HEARING ON DEMURRER TO 1st Amended CIVIL PETITION
FILED BY RICHLAND PLANNED COMMUNITIES INC.
* TENTATIVE RULING: *
The morning this tentative ruling was to be posted, the Court received two stipulations seeking continuances of the Oak Hill matters – in other words some, but not all, of the matters to be decided at the hearing. This is not an easy case, and besides the Phase 1 determinations, there were six separate and interrelated pleading motions on calendar. While settlement is a noble goal, these eleventh-hour stipulations pose difficulties because they would not permit the Court to continue all matters, which leads to confusion and potential decisions on some of the issues that some parties may wish to settle.
For example, Save Mount Diablo’s stipulation would continue Oak Hill Park Company’s Motion for Judgment on the First and Tenth Causes of Action in its Petition, as well as Save Mount Diablo’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, in MSN18-2229, which challenges the LAVD
Hearing Date
May 02, 2019
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HEARING ON DEMURRER TO 1st Amended CIVIL PETITION
FILED BY RICHLAND PLANNED COMMUNITIES INC.
* TENTATIVE RULING: *
The morning this tentative ruling was to be posted, the Court received two stipulations seeking continuances of the Oak Hill matters – in other words some, but not all, of the matters to be decided at the hearing. This is not an easy case, and besides the Phase 1 determinations, there were six separate and interrelated pleading motions on calendar. While settlement is a noble goal, these eleventh-hour stipulations pose difficulties because they would not permit the Court to continue all matters, which leads to confusion and potential decisions on some of the issues that some parties may wish to settle.
For example, Save Mount Diablo’s stipulation would continue Oak Hill Park Company’s Motion for Judgment on the First and Tenth Causes of Action in its Petition, as well as Save Mount Diablo’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, in MSN18-2229, which challenges the LAVD