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KUNERT v. MISSION FIN. SERVS. CORP.

Consumer Protection Law
Payment of the "dealer reserve," a portion of the automobile finance charges paid by the finance company to the auto dealer, does not violate the...

PARKER v. TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Because the district court decided defendant's motion on the basis of a legal standard later rejected by this Court, and has not yet applied the...

NIKE, INC. v. KASKY

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
The court's writ of certiorari is dismissed as being improvidently granted, and the case is sent back to California's state courts for further...

CUMMINS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE (COX)

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Civil Code section 1793.2(d), a provision of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, section 1790 et seq., may be applied to a manufacturer whose...

SILVIO v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Consumer Protection Law
Civil Code section 1793.2(d), part of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, indicates that even where an auto's defect is life-threatening, one...

ATKINSON v. ELK CORP.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law
A judgment of nonsuit entered in favor of defendant is reversed in claims for breach of express and implied warranty under the Song-Beverly Consumer...

SNOW v. FIRST AM. TITLE INS. CO.

Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act's one-year statute of limitations bars recovery in cases arising from purchase of title insurance, where...

MIDSTATE SIDING & WINDOW CO., INC. v. ROGERS

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
The Credit Services Organizations Act does not apply to a transaction between a retailer and customers, where the retailer facilitated the extension...

NET2PHONE, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (CONSUMER CAUSE, INC.)

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
Where a private plaintiff which has itself suffered no injury files a representative action under California's unfair competition law, Bus. &...

MEYER v. AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE CO.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
The statute of limitations had run on a suit alleging violation of the Truth in Lending Act, where alleged failure to make required disclosures...