Legal Opinion
Independent Ass'n of Mailbox Center Owners, Inc. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 16, 2005No. D045354PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HUFFMAN, J.
Plaintiff franchise owners, both individuals and their professional association, Independent Association of Mailbox Center Owners, Inc. (IAMCO), et al. (collectively the franchisees or plaintiffs), brought a complaint raising numerous statutory and common law claims to challenge the conversion of their stores into a new format, “The UPS Store” system, created by defendant Mail Boxes Etc., USA, Inc., et al. (MBE). Following trial court rulings that their claims against MBE, their franchisor, must be arbitrated on an individual basis, and not on a classwide or group basis, the…
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