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FARMERS INS. EXCHANGE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S016912.

2 Cal.4th 377 (1992)

826 P.2d 730

6 Cal. Rptr.2d 487

FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

April 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Barger & Wolen, Richards D. Barger, Royal F. Oakes, Larry M. Golub and Linda C. Johnson for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael J. Strumwasser, Fredric D. Woocher and Herschel T. Elkins, Assistant Attorneys General, Albert Norman Sheldon, Ronald A. Reiter and M. Howard Wayne, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

Gary T. Yancey, District Attorney (Contra Costa), Gary E. Koeppel, Deputy District Attorney, Gail K. Hillebrand, Nettie Y. Hoge, Paul E. Lee and Robert Fellmeth as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

The People, through the Attorney General (real party in interest), filed suit against various insurers (petitioners) under the Unfair Practices Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17000 et seq.). We granted review to decide whether this judicial action should be stayed under the doctrine of "primary jurisdiction" pending administrative action by the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance (hereafter sometimes...

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