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2024CUFR024840: AADIRISHI FARMS LLC, et al. vs GREGORY MITCHELL, et al. 08/06/2026 in Department 43 Motion for Summary Adjudication
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Motion: Plaintiffs Aadirishi Farms LLCs, Aravind Atluris, and Kailash Challagundlas Motion for Summary Adjudication of Issues
Tentative Ruling: Plaintiffs unopposed Motion for Summary Adjudication of Issues is GRANTED.
Judicial notice is taken of the items listed in Defendants Request for Judicial Notice, Items 1-5.
Plaintiffs Undisputed Material Facts 1-83 are established.
Plaintiff has sufficiently established the necessary elements entitling them to summary adjudication of the following issues:
Issue 1: Plaintiffs are entitled as a matter of law to judgment in their favor on their First Cause of Action for Rescission of the California Residential Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions against Defendants Gregory Mitchell and Irmgart Mitchell on the ground that
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2024CUFR024840: AADIRISHI FARMS LLC, et al. vs GREGORY MITCHELL, et al.
Plaintiffs consent to the Contract was obtained through their fraudulent concealment of a known material fact, namely, the existence and effect of the pending groundwater adjudication affecting the Property.
Issue 2: Plaintiffs are entitled as a matter of law to judgment in their favor on their First Cause of Action for Rescission of the Contract against Defendants Gregory Mitchell and Irmgart Mitchell on the alternative ground of mistake, because Plaintiffs were unaware of the existence of the pending groundwater adjudication affecting the Property and entered into the Contract based on that material mistake.
Moving party is ordered to prepare an order consistent with the foregoing for the Courts signature.
Moving party is ordered to serve notice of the Courts ruling.
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