CHRISTENSEN v. DEWOR DEVELOPMENTS

Docket No. L.A. 31691.

33 Cal.3d 778 (1983)

661 P.2d 1088

191 Cal. Rptr. 8

RICHARD A. CHRISTENSEN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DEWOR DEVELOPMENTS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

May 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

F. Glenn Nichols for Plaintiff and Appellants.

Feinberg & Wolf, Isman, Wolf & Feinberg and Arthur R. Bergen for Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

GRODIN J.

We grapple here with a variation on a recurring and often vexing theme concerning waiver of the right to arbitrate. Specifically, we consider whether a party retains the right to insist upon arbitration after he has filed a lawsuit over admittedly arbitrable disputes, for the asserted purpose of discovering his opponent's legal theories, and has pursued that litigation through successive demurrers, abandoning it...

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