Unpublished Opinions in California State Courts: The Devalued Appellate Decisions

The California Supreme Court has the authority to determine which appellate opinions are published as it “deems appropriate” and “may deem expedient.” Cal. Const., art. VI, §14; Cal. Govt. Code §68902. The Supreme Court’s constitutional and legislative authority is…
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Are evidentiary rulings on summary judgment reviewed de novo or for abuse of discretion? More than a decade after Reid v. Google, it still depends whom you ask.

The first and most important issue in any appeal is the standard of review. For the last decade, however, California appellate courts have been split on how to review evidentiary rulings made in connection with a summary judgment motion. As…
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