California Court of Appeal

Where a private plaintiff which has itself suffered no injury files a representative action under California's unfair competition law, Bus. & Prof. Code, section 17200 et seq., alleging that certain of defendant's contractual provisions subject its customers to an unlawful or unfair business practice and the contract contains a forum selection provision, the plaintiff is bound by that provision just as defendant's customers would be bound had they filed the action themselves.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/09/2003
• Published 06/09/2003

Judges

• ARMSTRONG, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Goldberg and Goldberg, Lawrence A. Goldberg;  Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland and Timothy T. Coates, Los Angeles, for Petitioner., Morse Mehrban and Law Offices of Morse Mehrban, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.