5DCA Oral Argument - 2025/11/18 - Nov 18, 2025
argument5DCA Oral Argument - 2025/11/18
California Fifth District Court of Appeal
7h 17m
8 chapters
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What opening statements and appearances are made at the beginning of the oral argument?
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Nice to see everyone. Let's call the first matter of Great American Investments v. Alemany. Please state your appearances.
Good morning, Your Honor. Suzanne Nicholson, attorney of the
appellant v. Alemany. Good morning. Mimi Tipton for Great American Investments.
Thank you very much. If you wouldn't mind, I believe both of you have indicated 15 minutes for requested time. And Ms. Nicholson, did you wish to reserve any portion of that?
I would. Eventually, there are about three minutes for a rebuttal,
please. Very well. And we'll watch the clock and ask that you do the same. I would just note that we're all very familiar with the facts of this case, and we just ask that you keep that in mind during your argument. And with all of that said, please proceed.
OK, thank you. Good morning. May it please the court, Suzanne Nicholson, here at the appellant, and a fellow among me. So despite the convoluted procedural aspects of this case, at the end of the day, The issue before the court is a simple one, and that is, was Mr. El Alami afforded due process by the court below with respect to his efforts to have the court correct or vacate the arbitrator's final award in just one particular aspect? And I want to emphasize that this appeal is a narrow one, and it concerns only the petition to correct or vacate the award based on the staking representations made to the arbitrator after the evidentiary hearing, and after the arbitrator had issued his interim word and made all the findings on the merits of the murders that were being contested at arbitration.
How do the parties argue that Mr. Alami’s due‑process rights were violated in the arbitration proceeding?
So the details of how those mistaken representations came to be made or set forth in the briefs, and they were only set forth in the declarations and the evidence presented by Mr. in support of his own petition. But the trial court never considered Mr. Elulami's petition or the evidence that he presented in support of his efforts to correct the vacancy award.
This was a
denial of due process, and all that Mr. Elulami is asking for here on the field confirming the arbitration award in favor of Mr. ,, he conditionally remanded so that his petition and the evidence he submitted in support of that petition can be duly heard and considered on its merits at a court
level. RICK MACLENNAN JR.: : Ms. Nicholson, I'm sorry. I have a question for you. As I understand it, the Great American respondents here contend that all of the arguments that are being sought to be asserted in the subsequent motion to vacate were heard at the hearing on March 27, 24. And that seems to be sort of a central contention. What do you say to that?
Later on, I would say that the arguments were not heard by the court.
Counsel for Mr. Abalami attempted to argue his position with respect to the decision to correct or vacate. And when she made those arguments, she was under the impression, as was everybody else except the court, that Mr. Abalami's petition was before the court and that all of the evidence that had been
submitted in
support of that petition and in opposition to it was before the court. Argument of counsel is not evidence. And it was only after counsel presented her arguments that the court made clear that the only petition it had before it and the only petition it was considering was that of Mr. Sharma.
So as a result... Now, when you say the court made that clear, was that verbally in court, or was that reflected in his tentative ruling or final ruling? Because I don't think we have a transcript of the argument. Maybe we do, but I'm not sure about
that. Were the reporters transferred to Honor and Half-Life? Okay,
then I'm in error on that. I guess we didn't have a transcript of the arbitration proceeding
itself. No, not of the arbitration. Okay, so this is
reflected in the transcript.
It is reflected. It just becomes very clear that the only petition the court has before it is Mr. Sharma's. And later, if you look at, I want to say, in the subsequent, I believe, in the... in the context of the motion for reconsideration, the court explicitly states that the only petition it had before it and the only petition it considered on March 27 was that of Mr. Sharma.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What opening statements and appearances are made at the beginning of the oral argument?
0:05–18:43
2
How do the parties argue that Mr. Alami’s due‑process rights were violated in the arbitration proceeding?
18:43–39:08
3
What is the Department of Motor Vehicles’s position on the 15‑minute observation requirement and Title 17 compliance?
39:08–1:22:37
4
How do the counsel for Wonderful and the union frame the procedural and constitutional issues in the Ryman certification dispute?
1:22:37–2:23:13
5
What procedural hurdles must a union overcome to bring an unfair‑labor‑practice charge?
2:23:13–4:14:24
6
How does the union’s withdrawal of its MMC petition affect the availability of judicial review?
4:14:24–5:17:28
7
When does the retained‑control theory apply to an independent‑contractor dispute?
5:17:28–5:54:29
8
What direct evidence supports a claim of disability discrimination in the Cox termination?
5:54:29–7:16:59