Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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B307783
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Singman v. IMDB.com, Inc.
Appellant's failure to cite legal authority supporting his appeal was a failure to demonstrate legal error that was fatal to the appeal. |
Civil Procedure |
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J. Wiley | Dec. 22, 2021 |
B307220
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Woods v. American Film Institute
Festival volunteers were denied class certification because the need to decide the expectations of individual class members would preclude common issues from predominating. |
Civil Procedure |
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E. Lui | Dec. 20, 2021 |
A159495
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Spahn v. Richards
Where substantial evidence shows that a party denying requests for admissions did not have a reasonable basis to deny it, the requesting party is entitled to costs of proof. |
Civil Procedure |
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V. Rodriguez | Dec. 1, 2021 |
19-55128
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Optional Capital v. DAS Corporation
An ambiguous judgment did not include an award for funds that the district court did not have before it in making its final judgment. |
Civil Procedure |
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D. Collins | Nov. 22, 2021 |
19-17314
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Argonaut Insurance v. St. Francis Medical Center
Conditionally pled counterclaims for monetary relief, without more, do not trigger mandatory jurisdiction over declaratory claims. |
Civil Procedure |
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R. Nelson | Nov. 17, 2021 |
A161078
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Modification: Doe v. Damron
Specific personal jurisdiction is established where tort occurs in state even though defendant is just a visitor. |
Civil Procedure |
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G. Burns | Nov. 11, 2021 |
B307347
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Kremerman v. White
Establishing personal jurisdiction requires strict compliance with statutory requirements regarding service of process. |
Civil Procedure |
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M. Stratton | Nov. 10, 2021 |
B310783
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South Coast Air Quality Management Dist. v. City of Los Angeles
Trial court properly denied union's intervention when union's interests were already represented and its involvement would complicate an already complicated case. |
Civil Procedure |
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J. Wiley | Nov. 5, 2021 |
A163389
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Williams v. Superior Court (Fautt)
A defendant was entitled to have her case transferred to the county of her residence because a Judicial Council form could not alter the statutory law governing venue. |
Civil Procedure |
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K. Banke | Nov. 1, 2021 |
A160560
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Save Berkeley's Neighborhoods v. The Regents of the University of California
A developer was not an indispensable party because its interests were sufficiently aligned with the university that had commissioned the project. |
Civil Procedure |
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S. Margulies | Oct. 25, 2021 |
A161078
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Doe v. Damron
Specific personal jurisdiction is established where tort occurs in state even though defendant is just a visitor. |
Civil Procedure |
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G. Burns | Oct. 22, 2021 |
20-15539
|
McKinney-Drobnis v. Oreshack
The trial court erred in finding that vouchers offered as part of a class-action settlement were not "coupons" under the Class Action Fairness Act. |
Civil Procedure |
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E. Miller | Oct. 21, 2021 |
21-70685
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In re Walsh
Mandamus relief was denied because a district court did not commit clear error when it ordered the Secretary of Labor to reveal the identities of informant witnesses by a specified date. |
Civil Procedure |
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J. Wallace | Oct. 20, 2021 |
E074226
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Carachure v. Scott
Because plaintiff's counsel admitted authorization to offer to settle during opening statements, a partial nonsuit on the issue of settlement was proper. |
Civil Procedure |
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A. McKinster | Oct. 8, 2021 |
19-56409
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Dietrich v. The Boeing Company
Because the grounds for removal were not unequivocally clear until plaintiff served amended discovery responses, defendant's notice of removal was timely. |
Civil Procedure |
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M. Bennett | Oct. 4, 2021 |
A156459
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Findleton v. Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
A party's appeal was dismissed under the disentitlement doctrine because it had repeatedly refused to comply with trial court orders. |
Civil Procedure |
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T. Stewart | Oct. 1, 2021 |
19-17340
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Lake v. Ohana Military Communities
Because Congress has allowed Hawaii to assert concurrent legislative power over a Marine Corps base, there was no federal question jurisdiction over plaintiffs' state law claims. |
Civil Procedure |
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R. Nelson | Sep. 28, 2021 |
C090073
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Vulk v. State Farm General Ins. Co.
A mere stipulation that facts are "sufficiently similar" to another case considered in the same appeal results in an inadequate record for the court to review the judgment. |
Civil Procedure |
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E. Duarte | Sep. 27, 2021 |
B302739
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DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers
Because plaintiff waived its right to sue in court and was declared the prevailing party in arbitration, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in applying judicial estoppel. |
Civil Procedure |
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J. Wiley | Sep. 22, 2021 |
18-15386
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Lawson v. Grubhub
Because Proposition 22 does not apply retroactively, the prior ABC test applies to claims arising before it was passed. |
Civil Procedure |
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W. Fletcher | Sep. 21, 2021 |
D078410
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Finlan v. Chase
Written offers that merely reference Code of Civil Procedure Section 998 without providing specific acceptance instructions are invalid. |
Civil Procedure |
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W. Dato | Sep. 16, 2021 |
B311725
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Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Superior Court
Because applications for search warrants are ex parte determinations, they do not foreclose on peremptory challenges under Code of Civil Procedure Section 170.6. |
Civil Procedure |
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L. Baker | Sep. 15, 2021 |
C091399
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Wolstoncroft v. County of Yolo
Reverse validation proceedings may be subject to equitable tolling by parties' agreement. |
Civil Procedure |
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A. Hoch | Sep. 1, 2021 |
A159148
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Swenberg v. Dmarcian
Foreign defendant purposefully availed himself to California when he presented himself as a leader of a California corporation and participated in business phone calls regarding day-to-day operations in California. |
Civil Procedure |
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J. Kline | Sep. 1, 2021 |
H047985
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Rozanova v. Uribe
Photocopies of exhibits for a vexatious litigant motion are recoverable under Code of Civil Procedure Section 1033.5(a). |
Civil Procedure |
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A. Danner | Sep. 1, 2021 |
A161079
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Reddish v. Westamerica Bank
Because defendant might ultimately recover costs as a prevailing party, an order requiring the parties to split deposition costs was not appealable before a final judgment. |
Civil Procedure |
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G. Burns | Aug. 31, 2021 |
B308815
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Jacqueline B. v. Rawls Law Group
Plaintiff's malpractice claim was not sufficiently related to law firm's and its lawyers' contacts with California. |
Civil Procedure |
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B. Hoffstadt | Aug. 30, 2021 |
20-16214
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Ayla LLC v. Alya Skin
Because overseas business's operations showed significant focus on United States and plaintiff's claims arose from those operations, business had minimum contacts with United States. |
Civil Procedure |
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J. Rakoff | Aug. 30, 2021 |
C093268
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Holman v. County of Butte
Because the discovery rule applies to actions based on liability by statute, plaintiff was not barred from pursuing his claim by the statute of limitations. |
Civil Procedure |
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R. Robie | Aug. 27, 2021 |
B309423
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LeBrun v. CBS Studios Inc.
California-based television producer's alleged fraudulent misrepresentations were made in Louisiana and his conduct in California in producing show was not independently wrongful; thus, case time-barred by Louisiana statute of limitations. |
Civil Procedure |
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T. Willhite | Aug. 26, 2021 |