In this coordinated class action, Natural Gas Anti-Trust Cases I, II, III & IV, 2006 Cal. App. LEXIS 296 (March 6, 2006), the court reversed the lower court's declaraction of attorney Earnest Thayer as a vexatious litigant based on his history of objecting to attorney's fees in class action settlements. Judge rejected Thayer's argument that the vexatious litigant statutes (Cal. Civ. Proc. sections 391-391.7) did not apply to him because he was not a class representatives in the actions to which he objected, but nonetheless held that the trial court erroneously declared Thayer a vexatious litigant because his behavior did not rise to the level required by the statute; in certain of the class actions in question Thayer was acting as an attorney for class members, and overall there was not sufficient evidence that he repeatedly engaged in conduct prohibited by the statute. - L.C.