Supreme Court of California

In a class action against Nevada hotels for failing to provide notice of an energy surcharge imposed on guests, California courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over these hotels where they advertise heavily in California and obtain a significant percentage of their business from California residents.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/06/2005
• Published 06/06/2005

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Schreiber & Schreiber, Edwin C. Schreiber and Eric A. Schreiber, Encino, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Fulbright & Jaworski, Robert W. Fischer, Jr., Joshua D. Lichtman, Alisha M. Lee and Andrea K. Pallios, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents., Robin S. Conrad;  Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Roy T. Englert, Jr., Alan E. Untereiner, Washington, DC, Max Huffman and Alice W. Yao for Chamber of Commerce of the United States as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.