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SCHOFIELD v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. F058298.

190 Cal.App.4th 154 (2010)

118 Cal. Rptr. 3d 160

JOHN-DAVID SCHOFIELD et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF FRESNO COUNTY, Respondent; DIOCESE OF SAN JOAQUIN et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

November 18, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wild, Carter & Tipton, Russell G. VanRozeboom; Haley & Bilheimer and Allan Scott Haley for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Law Offices of Michael O. Glass, Michael Owen Glass; Goodwin Procter, David Booth Beers and Adam M. Chud, for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

ARDAIZ, P. J.—

This matter comes before us on a petition for writ of mandate after the trial court granted a motion for summary adjudication. We conclude plaintiffs' first cause of action presents a purely ecclesiastical controversy not justiciable by civil courts. Accordingly, the trial court erred in granting plaintiffs' motion for summary adjudication on that cause of action.

I. Facts and Procedural History

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