California Courts of Appeal Decisions 2016

Opinions 1001 - 1015 of 1015

Gray v. Jewish Federation of Palm Springs  
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: E059761

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellant Laura Gray was the sole net income beneficiary of the Edward B. Cantor Trust. Defendant-appellant Jewish Federation of Palm Springs and the Desert Area was one of three remainder beneficiaries of the…

People v. Ortiz  
Date: January 8, 2016
Docket Number: H042062

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2012, police stopped defendant while he was driving a car that had been reported stolen. The front license plate was missing, and the rear license plate number did not match the registered number. The stereo was…

LA Cnty. DCFS v. I.S.  
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: B260760

Justia Opinion Summary: When DCFS learned that Mother and Father had been involved in a physical altercation, the juvenile court assumed dependency jurisdiction over F.S. and ordered her placed in Mother’s home. Mother and Father were involved…

People v. Araujo  
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: B261602

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed an order denying a post-judgment motion to vacate her conviction by guilty plea to first degree residential burglary, claiming that the trial court failed to properly advise her of the immigration…

LA Cnty. DCFS v. A.A.  
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: B262556A

Justia Opinion Summary: A Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 petition alleging violations of Penal Code section 288, subdivision (a) (lewd or lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14) was sustained against A.A., a juvenile court…

Rodriguez v. Menjivar  
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: B263062

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff appealed the denial of the domestic violence restraining order she sought against defendant. The trial court found substantial evidence of physical violence, but concluded that plaintiff failed to meet her…

Vardanyan v. Amco Ins. Co.  
Date: January 7, 2016
Docket Number: F069953

Justia Opinion Summary: In this suit alleging breach of an insurance contract, plaintiff appealed the trial court's grant of defendant's motion for directed verdict. Plaintiff contended that the trial court’s intended jury instruction violated…

P. v. Wright
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: A139881M
In re B.H.  
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: E063278

Justia Opinion Summary: Two-year-old B.H. was removed from the custody of his parents, B.H. (Father) and K.E. (Mother) and declared the child a dependent of the court. The court thereafter denied Father reunification services under the bypass…

SCC Acquisitions v. Super. Ct.  
Date: January 6, 2016
Docket Number: G050546

Justia Opinion Summary: Western Albuquerque Land Holdings, LLC was the judgment creditor of a $47 million judgment against SCC Acquisitions, Inc. As part of its efforts to enforce the judgment, Western propounded requests for production of…

Jewish Community Ctrs. Dev. Corp. v. County of Los Angeles  
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: B261022

Justia Opinion Summary: The County appealed the trial court's judgment in favor of JCC on its property tax refund action based on the welfare exemption in Revenue and Taxation Code section 214, contending that the trial court erred by not…

King v. CompPartners  
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: E063527

Justia Opinion Summary: Kirk King sustained a back injury while at work for CompPartners, Inc. In July 2011, King suffered anxiety and depression due to chronic back pain resulting from the back injury. In 2011, King was prescribed a…

People v. Asghedom  
Date: January 5, 2016
Docket Number: H040563

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a citizen of Eritrea, has been a lawful U.S. permanent resident since 1981. In 1988, police witnessed a hand-to-hand exchange involving defendant. As the men ran away, an officer saw defendant reach into his…

Crawford v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Date: January 4, 2016
Docket Number: B257412M
North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Kawamura  
Date: January 4, 2016
Docket Number: C072067

Justia Opinion Summary: The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) prepared and certified a programmatic environmental impact report (EIR) for a seven-year program to eradicate an invasive pest, the light brown apple moth (LBAM),…

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