Pico/Flower, LLC v. City of Los Angeles CA2/8
This appeal from an order denying a petition for writ of mandate must be dismissed because no final judgment was entered. The denial of a petition for writ of mandate may not be challenged on appeal when, as here, other causes of action remain pending between the parties. (Griset v. Fair Political Practices Com. (2001) 25 Cal.4th 688, 697 (Griset).) In the words of our Supreme Court: “A trial court’s order is appealable when it is made so by statute. [Citations.] There is no statute that makes an order denying a writ of administrative mandate petition separately appealable when, as here, the petition has been joined with other causes of action that remain unresolved.” (Id. at pp. 696-697.) “In addition, allowing an appeal in that situation would be contrary to the ‘one final judgment’ rule, a fundamental principle of appellate practice that prohibits review of intermediate rulings by appeal until final resolution of the case.” (Id. at p. 697.)
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