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ARCHIBALD v. CINERAMA HOTELS

Docket No. S.F. 23251.

15 Cal.3d 853 (1976)

544 P.2d 947

126 Cal. Rptr. 811

MARYBELLE ARCHIBALD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CINERAMA HOTELS et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Friedman, Collard & Kauffman, Lally & Mills, Morton L. Friedman, John E. Ryan and Peter E. Mills for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert E. Cartwright, Edward I. Pollock, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Robert G. Beloud, Ned Good, David B. Baum, Arne Werchick, Elmer Low and Leonard Sacks as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Irwin F. Woodland, Robert A. Miller, Scott A. Kruse, Wayne W. Smith, Munger, Tolles, Hills & Rickershauser, Peter R. Taft, Melvyn H. Wald, Carla Anderson Hills, Lopez, Kennedy & Srite, Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichmann & Case, James H. Case, Jack Halpin, Swerdlow, Glikbarg & Shimer, Harry B. Swerdlow, Allan Albala, Jerome L. Levine, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, John V. Diepenbrock, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, E. Judge Elderkin, Stephen A. Mazurak, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Burnham Enersen, Loyd W. McCormick, Jonathan Greenfield, Flint & Mackay, Argue, Freston & Myers, John C. Argue, Edwin Freston and Barbara Reeves for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Plaintiff Archibald appeals from a trial court order dismissing her class action against all defendants on grounds of forum non conveniens and additionally against defendant Waikiki Hotels-Seven for want of personal jurisdiction. We explain that because plaintiff is a California resident, the trial court erred in granting defendants' motion to dismiss on grounds of forum non conveniens; even if Hawaii...

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