Amicus

ASCDC’s amicus committee monitors pivotal appellate cases and, upon approval of ASCDC’s Board, submits letters and briefs on ASCDC’s behalf to advance the interests of the defense bar. The committee includes leading members of California’s appellate community.

The amicus committee evaluates requests for amicus support from ASCDC members but also considers any appellate matter that significantly impacts defense attorneys. It routinely submits amicus briefs on the merits in California and federal courts, including the California Supreme Court, seeks depublication of decisions adverse to the defense bar, and pursues publication of pro-defense appellate opinions.

Since 2010, the amicus committee has obtained publication of over 100 California Court of Appeal opinions, including:

Mitchell v. Hutchinson (2025) __ Cal.App.5th__ [2025 WL 1904317]
Taylor v. Los Angeles Unified School District (2025) 112 Cal.App.5th 769
Diamond v. Schweitzer (2025) 110 Cal.App.5th 866
Stokes v. Forty Niners Stadium Management Co., LLC (2024) 107 Cal.App.5th 1199
Gee v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn. (2024) 107 Cal.App.5th 1233
Carmichael v. Café Sevilla of Riverside, Inc. (2025) 108 Cal.App.5th 292
Bowen v. Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., Inc. (2024) 103 Cal.App.5th 759
Audish v. Macias (2024) 102 Cal.App.5th 740
San Antonio Regional Hospital v. Superior Court (2024) 102 Cal.App.5th 346
Howard v. Accor Management US, Inc. (2024) 101 Cal.App.5th 130
Tornai v. CSAA Ins. Exchange (2023) 98 Cal.App.5th 974
Snoeck v. ExakTime Innovations, Inc. (2023) 96 Cal.App.5th 908
Acosta v. MAS Realty, LLC (2023) 96 Cal.App.5th 635
Glynn v. Orange Circle Lounge Inc. (2023) 95 Cal.App.5th 1289
Blaylock v. DMP 250 Newport Center, LLC (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th 863
Romero v. Los Angeles Rams (2023) 91 Cal.App.5th 562
Atalla v. Rite Aid Corp. (2023) 89 Cal.App.5th 294
Smalley v. Subaru of America, Inc. (2022) 87 Cal.App.5th 450
Chen v. BMW of North America, LLC (2022) 87 Cal.App.5th 957
Miller v Roseville Lodge No. 1293 (2022) 83 Cal.App.5th 825
McCullar v. SMC Contracting, Inc. (2022) 83 Cal.App.5th 1005
C.I. v. San Bernardino City Unified School District (2022) 82 Cal.App.5th 974
Joshi v. Fitness International, LLC (2022) 80 Cal.App.5th 814
Braganza v. Albertson's LLC (2021) 67 Cal.App.5th 144
Swanson v. The Marley-Wylain Company (2021) 65 Cal.App.5th 1007
O'Shea v. Lindenberg (2021) 64 Cal.App.5th 228
McIsaac v. Foremost Ins. Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan (2021) 64 Cal.App.5th 418
Morgan v. J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc. (2021) 60 Cal.App.5th 1078
Choochagi v. Barracuda Networks, Inc. (2020) 60 Cal.App.5th 444
Arnold v. Dignity Health (2020) 53 Cal.App.5th 412
Oh v. Teachers Ins. & Annuity Assn. of America (2020) 53 Cal.App.5th 71
Abdulkadhim v. Wu (2020) 53 Cal.App.5th 298
Savaikie v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (2020) 52 Cal.App.5th 223
Verrazono v. Gehl Co. (2020) 50 Cal.App.5th 636
Nguyen v. Ford (2020) 49 Cal.App.5th 1
Waller v. FCA US LLC (2020) 48 Cal.App.5th 888
Mikhaeilpoor v. BMW of North America, LLC (2020) 48 Cal.App.5th 240
Bingener v. City of Los Angeles (2019) 44 Cal.App.5th 134
Sharon v. Porter (2019) 41 Cal.App.5th 1
Sprengel v. Zbylut (2019) 40 Cal.App.5th 1028
Morris v. Hyundai Motor America (2019) 41 Cal.App.5th 24
People v Pierce (2019) 38 Cal.App.5th 321
Huckey v. City of Temecula (2019) 37 Cal.App.5th 1092
Williams v. Fremont Corners, Inc. (2019) 37 Cal.App.5th 654
Guillory v. Hill (2019) 36 Cal.App.5th 802
Stokes v. Muschinske (2019) 34 Cal.App.5th 45
