California Court of Appeal

The standard for deciding whether to issue a writ of mandate vacating a postjudgment expungement order is whether a petitioner-s real property claim has probable validity. This is done by assessing whether the petitioner has made out a prima facie case for reversal of the judgment, based on the record in the trial court and the arguments of the parties.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/16/2007
• Published 04/16/2007

Judges

• BUTZ, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Thomas M. Peterson, Rollin B. Chippey II, Diane L. Webb and Umung Varma, San Francisco, for Petitioners Amalgamated Bank, formerly First Interstate Bank, as corporate cotrustee for Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers, and Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers., Freidberg & Parker, Edward Freidberg, Sacramento, Thomas H. Kawaii;  Wagner Kirkman Blaine Klomparens & Youmans, Belan K. Wagner, Mather;  Law Office of Elias D. Bardis and Elias D. Bardis, Sacramento, for Real Parties in Interest Corinthian Homes (Rancho Murieta), L.P., RKB Communities, LLC, Bruce Palmbaum, and Winncrest Homes, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.