FINLEY v. SUPERIOR COURT

Nos. E024743, E024843.

96 Cal.Rptr.2d 128 (2000)

80 Cal.App.4th 1152

Warren T. FINLEY, as Trustee, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT for the County of Orange, Respondent; Third Laguna Hills Mutual et al., Real Parties in Interest. Warren T. Finley, as Trustee, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Third Laguna Hills Mutual et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 22, 2000.

Review Denied September 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Payne & Fears, Daniel M. Livingston, Irvine, Alan G. Ross; Albert, Weiland & Golden, Costa Mesa, and Marcus M. Kaufman, for Plaintiffs, Appellants, and Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent Superior Court.

Hart, King & Coldren, William R. Hart, and Robert J. Mulvihill, Santa Ana, for Defendants, Respondents, and Real Parties in Interest Third Laguna Hills Mutual, United Laguna Hills Mutual, Golden Rain Foundation of Laguna Hills, Earl Donaldson, Jim Etter, Tom Jorde, Robert Morton, Jan Nelson, Walter Penn, Marvin Taves, Cynthia Chyba, Robert Miller, Burns Nugent, Dick Osterlind, Bert Postill, Eleanore Schwartz, Ann Snider, Thomas Blaylock, Bettye Carlsten, Kenneth Dooley, Richard Fuchs, Phyllis Fish, Eloise Kight, Thomas E. McCauley, Leo Minkin, Richard Newsome, Robert Ring, Leroy Wolever, Juel Anderson, Irving Goldberg, Bert Hack, Matthew Magidson, Rhea Saylors, Bert Black, Seymour Coblens, Harry Curtis and Robert Payne.

Cassidy, Warner, Lane & Winstead, B. Kent Warner and David C. Olson, Santa Ana, for Defendant, Respondent, and Real Party in Interest Charles Hellman.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

OPINION

RICHLI, J.

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