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
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