Today, the Supreme Court announced that it will be handing down its decision in In re Tobacco II Cases, no. S147345, on Monday morning. The opinion should be available at this link:
In re Tobacco II Cases, ___ Cal.4th ___ (May 18, 2009)
These are the issues on review in the case:
(1) In order to bring a class action under Unfair Competition Law (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.), as amended by Proposition 64 (Gen. Elec. (Nov. 2, 2004)), must every member of the proposed class have suffered “injury in fact,” or is it sufficient that the class representative comply with that requirement? (2) In a class action based on a manufacturer’s alleged misrepresentation of a product, must every member of the class have actually relied on the manufacturer’s representations?
My report on the oral argument, which took place in early March, is available at this link.
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