CALIFORNIA DENTAL ASSN. v. AMERICAN DENTAL ASSN.

Docket No. L.A. 30994.

23 Cal.3d 346 (1979)

590 P.2d 401

152 Cal. Rptr. 546

CALIFORNIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION, Defendant and Appellant; CHARLES BLOCK, Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

February 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, Peter M. Sfikas, Larry R. Eaton, Pat Chapin, Musick, Peeler & Garrett and James B. Bertero for Defendant and Appellant.

Miller & Mandel, S. Jerome Mandel, Jesse D. Miller and Peter H. Mason for Plaintiff and Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

In this case a private voluntary organization expelled one of its members for ethical misconduct, but the expulsion was subsequently reversed by its parent body. The question presented is whether the constituent organization can obtain judicial review of the adjudicatory decision by its parent when the latter assertedly failed to comply with its own bylaws. (1)

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