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PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 30003.

9 Cal.3d 283 (1973)

507 P.2d 1400

107 Cal. Rptr. 192

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; JAYHILL CORPORATION et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins, Walter E. White and Michael R. Botwin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

Alan Goldhammer, Stephen Z. Meyers, Terry J. Hatter, Jr., Jerome L. Levine, Abby Soven, Lucy K. McCabe, Weyman I. Lundquist, Douglas M. Schwab, John Roger Beers, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, James R. McCall, Theresa L. O'Connell, Eric W. Wright and John P. Kelley as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Frederick P. Furth, Peter C. Haley, Geoffrey P. Knudsen, Brian P. Burns, Jerome Sapiro, Jr., and Cushing, Cullinan, Hancock & Rothert for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

This is a civil action by the Attorney General against various sellers of encyclopedias and similar publications by door-to-door solicitation, charging false and misleading advertising (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17500) and unfair competition (Civ. Code, § 3369). The complaint prays, inter alia, that defendants be ordered to offer each customer who has been solicited...

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