In County of Los Angeles v. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, published October 23, 2025, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 8 affirmed summary judgment in one consolidated appeal, and dismissal on demurrer in another. The plaintiff county filed a writ petition against its sheriff. Its county counsel sent the sheriff a letter…
In California Taxpayers Network v. Taber Construction, Inc., published November 27, 2019, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 2 affirmed summary judgment in favor of the defendant contractor in a lawsuit brought under Government Code section 1090. A school district intended to hire a firm to complete a project to modernize the HVAC for multiple…
In Strategic Concepts, LLC v. Beverly Hills Unified School District, published May 10, 2018, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 6 reversed a judgment, entered after jury trial, that awarded the plaintiff LLC millions in damages for breach of contract. A district employee who administered the planning, construction, and maintenance of the District's school facilities…
In San Diegans for Open Government v. Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego, published November 9, 2017, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Div. 1 reversed dismissal of the plaintiff organization's action challenging municipal ordinance authorizing issuance of bonds to refinance the defendant authority and defendant city's obligations concerning building of a…