Lower Court Should Have Dismissed The Case, Not Enter Judgment In Plaintiff’s Favor.
In Currency Corp. v. The Pullman Group LLC, Case Nos. B340592 et al. (2d Dist., Div. 1 Mar. 27, 2026) (unpublished), a long-running battle involving enforceability of a contract assigning royalties to defendants, the lower court entered a declaratory relief judgment in favor of plaintiff and against defendants. The appellate court agreed with the defense that the controversy was moot based on a prior appellate opinion, with the defense not disagreeing that the contract was enforceable. This meant that the case should have been dismissed (as was argued in a demurrer and other pre-trial motions). The lower court also awarded plaintiff $165,000 in Civil Code section 1717 fees, which also went POOF! as a matter of law.