Aral v. Earthlink, Inc., B177146
Denial of defendant-internet service provider's petition to compel arbitration of a putative statewide class action involving an unfair competition law claim is affirmed where provisions in the parties' service agreement were unenforceable or unconscionable.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/29/2005
- Published 11/29/2005
Judges
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Seyfarth Shaw,Kenneth L. Wilton, Los Angeles, Daniel M. Blouin, and Christopher F. Robertson, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Albert Norman Shelden, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Reiter and Benjamin G. Diehl, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent., Westrup Klick, R. Duane Westrup, Long Beach, Lawrence R. Cagney; Law Offices of Allan A. Sigel, Allan A. Sigel, Christine C. Choi, Los Angeles; Magana, Cathcart & McCarthy, Peter T. Cathcart, and Richard L. Bisetti, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent.