Yari v. PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC.

Opinion

ARMSTRONG, J.

Under the Marinship-Pinsker line of cases (James v. Marinship Corp. (1944) 25 Cal.2d 721 [155 P.2d 329]; Pinsker v. Pacific Coast Soc. of Orthodontists (1969) Cal.3d 160, 166 [81 Cal.Rptr. 623, 460 P.2d 495] (Pinsker)), a private organization’s decisionmaking process can, under certain circumstances, be subject to a common law right of fair procedure which includes judicial review. The central question in this case concerns that right.

Plaintiff and appellant Bob Yari contends that the right applies to decisions made by defendants and respondents the Academy of Motion…