Supreme Court of California
Tarrant Bell Prop. LLC v. Superior Court of Alameda County (Abaya), S179378
In an action brought by current and former lessees and residents of a mobilehome park against former and current owners for failing properly to maintain the park's common areas and facilities and for otherwise subjecting park residents to substandard living conditions, defendant's petition for writ of mandate seeking to vacate the denial of their motion to appoint a referee and compel arbitration is denied where, under Code of Civil Procedure section 638,1 a trial court has discretion to refuse to enforce a predispute agreement providing that, in the event of dispute, a referee may hear and decide certain contested issues.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/10/2011
- Published 02/10/2011
Judges
- CHIN
Court
- Supreme Court of California