Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Bowen v. Bank of America Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 31, 2005No. B172190PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SUZUKAWA, J. *
Plaintiff filed a whistleblower action against defendants for allegedly violating the False Claims Act (FCA) (Gov. Code, § 12650 et seq.) by failing to report reconveyance fees as escheated property under the California Unclaimed Property Law (UPL) (Code Civ. Proc., § 1500 et seq.). Given the uncertain and unliquidated nature of defendants’ obligation to refund the reconveyance fees at issue herein, we conclude the fees were not subject to escheat. Accordingly, the demurrer was properly sustained without leave to amend on the ground that the complaint fails to state a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United States ex rel. LaCorte v. SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- First Nationwide Savings v. PerryCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1992
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Grayson v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co.California Court of Appeal · 2006
- State ex rel. McCann v. Bank of America, N.A.California Court of Appeal · 2011
- United States Ex Rel. Landis v. Tailwind Sports Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 2016
- State Ex Rel. Bartlett v. MillerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
- Bank of New York Mellon Corp. False Claims Act Foreign Exchange Litigation ex rel. FX Analytics v. Bank of New York Mellon Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 2012
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