GWARTZ v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. G025005.

83 Cal.Rptr.2d 865 (1999)

71 Cal.App.4th 480

Brian GWARTZ et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Orange County, Respondent; Leon Richman et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

April 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megan L. Wagner, Irvine, for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Stevens & Kramer, Carl R. Stevens, Los Angeles, and Andrea F. Parke, for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

SILLS, P.J.

Sometime ago, a handful of judges on the local superior court bench began deciding summary judgment motions without according the parties the benefit of oral argument. The decision to rule from behind closed doors apparently was based on some loose dicta in Sweat v. Hollister (1995) 37 Cal.App.4th 603, 43 Cal.Rptr.2d 399 (disapproved on another

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