Papadakis
Papadakis v. Zelis
Opinion
Opinion
Kline, J.
J.—This is yet another appeal in which Montie Day and Bruce Zelis are engaged in litigation concerning the Papadakis pistachio ranch partnership. (See Papadakis v. Zelis (1991) 230 Cal.App.3d 1385, 1388-1390 [ 282 Cal.Rptr. 18 ] [this court imposed sanctions against appellant Bruce Zelis for the filing of another frivolous appeal in this litigation, in bad faith and for the purpose of delay]; cf. also, Day v. Papadakis (1991) 231 Cal.App.3d 503 [ 282 Cal.Rptr. 548 ] [under the one final judgment rule, another appeal in this litigation, not brought by appellants here, was dismissed as it was interlocutory, despite formal severance in the trial court from remaining untried issues]; Fluker v. Papadakis (Feb. 5, 1992) No. A055856 [an order dismissing appeal which was filed by sureties of Day and Zelis].)
Respondents, the Papadakises, filed this motion to dismiss the present appeal and for sanctions. Among other things, appellants are purporting to appeal from nonappealable orders which (1) denied their motion to disqualify the trial judge after he ruled against them, and (2) made certain interlocutory directions and stated across the face of the order in big block letters…