What is the test for having a good faith belief they would prevail at trial?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Knudson v. Ryer, A149532 (Cal. App. 2018):

Plaintiffs repeatedly state they had a "good faith" belief they would prevail at trial, but repetition does not make it so, and their disagreement with the court's conclusion does not establish that conclusion was outside "the bounds of reason." (Stull v. Sparrow (2001) 92 Cal.App.4th 860, 864.) "[T]there must be some reasonable basis for contesting the issue in question before sanctions can be avoided." (Brooks v. American Broadcasting Co., supra, 179 Cal.App.3d at p. 511.) Plaintiffs have not established a reasonable basis. When they denied the requests for admission, plaintiffs knew the trust

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