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PEOPLE EX REL. MAUTNER v. QUATTRONE

Docket No. A043063.

211 Cal.App.3d 1389 (1989)

260 Cal. Rptr. 44

THE PEOPLE ex rel. JEROME J. MAUTNER, as District Attorney, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN R. QUATTRONE, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

June 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jerome J. Mautner, District Attorney, and Daryl A. Roberts, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

William L. Crow for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

LOW, P.J.

The District Attorney of Napa County, on behalf of the People of the State of California, unsuccessfully sued, under the Unfair Business Practices Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200), to bar defendant from selling certain knives, claiming they were illegal switchblades (Pen. Code, § 653k). We hold that the butterfly and "Tekna" knives are prohibited switchblades and reverse the judgment below.

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