California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Diep v. California Fair Plan Assn., 15 Cal.App.4th 1205, 19 Cal.Rptr.2d 591 (Cal. App. 1993):
The trial court's stated reasons supporting its ruling, however, do not bind this court. We review the ruling, not its rationale. (Barnett v. Delta Lines, Inc. (1982) 137 Cal.App.3d 674, 682, 187 Cal.Rptr. 219.)
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