Legal Opinion
De Guere v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 15, 1997No. Docket Nos. B091294, B092813PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, Acting P. J.
Philip De Guere appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Universal City Studios, Inc. (Universal) in his action for breach of contract, declaratory relief, and for an accounting. The parties are litigating Mr. De Guere’s entitlement to profits from a television series which he created and produced. The trial court appointed a referee under the authority of Code of Civil Procedure section 639, subdivision (a), 1 which authorizes a reference for the examination of a long account. The principal issue on this appeal concerns the nondelegability of judicial power. We…
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