Supreme Court Oral Argument

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The following cases are placed upon the calendar of the Supreme Court for hearing at its courtroom in the Ronald Reagan State Office Building, 300 South Spring Street, Third Floor, North Tower, Los Angeles, California, on June 2 and 3, 2026. The public may attend in person and also have access to argument via live-streaming on the judicial branch website: https://supreme.courts.ca.gov/.

TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2026 — 11:00 A.M.

(1)  People v. Pearson (Kevin Darnell), [Automatic Appeal], S212159 (Jackson, P. J., assigned justice pro tempore)
This matter is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death.

1:30 P.M.

(2)  Mayor (Joseph) v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board et al., S287261 (Kim (Dorothy C.), J., assigned justice pro tempore) 
Petition for review after the Court of Appeal granted a petition for peremptory writ of mandate in a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board proceeding.  This case presents the following issues:  (1) May the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board apply equitable tolling to act upon a petition for reconsideration beyond the 60-day period provided in Labor Code section 5909, when the Appeals Board did not receive the petition for reconsideration until after the 60-day period has elapsed?  (2) Did the Court of Appeal act in excess of its jurisdiction in granting relief under traditional mandate (Code Civ. Proc., § 1085), where petitioner did not file a timely petition for writ of review pursuant to Labor Code section 5909?

(3) People v. Argueta (Carlos Marvin), [Automatic Appeal], S150524 (Kelety, J., assigned justice pro tempore; to be called and continued to a future calendar) 
This matter is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death. 

(4)  People v. Hazlett (Larry Kusuth), [Automatic Appeal], S126387 (Fujisaki, J., assigned justice pro tempore)
This matter is an automatic appeal from a judgment of death.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2026 — 11:00 A.M.

(5) Family Violence Appellate Project et al. v. Superior Court of Contra Costa County et al., S288176 (Lie, J., assigned justice pro tempore)
The court issued an order to show cause why the relief sought in the petition should not be granted. This case presents the following issue:  Does the prohibition on electronic recording of certain proceedings in Government Code section 69957, subdivision (a) violate the California Constitution when an official court reporter is unavailable and a litigant cannot afford to pay a private court reporter? 

(6) Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC et al. v. City of Carson, S289952 (Grover, J., assigned justice pro tempore)
Petition for review after the Court of Appeal reversed the judgment in a civil action.  This case presents the following issue:  Must a claimant for a local government tax refund comply with a local administrative review procedure prior to pursuing its remedies under the Government Claims Act (Gov. Code, § 810 et seq.), or does the Act preempt such a requirement under the doctrine of field preemption? 

(7) Town of Apple Valley v. Apple Valley Ranchos Water et al., S289391 (Langhorne Wilson, J., assigned justice pro tempore)
Petition for review after the Court of Appeal reversed the judgment in a civil action and remanded for further proceedings.  The court limited review to the following issue:  When a public entity files an eminent domain action seeking to take privately held public utility property, and the owner objects to the right to take, what is the proper standard of judicial review for the trial court to apply to determine whether the property owner has rebutted the presumptions under Code of Civil Procedure sections 1245.250, subdivision (b) and 1240.650, subdivision (c)?