QUELIMANE CO. v. STEWART TITLE GUAR. CO.

No. S055144.

77 Cal.Rptr.2d 709 (1998)

960 P.2d 513

19 Cal.4th 26

QUELIMANE COMPANY, INC. et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

As Modified September 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve White, H. Peter Young, Judith A. Routledge, Rastegar & Matern, Los Angeles, and Dennis Wilson, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Levinson, Lieberman & Snyder, Levinson, Lieberman & Maas, Peter M. Hebert, Burton S. Levinson and Lawrence R. Lieberman, Beverly Hills, for Defendants and Respondents.

Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet, David M. Axelrad, Encino, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Paul Alexander, Vanessa Wells, Palo Alto, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robin Meadow and Feris M. Greenberger, Beverly Hills, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


BAXTER, Justice.

In this case we are again called upon to construe and apply the unfair competition law (UCL). (Bus. & Prof.Code, §§ 17200-17209.)1 The principal question here is whether the Insurance Code displaces the UCL and provides the only remedies for plaintiffs who have been harmed by an alleged conspiracy among title insurers to refuse to sell title insurance on real property acquired at a tax sale.

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