Legal Opinion
Stansfield v. Starkey
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 9, 1990No. B037375PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WOODS (Fred), J.
The trial court sustained without leave to amend demurrers to appellants’ fifth amended complaint and dismissed actions against respondents Author Services, Inc., and Church of Spiritual Technology. We find no abuse of trial court discretion and therefore aifirm the judgment.
Procedural Background
On December 31, 1986, appellants (six individuals, one nonprofit organization, and a present class of approximately four hundred persons who could number several thousand) filed their original complaint. Named as defendants were fourteen individuals, one estate, six nonprofit…
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