California Court of Appeal
CORBETT v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY (BANK OF AM., N.A.), A097495
California's Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and class actions are not mutually exclusive as a matter of law, and where a class has been properly certified, a plaintiff in a UCL action may seek disgorgement of unlawful profits into a fluid recovery fund.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/27/2002
- Published 08/27/2002
Judges
- LAMBDEN, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Law Offices of Sharon Kinsey, Sharon L. Kinsey, Santa Cruz; Amanda K. Wilson, McGehee & Pianelli, Jack E. McGehee, Brad Seligman, Berkeley, for Petitioner., Sharon J. Arkin, Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Newport Beach, James C. Sturdevant, The Sturdevant Law Firm, San Francisco, Laura L. Ho, Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Baller, Oakland, Ellyn Moscowitz, Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, Oakland, Rawson, William S. Dato, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner., Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, Barry W. Lee, San Francisco, Andrea Hackett Henningsen, Chad D. Bernard, for Real Parties in Interest, Bank of America, N.A., Christa & Jackson, Laura K. Christa, Laurence Jackson, Los Angeles, for Real Parties in Interest, Hayward Dodge, Inc.
- For Appellees:
- No appearance for Respondent.