Sander v. State Bar of California
Appellants are challenging the trial courts denial of their motion to intervene in proceedings on a petition for writ of mandate. Plaintiffs Richard Sander, Joe Hicks and the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) filed a writ of mandate in the trial court seeking to obtain records from the State Bar of California and its board of governors that will facilitate plaintiffs academic research on the discrepancies in passage rates among racial and ethnic candidates for the State Bar examination. Appellants are 23 individuals of primarily Latino and African-American descent, who sought intervention to object to the disclosure of confidential information they provided to the State Bar when they applied to take the examination. The superior court denied appellants motion to intervene without prejudice to their right to again seek intervention at a later point in the proceedings. The proposed intervenors appealed from that order, and plaintiffs now move to dismiss the appeal. Court conclude the order denying intervention is nonfinal and not appealable. Therefore, Court dismiss this appeal.
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