Richfield Hotel Management, Inc. v. Superior Court

Opinion

ANDERSON, P. J.

respondent superior court in which real parties in interest are plaintiffs. Respondent court denied petitioner’s motion for change of venue and petitioner now seeks a writ of mandate directing the court to vacate its order of denial and grant the motion. (Code Civ. Proc., § 400; all subsequent statutory references to sections of an undesignated code are to the Code of Civil Procedure.) The issue in this proceeding is whether Government Code section 12965, subdivision (b), the venue statute of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), precludes a change of venue for the…