35 Cited authorities

  1. Hunt v. Washington Apple Advertising Comm'n

    432 U.S. 333 (1977)   Cited 4,573 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that North Carolina's statute banning state grading of apples was discriminatory even though six other states also had no state grading
  2. Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indem. Co.

    553 U.S. 639 (2008)   Cited 1,139 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that bidders at a county tax-lien auction plausibly alleged RICO proximate causation when they lost to a competing bidder who lied to the county about complying with the auction's rules
  3. Sanchez v. Monumental Life Ins. Co

    102 F.3d 398 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 1,393 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that defendants bears the burden to show that removal is proper
  4. Lowdermilk v. U.S. Bank

    479 F.3d 994 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 802 times   32 Legal Analyses
    Holding that damage waivers were valid and effective unless the defendant could prove to a "legal certainty" that damages exceeded $5,000,000
  5. Cohn v. Petsmart, Inc.

    281 F.3d 837 (9th Cir. 2002)   Cited 848 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a settlement demand was sufficient to satisfy the amount in controversy where plaintiff made no attempt to disavow the letter or offer contrary evidence
  6. IN RE FORD MOTOR CO./CITIBANK, N.A.

    264 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 695 times
    Holding that “the amount in controversy requirement cannot be satisfied by showing that the fixed administrative costs of compliance exceed $ 75,000” because to hold otherwise would be “fundamentally violative of the principle underlying the jurisdictional amount requirement—to keep small diversity suits out of federal court”
  7. Living Designs, Inc. v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Co.

    431 F.3d 353 (9th Cir. 2005)   Cited 513 times
    Holding that the elements of a civil RICO claim include causal injury to a plaintiff's "business or property"
  8. Galt G/S v. JSS Scandinavia

    142 F.3d 1150 (9th Cir. 1998)   Cited 511 times
    Holding that attorney's fees can be counted toward the amount in controversy requirement when a statute allows such fees
  9. Grimmett v. Brown

    75 F.3d 506 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 369 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding “error to equate” a situation where “the injury is speculative because it is not known whether it will occur at all” to a situation where “the injury has occurred and is known, but it is speculative whether the damages might be reduced or even eliminated by alternative recovery efforts”
  10. Lealao v. Beneficial California, Inc.

    82 Cal.App.4th 19 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000)   Cited 196 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Noting the same for state law claims in cases involving a common fund
  11. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 18,357 times   316 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices
  12. Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

    18 U.S.C. § 1962   Cited 16,246 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Specifying prohibited activities
  13. Section 1961 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 1961   Cited 15,205 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include
  14. Section 1341 - Frauds and swindles

    18 U.S.C. § 1341   Cited 13,674 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Relating to mail fraud
  15. Section 1964 - Civil remedies

    18 U.S.C. § 1964   Cited 6,222 times   43 Legal Analyses
    Granting civil remedies for RICO violation
  16. Section 1750 - Title of act

    Cal. Civ. Code § 1750   Cited 2,762 times   68 Legal Analyses

    This title may be cited as the Consumers Legal Remedies Act. Ca. Civ. Code § 1750 Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1550.

  17. Section 17500 - Untrue or misleading advertising

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17500   Cited 2,754 times   65 Legal Analyses
    Requiring action that originated in California to effect consumers in another state
  18. Section 1021.5 - Attorney's fees in action resulting in enforcement of important right affecting public interest

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1021.5   Cited 1,765 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Providing that "a court may award" attorney's fees "to a successful party "
  19. Section 17203 - Injunctive relief

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17203   Cited 1,014 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that an individual plead that she lost "money or property" because of the alleged deceptive conduct
  20. Section 1760 - Liberal construction and application

    Cal. Civ. Code § 1760   Cited 156 times
    Stating the purpose of the CLRA is "to protect consumers against unfair and deceptive business practices"