Posts in December, 2015

Dec 23 Limits of Remand Revisited

In TetraVue, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. (D067155 12/23/2015) 4/1 reinforced and explained an important principle of ...

Dec 15 Rare Pro Per Success

Statistics reveal a small minority of appeals succeed, and pro per success if even more rare, with the percentage of successful ...

Dec 11 An Appealing Discovery Writ

In SCC Acquisitions, Inc. v. Superior Court (G050546 Dec. 11, 2015) 4/3 hands the petitioner/appellant a Pyrrhic victory, treating ...

Dec 11 Juvenile Court only Has Jurisdiction if Minor Is Alive

In a sad case, Imperial County Dept. of Social Services v. S.S. (D068026 Dec. 10, 2015), 4/1 explains today the Juvenile Court ...

Dec 09 UCCJEA Revisited

4/2's opinion today in Schneer v. Llaurado (E060040 Dec. 9, 2015) plows the always-fertile ground of the Uniform Child Custody ...

Dec 09 Uncivil Procedure

Crawford v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (B257412 Dec. 9, 2015) from 2/6 today reminds me of one of the reasons I departed from the ...