct. 16, 2025
Warfield v. Nance
Claim preclusion did not apply to debtor's amended exemptions because his claim of federal bankruptcy exemptions could not have been tried with his claim of state and federal nonbankruptcy exemptions. 		Bankruptcy 9th Oct. 15, 2025
Munoz v. U.S. Dept. of State
Order 		9th Oct. 15, 2025
California Dental Assn. v. Delta Dental of California
Delta Dental did not breach the covenant of good faith and fair dealing by making fee changes that its contracts with dentists expressly permitted. 		Contracts 1DCA/1 Oct. 14, 2025
Doe v. Kachru
Plaintiff's Civil Code section 52.4 claim failed because statute requires discriminatory gender-based intent, and medical battery during childbirth alone does not constitute gender-motivated violence. 		Torts, Health Care 1DCA/1 Oct. 14, 2025
State of Oregon v. Trump
Order 		9th Oct. 10, 2025
De Meo v. Cooley LLP
Law firm had no attorney-client relationship with tech company's co-founder when its conduct evidenced that its relationship was solely with the company, not its co-founder. 		Attorneys 4DCA/1 Oct. 10, 2025
Gopher Media LLC v. Melone
Orders denying motions to strike under California's anti-SLAPP statute are not immediately appealable and do not satisfy the requirements for an interlocutory appeal under the collateral order doctrine. 		Anti-SLAPP 9th Oct. 10, 2025
People v. Guevara
Considering the constitutional avoidance doctrine, Penal Code section 1172.75's resentencing directive was ambiguous enough to incorporate section 1170.126's public safety inquiry, maintaining courts' resentencing discretion and the statute's constitutionality. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law CASC Oct. 10, 2025
People v. Hill
Sixth Amendment's unanimity requirement was not violated where statute allowed jury to convict for continuous sexual abuse of a child without agreeing on the individual underlying acts supporting guilt. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Oct. 13, 2025
People v. McKean
Penal Code section 1172.75 does not permit resentencing for defendants serving time on convictions for in-prison offenses because those subsequent sentences do not merge or aggregate with the original term. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Oct. 13, 2025
In re Claudia R.
Child welfare agency's noncompliance with Indian Child Welfare Act inquiry obligation resulted in parental termination orders being conditionally reversed for conformance with statutory requirements. 		Dependency 2DCA/7 Oct. 13, 2025
People v. Garcia
Trial court correctly overruled objection to peremptory challenge of Black prospective juror where, considering totality of circumstances, an objectively reasonable person would not view cognizable group membership as a factor. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/4 Oct. 13, 2025
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
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