Court Opinion

ID: 9638945
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:59:21.115246+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:37:46.009988
License: Public Domain

STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. As the majority notes, those cases in which lis pendens has been disallowed are those in which the subject property is collateral to the litigation. In this case, the lis pendens serves notice of the litigation on potential purchasers of property within the Thousand Oaks subdivision that is owned by Michael Fitzmaurice or any of his alleged alter egos, including 1488 Land Development, Inc., and the other directors of the TOPOA who are alleged to have breached their fiduciary duty by diverting the association’s funds to the defendants. The interest asserted in the pleadings is the plaintiffs’ right to “own, maintain and operate” the subject property “for the benefit of the homeowners in Thousand Oaks.” Because this alleged right to “own, maintain and operate” has a direct effect on the potential use of the subject property, I believe a sufficient nexus exists. For that reason, I would deny the writ.