MOORE v. REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. S006987.

51 Cal.3d 120 (1990)

793 P.2d 479

271 Cal. Rptr. 146

JOHN MOORE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gage, Mazursky, Schwartz, Angelo & Kussman, Sanford M. Gage, Christopher E. Angelo and Jonathan T. Zackey for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lori Andrews and Marjorie M. Schultz as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

James E. Holst, Allen B. Wagner, John F. Lundberg, George L. Marchand, Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz, Anthony Murray, Donn Dimichele, Horvitz. Levy & Amerian, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Peter Abrahams, Coleman & Marcus, Richard M. Coleman, Michael D. Marcus, Hale & Dorr, John G. Fabiano, Ian Crawford, Covington & Crowe, Robert E. Dougherty and Robert H. Reeder for Defendants and Respondents.

Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum, Michael Traynor, Brian C. Cunningham, Lloyd R. Day, Louis M. Lupin and Gary H. Ritchey as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

PANELLI, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

We granted review in this case to determine whether plaintiff has stated a cause of action against his physician and other defendants for using his cells in potentially lucrative medical research without his permission. Plaintiff alleges that his physician failed to disclose preexisting research and economic interests in the cells before...

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