For reprint rights or to purchase a copy of your Daily Journal photo, email Jeremy_Ellis@dailyjournal.com for prices or call 213-229-5424.

To buy more copies, call 866-531-1492 or email subscribe@dailyjournal.com
This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...
Daily appellate reports
Enewsletter Sign-up
    Filter by date
     to 
    Search by Case Name
    Search by Judge
    Search by Case Number
    Search by DJ Citation Number
    Search by Category
    Search by Court

Name Category Published
Vergara v. Ouse
Therapist selected to provide supervised visitation was shielded from suit for terminating visitation by quasi-judicial immunity because she was performing a delegated judicial authority. 		Immunity 6DCA Dec. 17, 2025
People v. Ismaiel
Trial court's incorrect instruction that defendant's alleged mistake of fact (as to minor's age) had to be reasonable was prejudicial, as a juror could have found defendant's testimony of mistake credible. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/5 Dec. 17, 2025
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. City of Los Angeles
Voter-initiated ordinance allowing real property tax earmarked for homeless programs was not invalidated by the Los Angeles City Charter or California Constitution. 		Municipal Law, Tax 2DCA/4 Dec. 17, 2025
Romero v. County of Kern
Firefighter was not required to exhaust administrative remedies under Kern County's internal rules because they did not provide defined procedures for the submission, evaluation, and resolution of whistleblower retaliation claims. 		Employment Law, Government 5DCA Dec. 17, 2025
Prime Healthcare Management v. Superior Court (Gavriiloglou)
Subsequent opinions from other appellate districts did not trigger the law-of-the-case doctrine's intervening change in the law exception. 		Employment Law 4DCA/2 Dec. 17, 2025
Pham v. Superior Court (Kon)
Trial court properly awarded embryos to former wife, where divorcing couple's valid in vitro fertilization agreement delineated disposition of cryopreserved embryos upon divorce. 		Family Law, Contracts 4DCA/3 Dec. 17, 2025
Picayune Rancheria v. North Fork Rancheria
Voters' rejection, through Proposition 48, of governor's concurrence authorizing an off-reservation casino rendered the concurrence void ab initio. 		Native American Affairs, Constitutional Law 5DCA Dec. 17, 2025
Houser v. Superior Court (Larsen)
Parent did not violate custody or scheduling orders by authorizing son to participate in sports events because the sports teams, not the parent, scheduled the specific times of the events. 		Family Law 4DCA/3 Dec. 16, 2025
People v. Crenshaw
Because assault weapons fall outside the Nation's historical tradition of constitutionally protected firearms, prohibiting their possession does not violate the United States Constitution. 		Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law 1DCA/5 Dec. 16, 2025
In re Riley
Trial court abused its discretion by terminating criminal defendant from work release program despite finding no willful violation and without adequately inquiring into whether she remained fit for it. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Dec. 16, 2025
People v. Shaw
Under Three Strikes law, where defendant's two manslaughter convictions arose from a single criminal act, trial and appellate court erred by treating the convictions as separate strikes solely due to multiple victims. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Dec. 16, 2025
Berstein v. Sebring
Plaintiff's successive lawsuits regarding the scope of defendant's easement did not constitute an improper splitting of actions because they involved different violations of plaintiff's property rights. 		Real Property 3DCA Dec. 16, 2025
Contreras v. Green Thumb Produce Inc.
Judgment notwithstanding the verdict was inappropriate on whistleblower retaliation claim where evidence supported the jury's finding that employee had a reasonable, but mistaken, belief his employer had violated the law. 		Employment Law 4DCA/1 Dec. 16, 2025
Dieves v. Butte Sand Trucking Co.
Trial court erred in striking Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claim on the ground that individualized proof made the claim unmanageable. 		Employment Law 3DCA Dec. 15, 2025
People v. Kinnear
Trial court erred by imposing upper term and second-strike sentence after accepting defendant's stipulation without advising him of his constitutional rights or eliciting a knowing and voluntary waiver. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Dec. 12, 2025
Human Rights Defense Center, Inc. v. Uttecht
Prison officials were required to show that policy restricting mail to prisoners--impinging their First Amendment rights--advanced penological interest of reducing inmate-on-inmate violence. 		Prisoners' Rights 9th Dec. 12, 2025
Epic Games Inc. v. Apple Inc.
District court did not abuse its discretion by finding Apple in contempt after it willfully violated an injunction prohibiting anticompetitive behavior that discouraged purchases from App Store developers. 		Antitrust 9th Dec. 12, 2025
People v. Harrison
Defendant's resentencing petition for mitigation due to military service-related conditions failed because his conviction was for a statutorily excluded super-strike offense rendering him categorically ineligible. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/4 Dec. 12, 2025
Modification: Gilliland v. City of Pleasanton
Trial court applied an incorrect legal standard in finding that vehicle collision occurred during a qualifying police "pursuit," which would immunize the city from liability. 		Torts, Immunity 1DCA/1 Dec. 11, 2025
Sierra Pacific Industries Wage and Hour Cases
Defendant-employer waived the right to compel arbitration after engaging in extensive discovery and refusing to identify employees who signed arbitration agreements, despite court order instructing it to do so. 		Arbitration, Employment Law 3DCA Dec. 11, 2025
U.S. v. Kittson
Illegal transfer of a machinegun to undercover government agent did not qualify for the exemption for transferring machineguns to the United States government. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Dec. 11, 2025
Dreher v. City of Los Angeles
City's tiered water rate structure--allowing customers to control their ultimate rate through discretionary water use--did not violate California Constitution's proportional cost of service requirement. 		Utilities 2DCA/1 Dec. 10, 2025
Peterson v. Zhang
Denial of motion for sanctions in underlying case did not trigger the interim adverse judgment rule to defeat malicious prosecution claim because it revealed nothing about the merits. 		Torts, Anti-SLAPP 2DCA/8 Dec. 10, 2025
People v. Grandberry
Petitioner was ineligible for resentencing under Penal Code section 1172.6 because he was a major participant in felonies underlying a murder and acted with reckless indifference to human life. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/3 Dec. 10, 2025
People v. Cain
Because Penal Code section 1509 makes habeas corpus the exclusive vehicle for attacking death judgments, invoking section 1172.75 to reopen a final death sentence was an impermissible collateral attack. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/6 Dec. 10, 2025
Amended Order: State of Oregon v. Trump
Because President Trump's action to federalize the Oregon National Guard in response to Portland ICE facility unrest was within his statutory authority, State of Oregon's ultra vires claim failed. 		Constitutional Law 9th Dec. 10, 2025
Marriage of M.P. and M.C.
Minor's statements regarding stepdad's sexual abuse were admissible for their truth, but it was error to use pending criminal charges as substantive proof of abuse in restraining order proceeding. 		Family Law, Evidence 4DCA/3 Dec. 10, 2025
People v. S.H.
Because defendant's child-pornography offense was not a "direct result" of sexual violence, Penal Code section 236.15 relief was unavailable. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 4DCA/2 Dec. 10, 2025
Davenport v. U.S.
Order 		USSC Dec. 9, 2025
Doe v. Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC
Louisiana statute immunizing healthcare providers from civil liability during public health emergencies could not block plaintiff's federal claims. 		Health Care USSC Dec. 9, 2025
By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our cookie policy. You can learn more about how we use cookies by reviewing our Privacy Policy here.