Franklin & Franklin v. 7-Eleven Owners for Fair Franchising

Opinion

SEPULVEDA, J.

Appellants, several lawyers and law firms, appeal from an injunction entered by the Alameda Superior Court restraining them from prosecuting two civil actions for damages and declaratory relief filed in the San Diego Superior Court. The San Diego proceedings arose out of class action litigation that had been pending before the Alameda Superior Court for over four years and, at the time the injunction issued, was (and is) pending in this court on appeal from a judgment approving the settlement of the class action and an award of $4.7-5 million in attorneys’ fees to…