The Court of Appeal for this district has held that the right of a purchaser under the state’s “lemon law” to damages where the manufacturer of an unrepairable automobile spurned a demand to take back the vehicle and refund the purchase price cannot be judicially impaired by hacking from an award the amount paid by an insurer after the car was totaled in a hit-and-run accident.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed four persons to the Los Angeles Superior Court. He announced late Monday that he selected Sarah J. Ellenberg, who has served as a court commissioner since April 2024, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Juan C. Dominguez.

“When it comes to a student’s change in gender identity, California state policymakers apparently do not trust parents to do the right thing for their child,” U.S.

Pitts's ruling finds that DHS's actions represent the "deprivation of physical liberty by detention” and the "deprivation of constitutional rights," saying this has caused "irreparable harm" to the detained individuals and their families. The ruling applies to ICE's "San Francisco area of responsibility," at the downtown courthouse, which includes cases across NorCal, as well as Guam, Saipan, and Hawaii.