Opinion tackles appealability of stipulated judgments

2/7 publishes an interesting opinion today on appealability here:

This case presents an unusual set of circumstances. We first address the appealability of the parties’ stipulated judgment and conclude that, while we have serious reservations about its appealability, we are required to give effect to the parties’ intent to obtain appellate review of the trial court’s demurrer ruling.  This appeal—involving what one amicus curiae characterizes as a “cherry-pick[ed]” respondent—is at the outer limits of what constitutes a justiciable case. As explained further below, the exception allowing appeals from stipulated judgments warrants revisiting from the California Supreme Court as the Courts of Appeal have been unable to craft reasonable limits on it given the expansive language with which the exception was articulated in Norgart.