California Court of Appeal

The Public Utilities Commission has no jurisdiction to adjudicate Unfair Competition Law complaints under either the Unfair Business Practices Act (Bus. & Prof. Code section 17200, et. seq.) or the False Advertising Act (Bus. & Prof. Code section 17500, et seq.)

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/27/2002
• Published 12/02/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Robert Gnaizda, San Francisco, Itzel Berrio, The Greenlining Institute, Terry J. Houlihan, Thomas S. Hixon, Randall Hegarty, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Susan E. Brown, Latino Issues Forum, for Petitioner., James B. Young, David A. Discher, Robert A. Mittelstaedt, Craig E. Stewart, Patrick S. Thompson, Pillsbury, Winthrop, San Francisco, for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
•  Gary M. Cohen, Mary F. McKenzie, San Francisco, Judith Allen, for Respondent.