DISCOVER BANK v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S113725.

30 Cal.Rptr.3d 76 (2005)

36 Cal.4th 148

113 P.3d 1100

DISCOVER BANK, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles, Respondent; Christopher Boehr, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland & Ellis, Jeffrey S. Davidson, Rick Richmond, C. Robert Boldt, Amy M. Wilkins, Timothy B. Jafek, Los Angeles; Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and Julia B. Strickland, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

Morrison & Foerster and Maren E. Nelson for California Bankers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

M. Jane Brady, Attorney General (Delaware); Severson & Werson and William L. Stern, San Francisco, for Robert A. Glen, Delaware State Bank Commissioner as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Rintala, Smoot, Jaenicke & Rees, G. Howden Fraser, Los Angeles; Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering and Christopher R. Lipsett for American Bankers Association, American Financial Services Association and Consumer Bankers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mark E. Weber, Gabriel J. Pasette, Los Angeles; Stokes Lawrence, Kelly T. Noonan and Bradford Axel for AT & T Wireless Services, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Littler Mendelson, Henry D. Lederman, Marissa M. Tirona and James Y. Wu for Ralphs Grocery Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, F. Paul Bland, Jr., Michael J. Quirk, Arthur H. Bryant, Leslie A. Bailey, Kate Gordon; Strange & Carpenter, Brian R. Strange, Gretchen Carpenter, Los Angeles; Law Offices of Barry Kramer and Barry L. Kramer for Real Party in Interest.

Bramson, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser and Robert M. Bramson, Walnut Creek, for National Association of Consumer Advocates as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Deborah M. Zuckerman, Michael R. Schuster; Kemnitzer, Anderson, Barron & Ogilvie and Mark F. Anderson, San Francisco, for AARP as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

The Sturdevant Law Firm, James C. Sturdevant, San Francisco; Ian Herzog, Santa Monica; Michael Adler; Sharon J. Arkin, Newport Beach; Stuart B. Esner, Los Angeles,; Brian S. Kabateck, Los Angeles; David A. Rosen, Los Angeles; Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield; Christine D. Spagnoli; Lea-Ann Tratten; Steven B. Stevens, Los Angeles, and Scott H.Z. Sumner, Walnut Creek, for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

Ghalchi & Associates, Kamran Ghalchi, Los Angeles; Adhoot & Wolfson, Tina Wolfson, Los Angeles, and Robert Adhoot for Rebecca Shakib and Karen Bernard as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


MORENO, J.

This case concerns the validity of a provision in an arbitration agreement between Discover Bank and a credit cardholder forbidding classwide arbitration. The credit cardholder, a California resident, alleges that Discover Bank had a practice of representing to cardholders that late payment fees would not be assessed if payment was received by a certain date, whereas in actuality they were assessed if payment was received after 1:00 p.m. on that date, thereby...

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