California Court of Appeal

Plaintiffs have stated a cause of action under the California False Claims Act against several charter schools and their chartering school districts. Charter school students and their parents may not sue their public charter schools for violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200 et seq., misrepresentation, or breach of contract based on allegations that the schools failed to deliver a proper public education.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/03/2004
• Published 03/03/2004

Judges

• ROBIE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Offices of Michael S. Sorgen, Michael S. Sorgen, San Francisco, Claudia A. Baldwin, Oakland,;  Haley and Bilheimer, Allan Haley, John Bilheimer, Neveda City, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Christopher Ames, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Larry G. Raskin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Mark R. Soble, Deputy Attorney General for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gordon & Rees, Dion N. Cominos, Mark C. Russell, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent One2One Learning Foundation., Seyfarth Shaw, James M. Nelson, Kurt A. Kappes, Sacramento, William S. Jue for Defendant and Respondent Charter School Resource Alliance., California Education Legal Services, Thomas M. Griffin, David E. Robinett for Defendant and Respondent Camptonville Elementary School District., Parks, Dingwall & Associates, Linda Rhoads Parks, Walnut Creek;  Law Offices of Jon Webster and Jon Webster, Concord, for Defendant and Respondent Camptonville Academy, Inc., Needham, Davis, Kirwan & Young, Mark E. Davis, Marc J. Cardinal for Defendant and Respondent Mattole Unified School District., Duncan, Ball & Evans, Mathew D. Evans, Sacramento, James B. Carr for Defendants and Respondents Sierra Summit Academy, Inc., and Sierra Plumas Joint Unified School District.