MITSUBISHI MATERIALS v. SC

• Decision Date: 24 September 2003
• Docket Number: No. S114470.,S114470.
• Court: California Supreme Court
• Parties: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS v. S.C. (Dillman).

5 Cal.Rptr.3d 30

77 P.3d 1

MITSUBISHI MATERIALS v. S.C. (Dillman).

No. S114470.

Supreme Court of California.

September 24, 2003.

David Seabold Casey Jr., Casey Gerry Casey Westbrook Johnson Reed & Hughes, Bonnie E. Kane, Casey Gerry Reed & Schenk, San Diego, CA, James Willard Parkinson, Attorney at Law, Palm Desert, CA, Michael Goldstein, Law Offices Of Michael Goldstein, Cardiff, CA, Venus Soltan, Soltan & Associates, Costa Mesa, CA, for Real Party in Interest.

Brett Johnston Williamson, O'Melveny and Myers LLP., Newport Beach, CA, John H. Beisner, O'Melveny and Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Arne D. Wagner, John Armstrong Kelley, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, H. Mark Mersel, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Irvine, CA, Arne D. Wagner, San Francisco, CA, Barbara L. Croutch, Pillsbury Winthrop, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David M. Balabanian, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, CA, Matthew Edward Digby, Bingham McCutchen LLP, for Petitioners.

Prior report: Cal.App., 130 Cal.Rptr.2d 734.

Transferred to CA 4/3 after hold

The above-entitled review is hereby transferred to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, with directions to vacate its decision and to reconsider the cause in light of American Ins. Ass'n v. Garamendi (2003) 539 U.S. 396, 123 S.Ct. 2374,156 L.Ed.2d 376. GEORGE, C.J., and KENNARD, BAXTER, WERDEGAR, CHIN, BROWN and MORENO, JJ., concur.