Zilog, Inc. v. Superior Court of Santa Clara Cty.

Opinion

WUNDERLICH, J.

I. Introduction

In this original proceeding, we consider which statutory time limits are applicable to a Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 1 peremptory challenge to a judge sitting in a trial court that has attributes of both a direct calendar court and a master calendar court. Resolution of this issue is critical to determining whether the peremptory challenge filed by Zilog, Inc. (Zilog) was properly denied as untimely on the grounds that in a direct calendar court, Government Code section 68616, subdivision (i), requires that the peremptory challenge be filed no…