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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
Starbuzz International v. California Dept. of Tax and Fee Admin.
Although the Office of Tax Appeals granted plaintiff $2.8 million in excise tax refunds, the Department of Tax and Fee Administration had authority to review excess reimbursements before issuing the refunds. 		Tax 3DCA Aug. 28, 2025
Palmer v. Trevino
Remedial redistricting map drawn based on traditional districting principles in order to remedy violations of the Voting Rights Act did not violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. 		Government 9th Aug. 28, 2025
U.S. v. Hunt
Despite defendant retaining a privacy interest in abandoned iPhone, because the subsequent search was warrant-based and reasonable, there was no Fourth Amendment violation. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence 9th Aug. 28, 2025
Ibarra-Perez v. U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's removal of Cuban asylum seeker to Mexico without process was not jurisdictionally barred from review as an execution order under 8 U.S.C. section 1252. 		Immigration 9th Aug. 28, 2025
Dudley v. Boise State University
University's rescission of bachelor's degree without an opportunity to cross-examine any of the university-affiliated witnesses against her in a conduct hearing violated procedural due process requirements. 		Constitutional Law 9th Aug. 28, 2025
Ambrosetti v. Oregon Catholic Press
In copyright lawsuit, though the district court properly excluded late-disclosed evidence, it erred in granting summary judgment to defendants because genuine issues of access and similarity still remained. 		Copyright 9th Aug. 28, 2025
Cascadia Wildlands v. Bureau of Land Management
Agency interpretation of genuinely ambiguous provision in land use plan was entitled to deference, and under that interpretation, the agency's approval of forest management activity was not arbitrary or capricious. 		Environmental Law 9th Aug. 28, 2025
Bjoin v. J-M Manufacturing Co.
Substantial evidence supported affirmative defense that plaintiff was a sophisticated user of asbestos cement pipes. 		Torts 2DCA/8 Aug. 27, 2025
Byrne v. Rule
Suit to enforce Brown Act closed-session confidentiality fell within anti-SLAPP public-interest exception. 		Anti-SLAPP, Municipal Law 2DCA/6 Aug. 27, 2025
People v. Gutierrez
Upon prima facie showing for relief under Penal Code section 1473.7 (insufficient advisement of immigration consequences), a court is required to appoint counsel to an indigent defendant. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/5 Aug. 27, 2025
Popa v. Microsoft Corporation
Plaintiff lacked Article III standing because the alleged harm she suffered as a result of defendants' tracking of her website activities was not concrete. 		Cyber Law, Consumer Law 9th Aug. 27, 2025
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Stolfi
Oregon law requiring prescription drug manufacturers to report information related to their products to the government, which in turn disclosed it to the public, did not violate the First Amendment. 		Constitutional Law 9th Aug. 27, 2025
Modification: Washington v. County of San Diego
Because Government Code section 27701 requires active practice of law in the year immediately preceding appointment, a sitting judge was ineligible for public defender position. 		Attorneys 4DCA/3 Aug. 27, 2025
U.S. v. Olivas
District court did not plainly err by admitting expert's opinion that gang "secretaries," such as defendant, know "everything" about gang activities because the statements were not explicitly about defendant's mental state. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Aug. 26, 2025
Lopez v. Bondi
Order 		9th Aug. 26, 2025
Garza v. Woods
Procedural due process claim regarding unclaimed property held by the State was adequately pleaded where the plaintiff alleged a lack of pre-deprivation notice from the State. 		Constitutional Law 9th Aug. 26, 2025
People v. Fletcher
Assembly Bill 333's narrowed gang definitions apply to the determination of whether a prior conviction qualifies as a serious or violent felony for purposes of the Three Strikes law and prior serious felony enhancements. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Aug. 26, 2025
Washington v. County of San Diego
Because Government Code section 27701 requires active practice of law in the year immediately preceding appointment, a sitting judge was ineligible for public defender position. 		Attorneys 4DCA/3 Aug. 25, 2025
Modification: People v. Wright
Despite the trial court providing incorrect jury instructions regarding the defendant's involuntary intoxication defense, because the overall evidence displayed the required intent for robbery, the error was harmless. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/8 Aug. 25, 2025
Johnson v. Connie, LLC
Broad statutory wording prohibiting knowingly obtaining stolen property included receipt of illegally increased rent payments where the rent increase resulted from careful planning and deliberation. 		Real Property 4DCA/3 Aug. 25, 2025
Balandran v. Balandran
Court order granting grandparents' visitation rights infringed on mother's parenting rights, where mother was a fit parent who already allowed grandparents to visit the children of their deceased son. 		Family Law 2DCA/3 Aug. 25, 2025
Shoshone Bannock Tribes v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior
Purported land exchange by the Bureau of Land Management was precluded by statute that limited disposal of the subject lands to certain laws and for certain purposes. 		Native American Affairs 9th Aug. 25, 2025
Flaxman v. Ferguson
District court erroneously dismissed as unripe professors' lawsuit challenging investigatory policies of the Washington State Executive Ethics Board after the Board investigated the professors for misusing state email addresses. 		Constitutional Law 9th Aug. 25, 2025
Caru Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. Anthony
Permanent injunction requiring humane-surrender of defendant's dogs without further due process was overbroad and unauthorized. 		Animal Law 1DCA/5 Aug. 22, 2025
In re Dixon
Staff member who originally classified the severity of inmate's alleged rule violation was statutorily prohibited from serving as the final reviewing officer for the disciplinary hearing. 		Prisoners' Rights 4DCA/1 Aug. 22, 2025
People v. Wright
Despite the trial court providing incorrect jury instructions regarding the defendant's involuntary intoxication defense, because the overall evidence displayed the required intent for robbery, the error was harmless. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/8 Aug. 22, 2025
City of Salinas v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
Under former Labor Code section 5909, though Workers' Compensation Appeals Board acted in excess of its jurisdiction in granting employee's reconsideration request, equitable tolling principles applied. 		Workers' Compensation 6DCA Aug. 22, 2025
People v. Singleton
Trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence defendant to longer term even though the defendant's initial sentence was unauthorized. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Aug. 22, 2025
Lake v. Gates
Order 		9th Aug. 22, 2025
Amended Opinion: Island Industries v. Sigma Corp.
19 U.S.C. section 1592, which prohibits imports predicated on false statements, did not displace the False Claims Act in action alleging that defendant fraudulently evaded anti-dumping laws. 		Commercial Law, Government 9th Aug. 22, 2025
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