The UCL Practitioner

Proposition 64 Orders

CAVEAT: The orders and tentative rulings listed below originated from a variety of sources. I have not independently investigated their accuracy. Please note that as to some of the tentative rulings, I have no information on whether they were contested, argued, or adopted in the form preserved here.

Prop. 64 Does Not Apply to Pending Cases:

• Twomey v. Hansen Information Technologies, Sacramento County Superior Court case no. 03AS03632, Judge Thomas M. Cecil (tentative ruling dated 11/10/04)
  
  
• Americare v. Medical Capital Corp., Orange County Superior Court case no. 03CC01256, Judge David T. McEachen (order dated 11/29/04)
  
  
• Bravo v. Soares Dairy, Stanislaus County Superior Court case no. 345216, Judge Hurl W. Johnson, III (tentative ruling dated 12/13/04; order dated 01/31/05)
  
  
• Litalien v. GE Capital Corp., Orange County Superior Court case no. 04CC10082, Judge Peter J. Polos (ruling of 12/15/04) (as reported by a blog reader)
  
  
• Center for Biological Diversity v. County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino County Superior Court case no. SCVSS111660, Judge John Wade (ruling of 12/20/04) (as reported by a blog reader)
  
  
• California Law Institute v. VISA USA, Inc., San Francisco County Superior Court case no. CGC-03-421180, Judge Richard A. Kramer (order dated 12/29/04)
  
  
• Munoz v. Petrini Van & Storage, Inc., Sacramento County Superior Court case no. 04AS01213, Judge Loren McMaster (order dated 01/05/05)
  
  
• Ramirez v. Bakersfield Dodge, Inc., dba Haddad Dodge-Kia, Kern County Superior Court case no. 253856 JES, Judge Jon E. Stuebbe (ruling of 01/06/05) (as reported by a blog reader)
  
  
• Austria v. Platinum Motor Group, Inc., San Mateo County Superior Court case no. CIV 442394, Judge Robert D. Foiles (ruling of 01/10/05) (as reported by a blog reader)
  
  
• Teachers for Truth in Advertising v. Spirit Sciences USA, Inc., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC312449, Judge John Shepard Wiley, Jr. (ruling of 01/11/05)
  
  
• Gonzalez v. Cars 4 Less, Inc., San Joaquin County Superior Court case no. CV024884, Judge K. Peter Saiers (tentative ruling of 01/18/05) (as reported by a blog reader)
  
  
• In re Insurance Broker Commission Litigation, San Francisco County Superior Court case no. CGC-01-323192, Judge Richard A. Kramer (ruling of 01/18/05)
  
  
• Paz v. Sanders, Stanislaus County Superior Court case no. 311470, Judge Roger M. Beauchesne (minute order dated 11/23/04 requesting briefing on Prop. 64; statement of decision dated 01/24/05)
  
  
• Carpenters Work Preservation Comm. v. A-Mazing Install., Sacramento County Superior Court case no. 04AS02857, Judge Loren E. McMaster (tentative ruling dated 01/27/05)
  
  
• City Financial Mortgage Servs., Inc. v. Abdullah, San Diego County Superior Court case no. IC833894, Judge Charles R. Hayes (ruling of 01/28/05) (as reported by a blog reader)
  
  
• In re Bridgestone/Firestone Cases I & II, JCCP nos. 4266, 4270, Sacramento County Superior Court, Judge David De Alba (order dated 02/08/05)
  
  
• Fanciullo v. American Mortgage Specialists, Inc., San Diego County Superior Court case no. GIC832233, Judge Richard E. Strauss (tentative ruling of 02/04/05)
  
  
• Andres v. Cross Link, Inc. dba Westar Marine Services, San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-04-431220, Judge Ronald E. Quidachay (order filed 02/15/05)
  
  
• Zamani v. Malae, Santa Clara County Superior Court case no. 1-02-CV806141, Judge Kevin E. McKenney (order dated 02/22/05)
  
  

Prop. 64 Applies to Pending Cases:

• Virtual Media Group, Inc. v. Regency Outdoor Advertising, Inc., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC292359, Judge Alan G. Buckner (order dated 11/08/04) (according to review petition filed 12/08/04)
  
  
• Pepe v. Waagenaar, Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. LC069018 (Northwest District, Van Nuys East), Judge Richard Adler (tentative ruling dated 11/15/04)
  
