Legal Opinion
Cal Sierra Dev., Inc. v. George Reed, Inc.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided August 22, 2017No. C080397PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuarte, J.
*667This case arose from competing claims to a portion of the Yuba Goldfields. At issue is whether an arbitration award resolving a dispute between plaintiff Cal Sierra Development, Inc. (Cal Sierra), and Western Aggregates, Inc., serves as res judicata to bar Cal Sierra's lawsuit against Western Aggregates' licensee George Reed, Inc., and the licensee's parent Basic Resources, Inc. We conclude the answer is yes.
*668Plaintiff Cal Sierra's predecessor and Western Aggregates entered into a Mutual Operations Agreement (MOA) for the Yuba Goldfields. (In this context, an MOA is a mechanism to allow two…
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