California Court of Appeal

In action against defendants-college and Angels Baseball LP contending that the Angels' Mother's Day tote bag giveaway violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act, grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where: 1) the Unruh Act protects against intentional discrimination that is unreasonable, arbitrary, or invidious; 2) defendant's allegations against the Angels' Mother's Day tote bag giveaway were not supported by the interpretation of, or policy behind, the Unruh Act; and 3) the tote bag giveaway honored mothers as a group of individuals without promoting any irrational stereotypes, and therefore did not violate the Unruh Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2008
• Published 12/19/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alfred G. Rava, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Payne & Fears, Daniel L. Rasmussen and Julie J. Bisceglia, Irvine, for Defendant and Respondent, Corinthian Colleges, Inc., Buchalter Nemer, George J. Stephan, Robert M. Dato, Efrat M. Cogan;  Powell Goldstein, William Shearer, San Diego, William V. Custer and Harry W.R. Chamberlain III, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent, Angels Baseball LP.