Callahan v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of LA
Based upon findings it made in granting summary adjudication of declaratory judgment and quiet title claims in a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles (RCA), the California Institute of the Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Institute), and Archdiocese of Los Angeles Education & Welfare Corporation (collectively, Plaintiffs) against defendant Dana Hollister, the trial court ordered intervenors Sister Rita Callanan, IHM, and Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, IHM (collectively, the Intervening Sisters) to turn over to Plaintiffs the books, records, and assets of the Institute. The Intervening Sisters appeal from the turnover order, arguing that the order must be vacated because it ordered relief that was not requested in or encompassed by the pleadings, and because the trial court improperly made the order on an ex parte basis.
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