45 Cited authorities

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

    20 Cal.4th 163 (Cal. 1999)   Cited 2,418 times   23 Legal Analyses
    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"
  2. Badie v. Bank of America

    67 Cal.App.4th 779 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998)   Cited 1,262 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a credit card company could not introduce an alternative dispute resolution provision through a "bill stuffer" where nothing in the original agreement mentioned dispute resolution
  3. Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh

    543 U.S. 50 (2004)   Cited 257 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the recovery cap of $2000 in 1640 also applies to cases governed by 1640
  4. Committee on Children's Television, Inc. v. General Foods Corp.

    35 Cal.3d 197 (Cal. 1983)   Cited 708 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no fiduciary relationship existed between advertisers of cereal and consumers because "it is unnecessary to call upon the law of fiduciary relationships to perform a function for which it was not designed and is largely unsuited"
  5. In re Estate of Young

    160 Cal.App.4th 62 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008)   Cited 330 times
    Stating that "the required elements for claims for fraud [are]: misrepresentation (false representation, concealment, or nondisclosure); (b) knowledge of falsity (or scienter); (c) intent to defraud, i.e., to induce reliance; (d) justifiable reliance; and (e) resulting damage"
  6. City of Santa Maria v. Adam

    211 Cal.App.4th 266 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012)   Cited 269 times
    Explaining that, "[b]ecause river water is surface water, the [BOR] had to obtain a license from the State Water Resources Control Board ... to appropriate the seasonal flows of the Cuyama River"; adding that the Water District "was formed and given the perpetual right to use the water the project made available"
  7. Sonic Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. v. AAE Systems, Inc.

    196 Cal.App.4th 456 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011)   Cited 276 times
    Applying substantial evidence test to record containing conflicting evidence
  8. Paulus v. Bob Lynch Ford, Inc.

    139 Cal.App.4th 659 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006)   Cited 319 times
    Concluding the plaintiff "abandoned any challenge" to an order striking his claims for abuse of process and for intentional interference "because of his failure to address the matter in his opening brief"
  9. Cuiellette v. City of Los Angeles

    194 Cal.App.4th 757 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011)   Cited 125 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Noting similar elements under FEHA
  10. Jenkins v. County of Riverside

    138 Cal.App.4th 593 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006)   Cited 91 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Listing elements to prima facie case of disability discrimination
  11. Section 1601 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    15 U.S.C. § 1601   Cited 7,795 times   52 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that TILA's disclosure requirements exist “so that the consumer will be able to compare more readily the various credit terms available to him and avoid the uninformed use of credit”
  12. Section 1640 - Civil liability

    15 U.S.C. § 1640   Cited 4,910 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding "any creditor who fails to comply" liable, with creditors defined within § 1602(g) as persons
  13. Section 1638 - Transactions other than under an open end credit plan

    15 U.S.C. § 1638   Cited 1,181 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Describing TILA’s disclosure requirements for consumer credit transactions
  14. Section 226.2 - Definitions and rules of construction

    12 C.F.R. § 226.2   Cited 865 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Defining "consumer credit"
  15. Section 226.1 - Authority, purpose, coverage, organization, enforcement, and liability

    12 C.F.R. § 226.1   Cited 825 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that Regulation Z was issued by the Board of Governors to implement the TILA
  16. Section 226.18 - Content of disclosures

    12 C.F.R. § 226.18   Cited 531 times
    Listing the required disclosures for variable rate
  17. Section 226.20 - Subsequent disclosure requirements

    12 C.F.R. § 226.20   Cited 120 times
    Requiring disclosures for the consumer upon a refinancing
  18. Section 226.22 - Determination of annual percentage rate

    12 C.F.R. § 226.22   Cited 53 times
    Stating that the annual percentage rate "is a measure of the cost of credit . . . that relates the amount and timing of value received by the consumer to the amount and timing of payments made"
  19. Section 226.40-226.41 - Reserved

    12 C.F.R. § 226.40-226.41   Cited 4 times

    12 C.F.R. §226.40-226.41

  20. Rule 3.1590 - Announcement of tentative decision, statement of decision, and judgment

    Cal. R. 3.1590   Cited 372 times

    (a) Announcement and service of tentative decision On the trial of a question of fact by the court, the court must announce its tentative decision by an oral statement, entered in the minutes, or by a written statement filed with the clerk. Unless the announcement is made in open court in the presence of all parties that appeared at the trial, the clerk must immediately serve on all parties that appeared at the trial a copy of the minute entry or written tentative decision. (Subd (a) amended effective

  21. Rule 8.504 - Form and contents of petition, answer, and reply

    Cal. R. 8.504   Cited 21 times

    (a)In general Except as provided in this rule, a petition for review, answer, and reply must comply with the relevant provisions of rule 8.204. (Subd (a) amended effective January 1, 2007.) (b) Contents of a petition (1) The body of the petition must begin with a concise, nonargumentative statement of the issues presented for review, framing them in terms of the facts of the case but without unnecessary detail. (2) The petition must explain how the case presents a ground for review under rule 8.500(b)