ROSS v. RAGINGWIRE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. S138130.

70 Cal.Rptr.3d 382 (2008)

42 Cal.4th 920

174 P.3d 200

Gary ROSS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RAGINGWIRE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Elford, Oakland; Law Office of Stewart Katz, Stewart Katz and Costa Kerestenzis, Sacramento, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert A. Raich, Oakland, for California legislators as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Daniel Abrahamson, Tamar Todd and Theshia Naidoo, for American Pain Foundation, American Medical Women's Association, Lymphoma Foundation of America, American Nurses Association, California Nurses' Association, AIDS Action Council, National Women's Health Network, Doctors of the World-USA and Gay Men's Health Crisis as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Theodore Cody, Los Angeles, and David Goldberg, for Protection and Advocacy, Inc., and Equal Rights Advocates as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Jackson Lewis, D. Gregory Valenza, Marlena G. Gibbons, Patrick C. Mullin, Timothy C. Travelstead and Robert M. Pattison, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent.

Deborah J. La Fetra, Sacramento, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Suzanne B. Gifford and Richard A. Katzman, San Jose, for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Cook Brown, Dennis B. Cook, Sacramento, and Ronald E. Hofsdal, for Western Electrical Contractors Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


WERDEGAR, J.

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