Landes

I. Background

This is an appeal from a judgment granting a motion to confirm an arbitration award pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1286. Plaintiffs are seven residents of the Stallion Meadows Mobile Home Park: Lydia McGregor; Barbara Robinson; Michael Robinson; David Seim; Pamela Seim; Jerald Vincent; and Marilyn Jewell-Vincent as well as two corporate mobilehome dealerships, Apple Homes, Inc., and Crown Homes, Inc. The complaint named as defendants: Neil Landes; Cynthia Landes; and Ernest Goldenfeld; the general partners of Goldland Associates (Goldland), which in turn is alleged to be the developer and owner of Stallion Meadows Mobile Home Park (Stallion). The complaint also named as defendants: L.C. Homes Inc., a mobilehome dealer; L.C. Manufactured Housing, Inc.; and Manufactured Housing Construction, Inc. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated state antitrust laws under the Cartwright Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 16700 et seq.) by illegally tying the lease of space in the park to the purchase of mobilehomes and “dig-in” packages from L.C. Homes, Inc. As a result, plaintiffs alleged they were forced to pay higher than market prices for their mobilehomes…