Farm Raised Salmon Cases 8/31/06 CA2/3

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: B182901

Case Date: 12/13/2006

Preview:Filed 8/31/06

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE

FARM RAISED SALMON CASES.

B182901 (JCCP No. 4329) (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. Nos. BC297730, BC297804, BC296650, BC304371, BC310664; Alameda County Super. Ct. No. RG03102985; Monterey County Super. Ct. No. M65595.)

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Anthony J. Mohr, Judge. Affirmed. Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, Craig R. Spiegel, Lee M. Gordon, Elaine T. Byszewski and Steve W. Berman for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Albert Norman Shelden, Assistant Attorney General, and Ronald A. Reiter, Deputy Attorney General as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke, David C. Allen, Johanna R. Shargel; Streeter & Nangano, Thomas Barclay, Michael Nangano, Michael L. Coates; Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman, Machtinger & Kinsella, Norman Howard Levine; Ervin, Cohen & Jessup, Allan B. Cooper, Tamara L. Dewar; O'Melveny & Myers, Carla J. Christofferson; Seyfarth Shaw, Jay W. Connolly and Geoff S. Long for Defendants and Respondents.

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Several individuals commenced separate actions against owners and operators of grocery stores alleging that the defendants sold artificially colored farmed salmon without disclosing to consumers the artificial coloring. The actions were coordinated in Farm Raised Salmon Cases, Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding No. 4329. The plaintiffs filed a coordinated complaint alleging as a class and representative action counts for unfair competition, violation of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) (Civ. Code,

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