| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
24-241
|
Fallon v. Dudek
In social security context, district court properly refused revisiting its evaluation of medical experts' opinions settled in its first opinion and not part of remand proceedings under the law-of-the-case doctrine. |
Civil Procedure, Administrative Agencies |
|
D. Forrest | Apr. 25, 2025 |
|
B337874
|
Marino v. Rayant
Requests to seal civil harassment records were properly denied when defendant failed to meet California Rules of Court requirements for sealing records. |
Civil Procedure |
|
H. Bendix | Apr. 22, 2025 |
|
22-15815
|
Briskin v. Shopify, Inc.
Overruling prior precedent, expressly aimed conduct at the forum state for specific personal jurisdiction does not require differential targeting. |
Civil Procedure |
|
K. Wardlaw | Apr. 22, 2025 |
|
B336778
|
Carachure v. City of Azusa
Parties seeking to challenge constitutionality of city's sewer and sanitation fees did not need to pay under protest and exhaust administrative remedies before bringing the action. |
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law |
|
J. Segal | Apr. 17, 2025 |
|
A171441
|
1215 Fell SF Owner LLC v. Fell Street Automotive Clinic
Naming discrepancy in complaint did not automatically void judgment and jurisdiction of the trial court, and remand was required to determine if the defect could be cured by amendment. |
Civil Procedure |
|
J. Streeter | Apr. 16, 2025 |
|
22-16623
|
Tesla Motors, Inc. v. Balan
District court improperly asserted diversity jurisdiction to confirm arbitration award, where face of petition did not establish that the $75,000 amount-in-controversy requirement had been met. |
Arbitration, Civil Procedure |
|
L. VanDyke | Apr. 15, 2025 |
|
24-215
|
AirDoctor LLC v. Xiamen Qichuang Trade Co. Ltd.
Since complaint sought damages in amounts to be proven at trial, awarding those damages in default judgment would not differ in kind or amount from what was sought in the complaint. |
Remedies, Civil Procedure |
|
P. Curiam (9th Cir.) | Apr. 14, 2025 |
|
24A931
|
Trump v. J.G.G.
Action seeking to stop removal under Alien Enemies Act proclamation sounded in habeas, so the district of confinement was the proper venue for the action. |
Immigration, Civil Procedure |
|
P. Curiam (USSC) | Apr. 9, 2025 |
|
B326147
|
Modification: Mandell-Brown v. Novo Nordisk Inc.
Failure to provide an opposing statement or any excuse for not doing so was sufficient grounds for granting defendant's summary judgment motion on FEHA and Labor Code claims. |
Civil Procedure, Employment Discrimination |
|
D. Kim | Apr. 8, 2025 |
|
24A910
|
Department of Education v. California
Despite courts of appeals lacking appellate jurisdiction over appeals from temporary restraining orders, Supreme Court chose to construe district court's TRO as preliminary injunction and stay it. |
Civil Procedure |
|
P. Curiam (USSC) | Apr. 8, 2025 |
|
24-4624
|
In Re: Ex Parte Application of Gliner
District court abused its discretion in denying discovery request for website operator's name based on First Amendment concerns when it was unclear whether potential defendants were constitutionally protected. |
Civil Procedure |
|
C. Bea | Apr. 2, 2025 |
|
G064459
|
Modification: Montoya v. Superior Court (Fowler)
Burden of proof may be shifted to defendant doctor when the CT scan he delayed in ordering was crucial to establishing medical negligence causation. |
Torts, Civil Procedure |
|
M. Sanchez | Mar. 31, 2025 |
|
23-2940
|
Bigfoot Ventures Limited v. Knighton
Plaintiff could not adequately represent shareholders in derivative action that appeared to be waged as leverage in other litigation between the parties. |
Civil Procedure, Corporations |
|
R. Gould | Mar. 31, 2025 |
|
24-2141
|
SDVF, LLC V. Cozzia USA LLC
Registered judgment relied on underlying judgment for its enforceability, and vacatur of that underlying judgment meant the registered judgment could not be enforced. |
Civil Procedure, Remedies |
|
K. Lee | Mar. 27, 2025 |
|
G064459
|
Montoya v. Superior Court (Fowler)
Burden of proof may be shifted to defendant doctor when the CT scan he delayed in ordering was crucial to establishing medical negligence causation. |
Torts, Civil Procedure |
|
M. Sanchez | Mar. 25, 2025 |
|
B329889
|
Talbott v. Ghadimi
Client was entitled to mandatory relief from default judgment under Code of Civil Procedure Section 473(b) because the default was caused by his counsel's calculated delay--not his own. |
Civil Procedure, Attorneys |
|
J. Segal | Mar. 20, 2025 |
|
23-2807
|
Roe v. Critchfield
Because student's facial challenge to Idaho's anti-transgender school bathroom bill was deemed unlikely to succeed on the merits, preliminary injunction was properly denied. |
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure |
|
M. Christen | Mar. 21, 2025 |
|
S280598
|
Madrigal v. Hyundai Motor America
While CCP 998 sets out a default rule for cost-shifting, parties remain free to agree to their own allocation of costs and fees as part of a settlement agreement. |
Civil Procedure |
|
C. Corrigan | Mar. 21, 2025 |
|
D085025M
|
Modification: Maniago v. Desert Cardiology Consultants' Medical Group
Voluntary dismissal with prejudice was not an appealable final judgment, and it stripped the appellate court of jurisdiction to hear the appeal. |
Civil Procedure |
|
M. Buchanan | Mar. 21, 2025 |
|
24-2199
|
Cahill v. Nike, Inc.
