Villanueva v. Gonzalez

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding claims for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud failed because they arose out of an illegal contract that violated the occupation code
• “A contract to do a thing which cannot be performed without violation of the law violates public policy and is void.”
• “Where one party is unaware of the true facts and believes the contract is lawful, the general rule that an illegal contract is unenforceable does not apply.”
• “If individuals who are qualified to act as bail bond sureties could split commissions or fees with those who do not meet the statute’s requirements or exceptions, a bail bond board could not regulate them.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).