SCHNEIDER v. VENNARD

Docket No. H000729.

183 Cal.App.3d 1340 (1986)

228 Cal. Rptr. 800

WILLIAM H. SCHNEIDER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JOHN VENNARD et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

August 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Specthrie & Lerach, William S. Lerach, John E. Grasberger, Steven W. Pepich, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, Stuart H. Savett, Berger & Montague, Sherrie R. Savett, Jeanne A. Markey, Steven D. Ramos, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Leonard Barrack, Cotchett & Illston, Joseph W. Cotchett and Susan Illston for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, M. Laurence Popofsky, Douglas M. Schwab, Paul W. Sugarman, Jonathan P. Hayden, Christopher M. Patti, Meryl Macklin, Carol P. Laplant, Pettit & Martin, Michael F. Perlis and Pamela J. Roberts for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

AGLIANO, P.J.

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Santa Clara Superior Court denying certification of this action as a class action. We hold that although the facts satisfy the requirements for class certification under Civil Code section 1781, subdivision (b), the trial court properly denied class certification on the basis of an already pending federal class action between the parties for the same cause.

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