California Court of Appeal
STERN v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (GETZ, KRYCLER & JAKUBOVITS ), B150315
A trial court should order jurisdictional reclassification based on amount in controversy only after parties have received proper notice and an opportunity to contest reclassification, and may only determine whether a matter shall be a class action after the parties have notice and an opportunity to present evidence.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/10/2003
- Published 01/10/2003
Judges
- KITCHING, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Harris & Kaufman, William E. Harris, Sherman Oaks, and Matthew A. Kaufman for Petitioners., Reback, McAndrews & Kjar, John M. Caron and Matthew A. Stein for Real Parties in Interest.