California Court of Appeal

The restitution remedy authorized by the Unfair Business Practices Act does not include 1) the reimbursement of money expended by a plaintiff to recover property from a third party, or 2) recovery of the fair market value of property wrongfully disposed of by the defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/11/2005
• Published 01/11/2005

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Offices of Steven J. Eichberg, Steven J. Eichberg, Westlake Village, and Steven G. Cohn, Sacramento, for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Reiter and David A. Zonana, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Friedenthal, Cox & Herskovitz, Daniel R. Friedenthal, Scott A. Cox, Glendale, Mark H. Herskovitz, Pasedena, Janette S. Bodenstein and H. Douglas Galt, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc., Stone, Rosenblatt & Cha, Gregg S. Garfinkel and Laurence F. Dunn III, Encino, for Defendants and Respondents Apace Moving Systems, Inc., Jack G. Hays, and Jenkins Auctioneers, Inc.