  
• Dohrmann v. Tosco Refinery Co., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC275234, Judge Alan Buckner (notice of order dated 12/03/04)
  
  
• Kim v. Bayer Corp., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC309926, Judge David A. Workman (order dated 12/10/04)
  
  
• Goodwin v. Anheuser-Busch Cos., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC310105, Judge Peter D. Lichtman (order dated 12/13/04)
  
  
• Banales v. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC312007, Judge Edward A. Ferns (order dated 12/14/04)
  
  
• Plaintiff's Overtime Wage Enforcement & Remedies Group v. FedEx Kinko's Office & Print Servs., Inc., San Mateo County Superior Court case no. 440481, Judge Beth Labson Freeman (tentative ruling dated 12/15/04)
  
  
• Coe v. Anna’s Linen Co., Orange County Superior Court case no. 04CC00660, Judge Jonathan H. Cannon (tentative ruling dated 12/16/04)
  
  
• United Policyholders v. Willis Group Holdings, Ltd., San Diego County Superior Court case no. GIC833705, Judge John S. Meyer (tentative ruling dated 12/17/04; order dated 01/06/05)
  
  
• Spielholz v. Los Angeles Cellular Tel. Co., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC186787, Judge Charles W. McCoy, Jr. (order dated 12/21/04)
  
  
• Kottaras v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. LC069427, Judge Ruth Essegian (tentative ruling dated 12/23/04)
  
  
• Sumuel v. Advo, Inc., Alameda County Superior Court case no. HG04145798, Judge Steven A. Brick (order dated 12/30/04)
  
  
• West v. DirecTV, Inc., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC313569, Judge James R. Dunn (tentative ruling dated 01/05/05)
  
  
• Wilens v. American Express, Orange County Superior Court case no. 03-CC-00244, Judge Jonathan H. Cannon (order dated 01/06/05)
  
  
• Rankin v. Longs Drug Stores Corp., San Diego County Superior Court case no. GIC837068, Judge Luis R. Vargas (minute order dated 01/07/05)
  
  
• California Alliance v. Ensign Group, Inc., Orange County Superior Court case no. 04CC00678, Judge Jonathan H. Cannon (tentative ruling dated 01/13/05)
  
  
• Branick v. Homecoming, Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC280759, Judge Wendell Mortimer, Jr. (tentative ruling dated 01/14/05)
  
  
• Tsukroff v. Hedgeside Property & Inv. Co., Napa County Superior Court case no. CV024884, Judge W. Scott Snowden (order dated 01/19/05)
  
  
• In re Bloussant Cases, JCCP no. 4336, San Bernardino County Superior Court, Judge Christopher J. Warner (statement of decision dated 01/19/05)
  
  
• Spielman v. Ex'Pression Center for New Media, Alameda County Superior Court case no. RG04174927, Judge James A. Richman (order dated 01/24/05)
  
  
• Foundation Aiding the Elderly v. Covenant Care California, Inc., Alameda County Superior Court case no. RG03-087211, Judge Ronald M. Sabraw (order dated 11/10/04 requesting briefing on Prop. 64; tentative ruling dated 01/28/05; tentative ruling dated 02/09/05; order dated 02/17/05)
  
  
• In re Tobacco Cases II, JCCP no. 4042, San Diego County Superior Court, Judge Ronald S. Prager (tentative ruling of 01/21/05; order dated 03/07/05)
  
  
• Luna-Sinay v. Liberty Life Assurance Co., United States District Court, Central District of California, case no. CV-04-9317-JFW MANx, Judge John F. Walter (minute order entered 03/14/05)
  
  
• Peralta v. Abbott Labs., Inc., Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. BC259587, Judge Victoria Cheney (order dated 03/15/05)
  
  
• Corbett v. National Arbitration Forum, San Francisco County Superior Court case no. CCGC-04-431430, Judge Ronald E. Quidachay (order dated 03/25/05)
  
  

Miscellaneous Prop. 64 Orders (including tentative rulings not yet adopted):

• Jarvis v. Royal Numico N.V., San Francisco County Superior Court case no. CGC 02 403532, Judge Robert L. Dondero (order dated 01/12/05)
  
  
• Bivens v. Sanford, Los Angeles County Superior Court case no. SC075348 (South Central District, Compton), Judge Victoria M. Chavez (tentative ruling dated 12/03/04) [tentative ruling not adopted; matter taken under submission pending a further hearing in May; subsequent outcome unknown]