Key legal question
Whether the appellate court violated the right to be heard or acted arbitrarily by refusing to hear proposed witnesses on the characterization of the options
Extracted holding
No. The court could close the evidence because the witnesses were employees of the employer group and the issue could be decided on the documents already on file.
Extracted reasoning
Anticipated assessment of evidence is permissible if the remaining evidence is sufficient and further evidence would not change the court's conviction; the appellant did not show that this assessment was arbitrary or manifestly untenable.