Legal Opinion
Vess v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 31, 2003No. 01-55834PublishedCited by 782 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Todd D. Vess brought this diversity class action claiming that three defendants acted illegally to increase sales of the prescription drug Ritalin, in violation of the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act (“CLRA”), Cal. Civ.Code § 1750 et seq., and California’s unfair business practice laws, Cal. Bus. & Prof.Code §§ 17200, 17500. The district court dismissed Vess’s complaint as to all three defendants for failure to plead fraud with particularity as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b); dismissed the complaint as to…
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