BRANICK v. DOWNEY SAV. AND LOAN ASS'N

No. S132433.

46 Cal.Rptr.3d 66 (2006)

39 Cal.4th 235

138 P.3d 214

Thomas BRANICK et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DOWNEY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, Jeff S. Westerman, Sabrina S. Kim, Kristin McCulloch, Peter Sloane, Ann M. Lipton, Michael Spencer, Los Angeles; Kiesel, Boucher & Larson, Paul R. Kiesel, Raymond D. Boucher, Patrick DeBlase, Anthony M. DeMarco, Beverly Hills; Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Pamela M. Parker, Timothy G. Blood and Kevin K. Green, San Diego, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Thomas Osborne, Ventura, Michael Schuster and Barbara Jones for AARP as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Rothken Law Firm, Ira P. Rothken, San Rafael; Locks Law Firm, Seth Lesser; Jackson, DeMarco Tidus & Peckenpaugh, William M. Hensley, Irvine; Klafter & Olsen and Jeffrey A. Klafter for California Law Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe and Richard R. Wiebe, San Francisco, for Center for Biological Diversity, Inc., Environmental Protection Information Center and Electronic Frontier Foundation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Neighborhood Legal Services, David Pallack, Pacoima; Western Center on Law and Poverty, Richard A. Rothschild, Los Angeles; National Immigration Law Center, Sonal Amegaokar, and Linton Joaquin, Los Angeles, for Consumers Union, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund and Juan and Manuela Zermeno as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, Drew E. Pomerance, Vincent S. Gannuscio, Woodland; Goshgarian & Marshall, Mark Goshgarian and John A. Marshall for Steven Poirer, Douglas Ryan and Dana Poss as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Hodel Briggs Winter, Matthew A. Hodel, Elizabeth Van Horn, Jennifer D. Henderson, Michael S. Leboff, Irvine; Snell & Wilmer and Richard A. Derevan, Costa Mesa, for Defendant and Respondent.

Heller Ehrman, Vanessa Wells, Warrington S. Parker III and Daniel K. Slaughter, San Francisco, for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, The Hertz Corporation and Visa U.S.A. Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Bruce A. Ericson, John M. Grenfell, Michael J. Kass and Ranah L. Esmaili, San Francisco, for California Bankers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Evan M. Tager and Donald M. Falk, Palo Alto, for Cingular Wireless LLC as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Ronald L. Olson, Steven B. Weisburd and Dean N. Kawamoto, Los Angeles, for the California Chamber of Commerce, the California Manufacturers & Technology Association, the California Financial Services Association and the California Motor Car Dealers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


WERDEGAR, J.

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