Aggregated tentative-ruling outcomes for the motions California litigators file most often. Each page shows the grant/deny breakdown, top counties and judges, and recent examples — pulled live from our index of California Superior Court rulings.
How California Superior Court judges rule on motions for summary judgment (MSJ) — grant rates, prevailing-party splits, and example tentative rulings.
Demurrer tentative rulings across California Superior Courts — sustained with leave to amend, sustained without leave, overruled. Real examples and judge-by-judge tendencies.
Motions to strike — sham pleadings, irrelevant matter, punitive damages allegations — under CCP §§435-437. Tentative rulings + outcome statistics.
Anti-SLAPP motions to strike under CCP §425.16 — protecting speech and petition rights against strategic litigation. Grant rates, fee awards, example rulings.
Pretrial motions in limine to exclude evidence at trial — California Superior Court tentative rulings, judge tendencies, common grounds for exclusion.
Motions to compel further responses to interrogatories, document production, and depositions. California Superior Court rulings, sanctions awarded, common patterns.
Motions to quash service of summons, subpoenas, and deposition notices. California tentative rulings + outcome patterns by county and judge.
CCP §438 motions for judgment on the pleadings — like demurrers but after an answer. California tentative rulings + outcomes.