9. FOUR SEASONS HOTELS LIMITED’S HEARING ON DEMURRER TO
FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT.
The Court carries forward its Tentative Ruling of Feb. 21, 2018 as follows:
· HEARING REQUIRED. COUNSEL TO PERSONALLY APPEAR. NO TELEPHONIC APPEARANCES. NO “COVERING” COUNSEL.
· This matter is before the Court following remand from the United States District Court (N.Dist. Calif). The present Demurrers made by Defendants SHR Palo Alto, LLC and Four Seasons Hotels Ltd. are directed to Plaintiff Patrick White’s First Amended Complaint filed on Sept. 28, 2017 while the case was still pending in the U.S. District Court.
· As this Court’s file does not include the operative pleading, Counsel are directed to lodge a copy of the First Amended Complaint in Dept. 10, when they check in with the Courtroom Clerk for the morning’s Law & Motion calendar, so that the Court will be in a position to evaluate the merits of the Defendants’ Demurrers.
· The Court is otherwise prepared to hear argument on these pending Demurr