In People v. Superior Court (Credit One Bank, N.A.), published July 3, 2025, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 2, granted the People's petition for a writ reversing the trial court's ruling on a motion for protective order. The district attorneys of four counties brought a civil enforcement action against the real party credit card…
In Johnson v. California Department of Transportation, published March 17, 2025, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court order disqualifying a plaintiff's attorney and experts. The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant agency, sued the agency for claims arising out of the employment. While the suit was pending, an attorney representing the agency…
In Getz v. Superior Court (County of El Dorado), published December 13, 2021, a divided panel of the Third District Court of Appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part a trial court decision denying writ relief in a California Public Records Act case. The petitioner requested from the real party county records between the county…
In Witherow v. Baker, published May 18, 2021, a divided 9th Circuit panel affirmed summary judgment for a prison officer in a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging violation of a prisoner's Fourth Amendment rights. The prison unit the plaintiff was in did not allow prisoners to use wall phones. The unit had a single…
In City of San Diego v. Superior Court (Hoover), published December 19, 2018, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 1 issued a writ vacating a trial court order disqualifying a city attorney's office from defending the city in an employment lawsuit. The real party in interest, a police detective, sued the city, her employer, alleging…
In Labor and Workforce Development Agency v. Superior Court (Fowler Packing Co.), published January 8, 2018, the Third District Court of Appeal issued a writ of mandate directing a trial court to vacate an order directing the Agency to produce an index identifying the author, recipient, matter, and nature of exception for each document the Agency…
In County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors v. Superior Court (ACLU), ordered published June 22, 2017, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 3, addressed this case on remand from the California Supreme Court. The Supreme Court's opinion ruled that billing invoices from outside counsel to public entities in pending cases are exempt from the…