A district court had the power to order the return or destruction of confidential documents that were inadvertently disclosed by another party to an intervenor. |
Civil Procedure, Employment Discrimination |
|
L. VanDyke | Mar. 19, 2025 |
|
25-68
|
Perez v. Rose Hills Company
Because defendant employer's violation-rate assumption was reasonably based on plaintiff employee's wage-and-hour complaint, it met the Class Action Fairness Act federal jurisdictional amount requirement. |
Civil Procedure, Employment Law |
|
E. Miller | Mar. 17, 2025 |
|
23-16022
|
Lake v. Gates (In re Parker and Olsen)
Lead attorneys for Plaintiffs alleging the insufficiency Arizona's voting system were subject to sanctions for filing a baseless complaint. |
Attorneys, Civil Procedure |
|
R. Gould | Mar. 17, 2025 |
|
23-4363
|
Kumar v. Koester
Plaintiff's claim that their injury was self-censorship of nondiscriminatory religious conduct out of fear that it could be misinterpreted as discriminatory was insufficient to evidence Free Exercise and other constitutional claim injuries for Article III standing. |
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure |
|
R. Tallman | Mar. 13, 2025 |
|
22-16499
|
U.S. v. $1,106,775 in U.S. Currency
Striking claim to return seized currency was not an abuse of discretion where claimant refused to respond to supplemental interrogatories propounded by the government ostensibly seeking to clarify claimant's standing. |
Civil Procedure |
|
K. Lee | Mar. 12, 2025 |
|
C098043
|
California Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center et al. v. Baass et al.
Traditional writ of mandate was an appropriate vehicle for challenges to formula for calculating Medi-Cal reimbursement overpayments. |
Civil Procedure, Administrative Agencies |
|
R. Robie | Mar. 12, 2025 |
|
G064853
|
Glickman v. Krolikowski
Discovery referee allocating referee fees unequally did not constitute a "monetary sanctions order" for the purposes of appealability. |
Civil Procedure |
|
P. Curiam (Cal Courts of Appeal) | Mar. 11, 2025 |
|
23-3445
|
Uber Technologies, Inc. v. United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Centralization of litigation was neither legal error nor an abuse of discretion where common issues of fact existed, and centralization was convenient and efficient for the parties and the courts. |
Civil Procedure |
|
L. Koh | Mar. 11, 2025 |
|
B326147
|
Mandell-Brown v. Novo Nordisk Inc.
Failure to provide an opposing statement or any excuse for not doing so was sufficient grounds for granting defendant's summary judgment motion on FEHA and Labor Code claims. |
Civil Procedure, Employment Discrimination |
|
D. Kim | Mar. 10, 2025 |
|
23-3320
|
Farmers Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Co. v. Montez
The amount in controversy in insurer's action was not controlled by the insurance policy's limit because insurer could be liable for more than that limit. |
Civil Procedure, Insurance |
|
E. Wallach | Mar. 7, 2025 |
|
F085028
|
Modification: Wash v. Banda-Wash
Because a remittitur is not served on parties, defendant's motion for her attorney fees and costs was ineligible for statutory extension for service and the request deemed untimely. |
Civil Procedure |
|
M. Smith | Mar. 6, 2025 |
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