Condo Owners Seek Review Of Court’s Dismissal For Lack Of Jurisdiction

Mealey's (April 30, 2019, 1:53 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Following a recent appeal filed by an attorney who challenges a district court’s holding that he breached his fiduciary duty and violated California law when he solicited and paid someone a fee to organize condominium owners to pursue an underlying class action, the owners on April 25 also appealed a decision to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which dismissed their claims against a law firm and another attorney for lack of jurisdiction (James Estakhrian, et al. v. Mark Obenstine, et al., No. 11-3480, C.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50828)....