The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision interpreting California law, yesterday reversed an order suppressing evidence found in a trailer and pickup truck, saying that officers reasonably believed that the vehicles belonged to, or were under the control of, a man who was on parole, a condition of which was submitting to warrantless searches of his residence or property under his control.

Div. Two of the First District Court of Appeal has rejected a party’s assertion that his insurance company should be estopped from enforcing a one-year statute of limitations, that starts to run when an insurer makes an unequivocal denial of a claim, based on ongoing communications inviting the insured to submit “any additional information.”

(Subscription required) Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Teresa P. Magno has spent more than a decade handling serious felony cases in Compton, earning a reputation for meticulous preparation, efficient trials and a courtroom style rooted in respect, empathy and accountability.

The Fifth District Court of Appeal, affirming an order denying a special motion to strike brought by a woman who is being sued by her ex-husband to halt her derisive Facebook posts, has rejected the contention that under case law, discussions of personal matters that have a link to topics of public interest are necessarily protected speech for purposes of the anti-SLAPP statute.