Legal Opinion
Morris v. Chiang
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 3, 2008No. B194764PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COOPER, P. J.
— Plaintiff, Leah Morris, appeals from summary judgment granted to defendant, the State Controller (controller), in a class action for equitable relief from alleged unconstitutional takings of property, namely interest “and other accruals” on unclaimed property held by the controller under the Unclaimed Property Law, Code of Civil Procedure section 1500 et seq. (UPL; undesignated section references are to the Code of Civil Procedure). The trial court ruled that the UPL did not work such a taking. We agree with that conclusion, and affirm the judgment.
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