HEARST v. GANZI

No. B184659.

52 Cal.Rptr.3d 473 (2006)

145 Cal.App.4th 1195

William R. HEARST II, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Victor F. GANZI, as Co-Trustee, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Three.

December 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., Jeffrey A. Hall, Santa Cruz, James B. Heaton, III; Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise, Robert N. Sacks and Matthew W. McMurtrey, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants William R. Hearst, II and Deborah Hearst.

Thomas M. Di Franco for Plaintiff and Appellant Phoebe Hearst Cooke.

Carmody & Torrance, David L. Sfara, Matthew R. Peterson; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Irving H. Greines and Feris M. Greenberger, Los Angeles, for Patricia Hearst Shaw as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Loeb & Loeb, Andrew S. Garb, David C. Nelson, Los Angeles; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Jeffrey H. Dasteel, Los Angeles, and Carl Alan Roth for Defendants and Respondents.


KLEIN, P.J.

Plaintiffs and appellants William R. Hearst, II (William), Deborah Hearst (Deborah) and Phoebe Hearst Cooke (Phoebe) (collectively, plaintiffs or appellants) appeal an order denying their petition to declare that an action they propose to bring against defendants and respondents Victor F. Ganzi, as co-trustee of the Hearst Family Trust, et al. (collectively, the Trustees), would not amount to a will contest.1,

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