Quinteros v. Harbor Distributing, LLC

What the court wrote

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adequate record on an issue requires that the issue be resolved against [appellant]”].) on Plaintiff’s multiple misrepresentations and erroneous citations of authority” that “permeate[] Plaintiff’s opposition.” On July 8, the court issued a tentative ruling granting Harbor’s motion to stay under the court’s inherent authority and the doctrine of exclusive concurrent jurisdiction and noticing in a footnote, “The court is separately issuing an Order to Show Cause re Sanctions based on [LLG’s] miscitation of cases, fabrication of quotations, and blatant misrepresentation of authority.” LLG “stipulated to” the tentative ruling.5 On July 9, the court “adopted” the tentative ruling in a court order that found LLG’s “arguments [against a stay were] unavailing in light of the controlling legal standard and the substantial factual overlap between the actions.” The court found it “undeniable that the two actions are substantially similar, involving nearly all of the same parties and claims.” “Here, eight of the nine causes of action” overlapped, “both actions [were] filed by the same plaintiff’s firm,” purportedly seeking to represent classes working “during closely overlapping time periods.” The order included the footnote noticing the separately issued order to show cause (OSC) re sanctions. The separately issued OSC re sanctions explained its basis as LLG’s opposition brief, which “contains non-existent citations, fabricated quotations, and seriously misrepresents controlling authority.” More specifically, LLG repeatedly cited and relied on two cases as authority, but, as the court noted in bold font, “Neither citation is accurate ...