CHRYSLER CORP. v. NEW MOTOR VEHICLE BD.

Docket No. D016270.

12 Cal.App.4th 621 (1993)

15 Cal. Rptr.2d 771

CHRYSLER CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NEW MOTOR VEHICLE BOARD, Defendant and Appellant; LA MESA DODGE, INC., et al., Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

January 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Robert L. Mukai, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Henry G. Ullerich, Assistant Attorney General, Martin H. Milas and Thomas Scheerer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

George John Murfey and Robert D. Moldenhauer for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Manning, Leaver, Bruder & Berberich and Halbert B. Rasmussen as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest and Appellants.

Baker & Hostetler, McCutchen Black, Franklin H. Wilson, Michael M. Johnson and Fredric S. Abrolat for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

TODD, J.

On this appeal from a judgment granting a petition of Chrysler Corporation (Chrysler) for a peremptory writ of mandate under Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5, we are presented with a question of statutory construction concerning the directory or mandatory effect, and the meaning of, the Vehicle Code1 section 3067 phrase: "If the board fails to act within 30 days after such hearing...

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