IN RE TOBACCO II CASES

No. S147345.

46 Cal.4th 298 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

___ P.3d ___

IN RE TOBACCO II CASES.

Supreme Court of California.

May 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dougherty & Hildre, Donald F. Hildre, William O. Dougherty, Frederick M. Dudek, Thomas D. Haklar; Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Mark P. Robinson, Sharon J. Arkin and Karen Karavatos for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Harvey Rosenfield, Pamela M. Pressley, Todd M. Foreman; Gianelli & Morris, Timothy J. Morris and Jully C. Pae for The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Law Offices of Mark Peacock and Mark J. Peacock for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Mark Savage for Consumers Union of United States, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Jackson, DeMarco Tidus & Peckenpaugh, William M. Hensley and Robert J. Stein III for Curtis Schlessinger, Peter LoRe and California Law Institute as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Fazio Micheletti, Jeffrey L. Fazio and Dina E. Micheletti for Public Citizen, Inc., and The Center for Auto Safety as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Levy, Ram & Olson, Arthur D. Levy; The Sturdevant Law Firm, James C. Sturdevant and Monique Olivier for The National Consumer Law Center and National Association of Consumer Advocates as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Gregory P. Stone, Daniel P. Collins, Fred A. Rowley, Jr., Steven B. Weisburd, Joseph S. Klapach, Daniel B. Levin; Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, Gerald L. McMahon and Daniel E. Eaton for Defendant and Respondent Philip Morris USA Inc.

Dechert, H. Joseph Escher III; Wright & L'Estrange, Robert C. Wright; Jones Day and William T. Plesec for Defendants and Respondents R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Brown & Williamson Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.

Loeb & Loeb and Sharon S. Mequet for Defendant and Respondent The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc.

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US, DLA Piper US, William S. Boggs and Brian A. Foster for Defendant and Respondent Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Reed Smith and Mary C. Oppedahl for Defendant and Respondent The Tobacco Institute.

Lendrum Law Firm and Jeffrey P. Lendrum for Defendants and Respondents Liggett Group Inc., and Liggett & Myers, Inc.

Deborah J. La Fetra for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Fred J. Hiestand; Morrison & Foerster and William L. Stern for The Civil Justice Association of California, California Chamber of Commerce, California Manufacturers and Technology Association and California Bankers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon and Kevin Underhill for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Kaye Scholer and Jeffrey S. Gordon for Pfizer Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, G. Charles Nierlich, Rebecca Justice Lazarus, Gail E. Lees and Christopher Chorba for Farmers Insurance Exchange and Granite State Insurance Company as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Horvtiz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet and John A. Taylor, Jr., for Verisign, Inc., and AT&T Mobility LLC as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

MORENO, J.

Prior to the 2004 amendment of the unfair competition law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.), by Proposition 64, "[a]ctions for any relief [under the UCL could be] prosecuted . . . by the Attorney General or any district attorney or by any county counsel . . . [or] by a city prosecutor . . . [or] by a city attorney . . . or upon the complaint of any board, officer, person, corporation or association...

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