Why is St. James simultaneously pursuing its legal case in Orange County’s Superior Court?

St. James is required to do so by the California Supreme Court. In late February 2009, the case returned to the Orange County Superior Court where St. James can now assert factual and legal arguments, through discovery, depositions, motions, and trial, that it did not have the opportunity to raise in the earlier phase of the litigation. In March 2009, St. James answered the complaints of the Diocese and TEC for the first time. St. James has also filed a cross-complaint against the Diocese, alleging that a letter issued by the Diocese to St. James in 1991 waived any trust interest the Diocese might otherwise have over the St. James property on 32nd Street.