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Sep 11 No Special Benefit for Demolished Landmark

4/3's opinion in Elks Building Association of Santa Ana v. J.K. Properties, Inc. G056187 is only of passing interest for its brief ...

Aug 31 Who Watches the Watchers?

The important role of the appellate courts is highlighted in the recent opinion from 4/3, authored by not a "flaming liberal" but ...

Mar 08 Wasted Plaintiff, Not Wasted Writ Effort

In today's Klean W. Hollywood, LLC, v. Superior Court (B283816) Division Four in Los Angeles explained interesting and novel ...

Oct 05 A Matter of Judgment

In Arikawa v. Superior Court (Oct. 5, 2017, B283862) [nonpub opn.], we obtained a "peremptory writ of mandate," issued only when ...

Sep 13 Broken Record Exhortation

Today's example of my "sounds like a broken appellate record" exhortation comes from In re Marriage of Caballero and Dearcia ...

Sep 13 Seeking Truth Is a Sufficient Goal for Standing

In Dent v. Wolf , B278951 (Sept. 12, 2017), 2/8 decided an interesting standing issue in the context of a paternity case . The ...