Methodology

How entries are sourced, written, verified, and dated — and what we do and do not represent about them.

Sourcing

Opinions are read and linked from the free, official California Courts reports. We quote the opinion text only — the opinion itself is a public-domain government work — and we do not reproduce proprietary editorial material such as commercial headnotes, syllabi, or annotations. Statutes and regulations are cited to their official code sections.

Authorship and review

Every entry is written by a named practitioner and carries that author’s byline and firm. Before anything is published, an editor reviews the entry against the actual primary source — confirming the citation, the publication status, and that the holding and analysis are accurately stated as of the publication date. Drafts are never published as authoritative without that human check.

Verification at publication

The pre-publication review confirms, against the primary source: citation accuracy (name, reporter, court, date, docket, or statute and effective date, with correct pinpoints); published-versus-unpublished status and the corresponding citable / not-citable line; that the substance is accurately stated and not overstated; and that any quotations are verbatim and within copyright limits.

A point-in-time record

Each entry is dated and reflects the law as the author understood it on that date. Publication status is recorded as a point-in-time label as of the decision date. The Review does not represent that any case remains good law, has not been overturned or depublished, or is currently citable, and it does not maintain an ongoing revalidation cadence.

You are responsible for confirming current validity and citability yourself, through an up-to-date citator and the official primary source, before relying on or citing any authority. See the Terms & Conditions.