• Mountain Air Enterprises, LLC v. Sundowner Towers, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-07-31
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-31
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Ehrlich Law Firm, Jeffrey I. Ehrlich; Law Office of Erik A. Humber and Erik A. Humber for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Abramson & Brown, Law Offices of Joe R. Abramson, Joe R. Abramson; Degani & Galston, Law Office of Katharine J. Galston and Katharine J. Galston for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number:

    Assertion of affirmative defense not "action" (Chin, J.)

  • Ewald v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-07-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-28
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Power Law and Stacie L. Power for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Severson & Werson, Elizabeth Holt Andrews and Jan T. Chilton for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. C081760

    Counsel's "egregious violations of basic appellate norms" warranted forfeiture of appellant's claims (Duarte, J.)

  • Crossroads Investors, L.P. v. Federal National Mortgage Association

    Publication Date: 2017-07-28
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Bankruptcy | Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Melinda Jane Steuer and Melinda Jane Steuer for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Buchalter Nemer, Buchalter, Jeffrey S. Wruble, Efrat M. Cogan, and Oren Bitan for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. C072585

    All of creditor's communications with debtor during debtor's bankruptcy constituted protected activity (Nicholson, Acting P.J.)

  • The Estuary Owners Association v. Shell Oil Company

    Publication Date: 2017-07-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-06-28
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Chapman & Intrieri, LLP, John W. Chapman, Mark G. Intrieri, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, Alan J. Lazarus, Jaime D. Walter.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Caldwell & Proctor, Eric S. Pettit, Kelly L. Perigoe, Boies, Schiller, Flexner LLP, Michael R. Leslie.

    Case Number: No. A145516

    Claims of soil and groundwater contamination not barred by statute of repose for construction defects (Kline, P.J.)

  • County of San Mateo v. Superior Court (Rowe)

    Publication Date: 2017-07-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Real Estate | Government
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government | Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-07-25
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, Susan H. Handelman, Dennis J. Ward, Terry Anastassiou for Defendant and Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.Law Office of Gerald Clausen, Gerald Clausen; Rouda, Feder, Tietjen & McGuinn, Timothy G. Tietjen for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. A146077

    Triable issues of fact precluded finding that county park was unimproved for purposes of "natural condition" immunity (Stewart, J.)

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  • Cummings v. Dessel

    Publication Date: 2017-07-20
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-19
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent: Gayle S. Cummings, Floyd Law Firm, Bradford C. Floyd and Carlton D. Floyd.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants and Appellants: Jennifer Dessel and Emily Seal, Jennifer Dessel, in pro. per.; and Emily Seal, in pro. per.

    Case Number: No. A144212

    Parties' agreement required for partition of real property by appraisal (Rivera, J.)

  • Sleep EZ v. Mateo

    Publication Date: 2017-07-14
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-04-04
    Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Allen R. King and Allen R. King for Plaintiff and Appellant Sleep EZ.
    for defendant: Neighborhood Legal Services, Alexander Prieto and Jeffrey Uno for Defendants and Respondents Martiniano Mateo and Maximina Mateo.

    Case Number: No. BV 031618

    Landlord who demanded payment by mail bore risk of non-delivery (Ricciardulli, Acting P.J.)

  • Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Pyle

    Publication Date: 2017-07-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-13
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Parker Ibrahim & Berg, John M. Sorich, Bryant Delgadillo and Mariel Gerlt-Ferraro for Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent.
    for defendant: Hennelly & Grossfeld and Ronald K. Giller for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. D071079

    Void default judgment did not grant quiet title relief so as to validate subsequent transfer to purported bona fide purchasers (Nares, J.)

  • In the Matter of Spanish Peaks Holdings II, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-07-13
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2017-07-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Sam E. Haddon, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges, and Frederic Block, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Lindsay (argued) and David W. Ross, Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: James F. Wallack (argued) and Peter D. Bilowz, Goulston & Storrs PC, Boston, Massachusetts; Steven M. Johnson, Church Harris Johnson & Williams P.C., Great Falls, Montana; for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 15-35572

    Bankruptcy court properly authorized sale of debtor's real property free and clear of long term leases (Block, J.)

  • Lynch v. California Coastal Commission

    Publication Date: 2017-07-06
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-07-06
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Axelson & Corn, Jonathan C. Corn; Pacific Legal Foundation, James S. Burling, John M. Groen, Paul J. Beard II and Jennifer F. Thompson for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Mark J. Breckler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John A. Saurenman, Assistant Attorney General, Jamee Jordan Patterson and Hayley Peterson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number:

    Homeowners' acceptance of construction permit barred challenge to permit conditions (Corrigan, J.)