{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-404.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 404.1","heading":"","body":"Coordination of civil actions sharing a common question of fact or law is appropriate if one judge hearing all of the actions for all purposes in a selected site or sites will promote the ends of justice taking into account whether the common question of fact or law is predominating and significant to the litigation; the convenience of parties, witnesses, and counsel; the relative development of the actions and the work product of counsel; the efficient utilization of judicial facilities and manpower; the calendar of the courts; the disadvantages of duplicative and inconsistent rulings, orders, or judgments; and, the likelihood of settlement of the actions without further litigation should coordination be denied.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 4. OF THE PLACE OF TRIAL, RECLASSIFICATION, AND COORDINATION OF CIVIL ACTIONS [392. - 404.9.]","CHAPTER 3. Coordination [404. - 404.9.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"72ebf2f0616dbf58eb86fbe5743691e7d6f9bfb7cb8cc188dcca26f7657f123f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-404","next":"us-ca/ccp-404.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}