Weekly Appellate Report

This week's guests, M.C. Sungaila (Haynes and Boone), Gerald Sauer (Sauer & Wagner), and James Wagstaffe (Kerr & Wagstaffe) weigh in on two Cal. Supreme Court cases that have opin-ions filing imminently; one with massive stakes for defense attorneys involving the component parts doctrine, and the other further outlining anti-SLAPP contours.

Presiding Justice Anthony Kline reacts to the CASC's depublication rule change, Donald Falk explains what's at stake in a personal jurisdiction-related case up on argument Thursday, and Asst. Head Dep. District Attorney (LA) Bill Woods chats Batson/Wheeler after last week's USSC ruling in Foster v. Chatman

Michael Romano (Stanford Law), Adam Winkler (UCLA Law), Dale Carpenter (SMU Law), and John Eastman (Chapman Law) discuss a roundup of state and U.S. high court rulings

This week's show considers guns, religion, contraception, and constitutional standing after three notable rulings issued from the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit. Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (UCI Law), M.C. Sungaila (Haynes and Boone), and Professor Leslie Griffin (UNLV Law) offer commentary.

Jessica Di Palma, Hon. Steven Brick (Ret.), and Professor Heidi Rummel discuss the constitutionality of California's juvenile offender sentencing scheme, and a major proposed change to appellate opinion publication rules

Professors Catherine Fisk (UCI Law) and Hadar Aviram (UC Hastings Law), and Jeremy Rosen of Horvitz and Levy join Rulings Editor Brian Cardile