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PEARCE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. F002497.

149 Cal.App.3d 1058 (1983)

197 Cal. Rptr. 238

CAROLYN JEAN PEARCE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF KERN COUNTY, Respondent; BERRY HOLDING COMPANY et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

December 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Harold Marsh, Jr., Richard S. Odom, John J. Wasilczyk, Steven C. Keller, Anderson & Anton, Thomas J. Anton, Jay C. Smith and Donald R. Prinz for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Edward M. Medvene, Russell J. Frackman, Peter B. Gelblum, Richard M. Mosk, Borton, Petrini & Conron, Clifford, Jenkins & Brown, Stephen T. Clifford, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Frederick S. Fields, Denis F. Shanagher, McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, Oliver W. Wanger, D. Greg Durbin, Simon & Sheridan, Thomas R. Sheridan and Michael R. Rogers for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

WOOLPERT, J.

In this extraordinary proceeding we review facts which the judge below has described as setting "the stage for a perfect corporate soap opera." He summarized the scenario as follows: "Plaintiff filed her derivative action on behalf of herself and all other `shareholders' of Berry Holding Company. She seeks recovery for the corporation and tells a tale of corporate mismanagement, disloyalty, and abuse which takes...

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