California Court of Appeal

Proposition 64, which imposes limits on private enforcement of unfair competition laws, does not apply to lawsuits filed before its effective date of November 3, 2004.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/01/2005
• Published 02/01/2005

Judges

• SEPULVEDA, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rosen, Bien & Asaro, Andrea G. Asaro, San Francisco, Holly M. Baldwin;  Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason & Gette, Daniel S. Mason, San Francisco;  Disability Rights Advocates, Sidney Wolinsky, Oakland, Monica Goracke;  The Sturdevant Law Firm, James C. Sturdevant, Monique Olivier, San Francisco;  Rosen Bien & Galvan and Sanford J. Rosen, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant Californians for Disability Rights., Chavez & Gertler, Mill Valley, and Nance F. Becker, San Francisco, for California Foundation for amici curiae Independent Living Centers, and American Association of People with Disabilities, on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Janet Gaard, Acting Chief Assistant Attorney General, Louis Verdugo Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Angela Sierra, Supervising Deputy Attorney General and Timothy M. Muscat, Deputy Attorney General, for Amici Curiae Attorney General of California, on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson and Sharon J. Arkin for amicus curiae Consumer Attorneys of California, on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent., Morrison & Foerster, David F. McDowell, Samantha P. Goodman, Linda E. Shostak, San Francisco, and Gloria Y. Lee, for Defendant and Respondent Mervyn's, LLC., Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Roy G. Weatherup and David N. Makous, Los Angeles, for ReadyLink HealthCare, Inc., for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.