California Court of Appeal

In a litigation brought by minority shareholders of a wireless company seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) and a preliminary injunction to remove a director and prohibit him from voting his shares in the corporation, in which defendants contend that the referee, stipulated to by the parties to rule on all discovery related matters, erred in imposing monetary sanctions due to both procedural and substantive defects, the trial court's judgement is affirmed where the referee's order, filed with the trial court, is appealable because the language of the reference, expressly made under Code of Civil Procedure section 638(a), and the actions of the parties, the referee and the court, indicate that the reference was a general reference, making the referee's order appealable once filed with the court.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/03/23

Judges

• MOORE

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• California Court of Appeal

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