Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.

Holding that for an act to be "unfair," it must "threaten" a violation of law or "violate the policy or spirit of one of those laws because its effects are comparable to or the same as a violation of the law"

Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co.

Holding that false advertising "class must be defined in such a way as to include only members who were exposed to advertising that is alleged to be materially misleading"

Denney v. Deutsche Bank AG

Holding "no class may be certified that contains members lacking Article III standing"

Cortez v. Purolator Air Filtration Products Co.

Holding restitution is "the return of the excess of what the plaintiff gave the defendant over the value of what the plaintiff received"

Woodfield v. Bowman

Holding that "boilerplate" defenses failed to give the plaintiff notice

Wyshak v. City Nat. Bank

Holding that plaintiff was not prejudiced by assertion of statute of limitations defense in amended answer because the defense would have been "effective at the outset of [plaintiff's] suit."

Morgan v. AT&T Wireless Services Inc.

Holding "a fraudulent business practice is one that is likely to deceive members of the public"

Ries v. Arizona Beverages USA LLC

Holding that plaintiffs had standing to pursue injunctive relief where, inter alia , they asserted their intent to purchase the contested product in the future

Downing v. Abercrombie Fitch

Holding that a person's name and likeness are outside the scope of copyright

In re Vioxx Class Cases

Explaining that restitution is equal to the difference between what the plaintiff paid and the value she received in return

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Rule 7 - Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers

Defining "pleadings" for purposes of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Section 338 - Liability created by statute; trespass or injury to real property; taking, detaining or injuring goods or chattels; fraud or mistake; bond of public official; notary's bond; slander of title; section 17536, Business and Professions Code; Water Quality Control Act; Section 19, Article 1, California Constitution; division 26, Health and Safety Code; sections 1603.1, 1615, 5650.1, Fish and Game Code; validity of special tax levy; violation of FPA or Forestry and Fire Protection rules and regulations

Setting three-year statute of limitations for a liability based on statute like the CSA

Rule 84 - Abrogated (Apr. 29, 2015, eff. Dec. 1, 2015).

Explaining that the appended forms "are sufficient under the rules and are intended to indicate the simplicity and brevity of statement which the rules contemplate"

Section 1691 - Notice after discovering facts entitling party to rescind

Providing that whether a party delayed in giving notice of an intent to rescind is measured against the time when the party seeking rescission "discovered the facts which entitled him to rescind."

Section 3343 - Recovery by one defrauded in purchase, sale or exchange of property

Providing that "[o]ne defrauded in the purchase ... of property is entitled to recover the difference between the actual value of that with which the defrauded person parted and the actual value of that which he received, together with" certain types of consequential and reliance damages not claimed here

Section 1782 - Notice and demand to correct, repair, replace or rectify goods or services

Providing that no action for damages on behalf of a class of consumers may be maintained if a person alleged to have violated section 1770 shows that he or she has identified and notified the members of the class that he or she will remedy the violations upon request and he or she has ceased or will cease to engage in the violations

Section 1783 - Limitation of action

Setting a three-year statute of limitations for actions under the CLRA

Section 2607 - Effect of acceptance; notice of breach; burden of establishing breach after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over

Stating that a buyer "must, within a reasonable time after he or she discovers or should have discovered any breach, notify the seller of the breach or be barred from any remedy"

Section 163.124 - White chocolate