Court Opinion

ID: 9745389
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 22:53:25.704449+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:00.020207
License: Public Domain

MALLANO, J., Concurring.
I agree with the majority opinion that the consolidated appeals should be dismissed because the challenged orders dismissing certain class members are class certification orders and, therefore, not appealable. And I embrace the majority opinion’s analysis and reasoning on that point.
Given this holding, we need not decide whether Estrada would have had standing to pursue these appeals on behalf of the dismissed class members if we had viewed the challenged dismissal orders as discovery sanction orders. Because I would prefer not to decide that issue in dicta but to leave it for another day (see Young v. Three for One Oil Royalties (1934) 1 Cal.2d 639, 647-648 [36 P.2d 1065]), I do not join in part A of the Discussion portion of the majority opinion.