What is the test for exercising discretion in deciding whether to grant special dispensation in a civil matter?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Conservatorship of Baber, 153 Cal.App.3d 542, 200 Cal.Rptr. 262 (Cal. App. 1984):
Therefore, because we believe that the public interest warrants a resolution of these issues, "we exercise our inherent discretion to resolve" them. (Ballard v. Anderson (1971) 4 Cal.3d 873, 876-877, 95 Cal.Rptr. 1, 484 P.2d 1345.)
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