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PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (OLSON)

Docket No. 21098.

96 Cal.App.3d 181 (1979)

157 Cal. Rptr. 628

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; FOREST E. OLSON, INC., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

August 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cecil Hicks, District Attorney, Michael R. Capizzi, Assistant District Attorney, John D. Conley and Charles D. McFarland, Deputy District Attorneys, for Petitioner.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Reiter and Michael R. Botwin, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Shelly Jay Shafron for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

TAMURA, J.

The central issue in this original proceeding is whether the California statutes dealing with false and misleading advertising (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17500 et seq.) and unfair competition (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.) are violative of the First Amendment protection accorded to commercial speech.1

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