Legal Opinion
Prata v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 27, 2001No. B146295PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, J.
The principal issue in this writ proceeding is whether the trial court erred in granting real party in interest summary adjudication, terminating a cause of action brought under the unfair competition law (UCL). The cause of action asserts that a bank was responsible for false and misleading advertising in promoting a credit program as “Same-As-Cash” when it was not. The trial court granted summary adjudication because it concluded this cause of action was not suitable as a representative action. The court reasoned that since there were many separate advertisements for the…
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