Is a trial judge a legal subject to the limitations of legal principles governing the subject of its action?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from 569 E. Cnty. Boulevard LLC v. Backcountry Against the Dump, Inc., 212 Cal.Rptr.3d 304, 6 Cal.App.5th 426 (Cal. App. 2016):
8 Certainly, the discretion of a trial judge is a legal discretion subject to the limitations of legal principles governing the subject of its action and, when the trial court mistakenly applies erroneous legal principles when exercising its discretion, we may review the error de novo. (See, e.g., City of Sacramento v. Drew (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d 1287, 1297, 255 Cal.Rptr. 704.)
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