Taulbee v EJ Distribution Corp (2019) 35 Cal.App.5th 590
Yu v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. (2018) 30 Cal.App.5th 1024
Alcazar v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist. (2018) 29 Cal.App.5th 86
Webster v. Claremont Yoga (2018) 26 Cal.App.5th 284
Willhide-Michiulis v. Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, LLC (2018) 25 Cal.App.5th 344
Padda v. Superior Court (2018) 25 Cal.App.5th 25
Peralta v. Vons Companies, Inc. (2018) 24 Cal.App.5th 1030
Novak v. Continental Tire North America (2018) 22 Cal.App.5th 189
Timed Out LLC v. 13359 Corp. (2018) 21 Cal.App.5th 933
Delgadillo v. Television Center, Inc. (2018) 20 Cal.App.5th 1078
Sakai v. Massco Investments, LLC (2018) 20 Cal.App.5th 1178
Khan v. Dunn-Edwards Corp. (2018) 19 Cal.App.5th 804
Optional Capital, Inc. v. Akin Gump Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP (2017) 18 Cal.App.5th 95
Morales-Simental v. Genentech, Inc. (2017) 16 Cal.App.5th 445
Nakai v. Friendship House Assn. of American Indians, Inc. (2017) 15 Cal.App.5th 32
Beachcomber Management Crystal Cove, LLC v. Superior Court (2017) 13 Cal.App.5th 1105
County of Los Angeles Bd. of Supervisors v. Superior Court (2017) 12 Cal.App.5th 1264
Jacobs v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Co. (2017) 14 Cal.App.5th 438
Swigart v. Bruno (2017) 13 Cal.App.5th 529
Jackson v. Mayweather (2017) 10 Cal.App.5th 1240
Yale v. Bowne (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 649
Johnson v. ArvinMeritor, Inc. (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 234
Flake v. Neumiller & Beardslee (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 223
Sanchez v. Kern Emergency Medical Transportation Corp. (2017) 8 Cal.App.5th 146
Foxen v. Carpenter (2016) 6 Cal.App.5th 284
City of Petaluma v. Superior Court (2016) 248 Cal.App.4th 1023
Gopal v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (2016) 248 Cal.App.4th 425
Alana M. v. State of California (2016) 245 Cal.App.4th 1482
Klotz v. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (2015) 238 Cal.App.4th 1339
MacQuiddy v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 1036
Shaoxing City Maolong Wuzhong Down Products, Ltd. v. Keehn & Associates (2015) 238 Cal.App.4th 1031
Larson v. UHS of Rancho Springs, Inc. (2014) 230 Cal.App.4th 336
Moua v. Pittullo, Howington, Barker, Abernathy, LLP (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 107
Namikas v. Miller (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 1574
Reichert v. State Farm General Ins. Co. (2012) 212 Cal.App.4th 1543
Comstock v. Aber (2012) 212 Cal.App.4th 931
Alamo v. Practice Management Information Corp. (2013) 219 Cal.App.4th 466
Wise v. DLA Piper LLP (US) (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 1180
Sadeghi v. Sharp Memorial Medical Center (2013) 221 Cal.App.4th 598
Meddock v. County of Yolo (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th 170
Hodjat v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. (2012) 211 Cal.App.4th 1
Batarse v. Service Employees Internat. Union, Local1000 (2012) 209 Cal.App.4th 820
Thayer v. Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP (2012) 207 Cal.App.4th 141
Comstock v. Aber (2012) 212 Cal.App.4th 931
State Farm General Ins. Co. v. Frake (2011) 197 Cal.App.4th 568
State Farm Mutual Automobile. Ins. Co. v. Lee (2011) 193 Cal.App.4th 34
Dozier v. Shapiro (2011) 199 Cal.App.4th 1509
Adams v. Ford Motor Co. (2011) 199 Cal.App.4th 1475
Antounian v. Louis Vuitton Malletier (2010) 189 Cal.App.4th 438
MRI Healthcare Center of Glendale, Inc. v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co. (2010) 187 Cal.App.4th 766