No. 24-244

In Re Scott Douglas Ora, Individually, and In His Derivative Capacity as Trustee of the Leo Robin Trust, on Behalf of the Leo Robin Trust

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2024-09-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appellate-review conditions-precedent due-process mandamus trial-by-jury waiver
Latest Conference: 2024-11-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

Ever since the Plaintiff discovered on July 6, 2017 that lyricist Leo Robin had been awarded a star by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce which it subsequently refused to install, he has tried all possible means to confer with the Hollywood Chamber to install the star awarded to Robin on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the end, the Hollywood Chamber ultimately failed do the right thing by not fulfilling its obligation to install the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in accordance with the binding written contract.

During the trial court proceedings the Plaintiff repeatedly argued the waiver of performance of conditions precedent by the Hollywood Chamber. The waiver issue was never fleshed out earlier because the trial court and the Hollywood Chamber failed to acknowledge, overlooked and /or avoided this salient legal argument. The Court of Appeal who generally reviews what has occurred during the trial court has ruled strictly on the Appellant's argument regarding the waiver by the Hollywood Chamber of the conditions precedent.

The question presented is whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the Court of Appeal to remand the case to the trial court without delay to rectify these two errors made by the Court of Appeal.

1. Did the Court of Appeal violate the due process rights of Appellant when it arbitrarily disregarded allegations by the Appellant without a hearing at the eleventh hour based on its contention that those allegations characterize his correspondence with the Hollywood Chamber in a manner that conflicts with the actual text of that correspondence provided in the exhibits to determine that the Hollywood Chamber did not waive performance of the conditions precedent?

2a. Did the Court of Appeal violate the due process rights of Appellant when it simultaneously served as the factfinder and the reviewing court in determining that the Appellant did not meet the burden of proof "clear and convincing" evidence standard to prove the Hollywood Chamber waived performance of the conditions precedent for the star awarded to Robin?

2b. (In a related question) Did the Court of Appeal err when it violated the sacred right to a trial by jury and the due process rights of Appellant as it made the decision on whether the Hollywood Chamber waived performance of the conditions precedent and thereby precluding a jury to make this determination?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the Court of Appeal to remand the case to the trial court to rectify alleged due process violations and errors in reviewing the waiver of conditions precedent

Docket Entries

2024-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
2024-08-28

Attorneys

In Re Scott Douglas Ora
Scott Douglas Ora — Petitioner