Appellate Law

Representative Cases

Mr. Casselman generally handled the appellate work in his cases. Each of the following published opinions are representative of his appellate experience. But this list does not include the many other unpublished appellate decisions reached on his cases:

California Court of Appeal

Geffen v. County of Los Angeles (1987) 197 Cal.App.3d 188

Morin v. County of Los Angeles (1989) 215 Cal.App.3d 184

Tessier v. City of Newport Beach (1990) 219 Cal.App.3d 310

Carlino v. Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. (1992) 10 Cal.App.4th 1526

Re-Open Rambla, Inc. v. Board of Supervisors (1995) 39 Cal.App.4th 1499

Community Redevelopment Agency v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. (1996) 50 Cal.App.4th 329

Lang v. Hochman (2000) 77 Cal.App.4th 1225

Health Industries of America, Inc. v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2002) 102 Cal.App.4th 1372

Lee v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2003) 107 Cal.App.4th 848

CUNA Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 382

Border Business Park, Inc. v. City of San Diego (2006) 142 Cal.App.4th 1538

Leider v. Lewis (Cal. Ct. App. 2016) 197 Cal.Rptr.3d 266, as modified (Feb. 10, 2016), review granted and opinion superseded (Cal. 2016) 201 Cal.Rptr.3d 254, and rev'd (2017) 2 Cal.5th 1121

Hauser v. Ventura County Bd. of Supervisors (2018) 20 Cal.App.5th 572

California Supreme Court

Leider v. Lewis (2017) 2 Cal.5th 1121

9th Circuit

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster Ltd. (9th Cir. 2004) 380 F.3d 1154, vacated and remanded (2005) 545 U.S. 913

Amicus Curiae

Koch-Ash v. Superior Court (1986) 180 Cal.App.3d 689

Belair v. Riverside County Flood Control Dist. (1988) 47 Cal.3d 550

Spanish Speaking Citizens' Foundation, Inc. v. Low (2000) 85 Cal.App.4th 1179