In Animal Protection and Rescue League, Inc. v. County of Riverside, published June 5, 2025, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 1 affirmed judgment entered after the county's demurrer was sustained and summary judgment was granted to the county. The plaintiff and others demonstrated near a pet store in a shopping mall, protesting the store's…
In Roe v. Hesperia Unified School District, ordered published November 4, 2022, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 2 reversed dismissal of a case after a demurrer was sustained without leave to amend. An elementary school custodian allegedly molested multiple six-year-old students. The plaintiffs sued the school district, alleging negligence in supervising the students…
In K.M. v. Grossmont Union High School District, published October 25, 2022, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 1 affirmed a judgment after jury trial. The plaintiffs alleged their high school drama teacher sexually abused them. The causes of action included one against the defendant district under Civil Code section 51.9. The trial court…
In Brennon B. v. Superior Court (West Contra Costa Unified School Dist.), published August 4, 2022, the California Supreme Court affirmed a demurrer sustained to a cause of action against a school district for violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act. The plaintiff, a disabled student, alleged that the school district violated the Unruh Act by failing…
In Williamson v. City of National City, published January 24, 2022, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed denial of the defendant police officers' summary judgment motion, which was based on qualified immunity. The plaintiff participated in a "die in" protest at a city council meeting. In the middle of the meeting, they chanted and lay…
In Murchison v. County of Tehama, published October 4, 2021, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment granted in favor of the defendant officers. Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the plaintiff owned property at the end of a public road, which the plaintiff had blocked. When a…
In Shuler v. City of Los Angeles, published April 5, 2021, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 8 affirmed judgment on the pleadings for the defendant city. Police officers stopped the plaintiff's car and detained her during a narcotics investigation. They arrested her passenger on suspicion of drug dealing. The officers took the plaintiff and…
In County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health v. Superior Court (California Restaurant Assoc.), published March 1, 2021, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 4 issued a peremptory writ of mandate directing a trial court to vacate an order. The petitioner county issued an order barring outdoor dining during a surge in the COVID-19…
In Schimd v. City and County of San Francisco, published February 1, 2021, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 4 affirmed dismissal after demurrer of a lawsuit brought by two San Francisco taxpayers challenging the administrative decision of the San Francisco Board of Appeals authorizing the removal of a bronze sculpture that was originally…
In Brennon B. v. Superior Court (West Contra Costa Unified School District), published November 13, 2020, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 1 denied a petition for a writ of mandate challenging an order sustaining the real party school district's demurrer to the petitioner's cause of action under the Unruh Act without leave to amend. …