Carter v. Hunt Club Community Assn.
Filed 2/9/07 Carter v. Hunt Club Community Assn. CA4/3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
WAYNE CARTER, as Trustee, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HUNT CLUB COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants and Respondents. | G036053 (Super. Ct. No. 05CC06294) O P I N I O N |
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Randell L. Wilkinson, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 128, subdivision (a)(8).
Lawrence A. Witsoe; Epsten Grinnell & Howell, Steven L. Banks; Law Office of Luis E. Ventura and Luis E. Ventura for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Klinedinst, Neil R. Gunny; Feldsott & Lee and Martin L. Lee for Defendants and Respondents.
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THE COURT:*
The parties have stipulated that the judgment in this anti-SLAPP appeal be dismissed in order to facilitate a settlement, which calls for a joint application for a stipulated reversal of the trial court's rulings and related judgment.
We accept the stipulation pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 128, subdivision (a)(8)[1], and grant their request for a stipulated reversal. We find that mutually negotiated settlements actually further the interests of the anti-SLAPP statute, which is designed to promote the early resolution of lawsuits that drain the parties' resources. (Varian Medical Systems, Inc. v. Delfino (2005) 35 Cal.4th 180, 192 (Varian Medical Systems).) The parties have informed us that they have resolved the underlying dispute â€
