Michael S. Yu, a Law Corp. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
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After the referee in a consensual general reference filed his decisions in the trial court, but before entry of judgment on those decisions, the trial court entertained motions to set them aside and ordered a new trial to be had by the trial court, not by the referee. Petitioners, who had prevailed before the referee, petitioned this court for a writ of mandate to compel the trial court to enter judgment on the referee's decisions, or alternatively, to direct the trial court to order a new trial to be heard by the referee.
The Court of Appeal granted the petition, holding that the trial court had no authority to review the consensual referee's decisions before entering judgment on them; the trial court did not apply the incorrect standard of review; and the trial court did not err in ordering that the new trial would be heard by it and not by the referee.
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