California Court of Appeal

A manufacturer who announces a resale price policy, enforces the policy by monitoring the dealers' compliance and refuses to deal with dealers who do not comply does not violate the Cartwright Act, Bus. & Prof. Code 16700 et seq.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/29/2001
• Published 10/29/2001

Judges

• KITCHING, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Lakeshore Law Center, Jeffrey Wilens, Irvine;  Anderson & Anderson and Martin W. Anderson, Santa Ana, for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard M. Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Thomas Greene, Assistant Attorney General, Barbara M. Motz and Quyen D. Nguyen, Deputy Attorneys General, for the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Irvine, William E. Wegner, Daniel S. Floyd and William A. Wargo, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Whirlpool Corporation., McNamara & Spira and Michael P. McNamara, Santa Monica, for Defendant and Respondent Howard's.