AZURE LIMITED v. I-FLOW CORP.

No. S164884.

46 Cal.4th 1323 (2009)

AZURE LIMITED, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. I-FLOW CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shapiro, Rodarte & Forman, Carl W. Shapiro, Teresa Z. Youhanaie, Leora D. Freedman and Thomas W. Foote for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Office of William W. Palmer and William W. Palmer for Bank of Stockton, Alexander Vondjidis, Agnes W. Suever, Madonna Suever, Steve Tucker, Richard W. Seitzinger, Jo-Ann S. Seitzinger, Seitzinger Family Trust, Johnstone Whitley, Lynn Keith, Richard Valdez, Tony Lee, Chris Lusby Taylor, Nancy A. Pepple-Gonsalves, Gary Kesselman, Susan Swinton, Dawn E. Struck, William J. Palmer, Leslie Saul-Gershenz, Carla Ruff and Emilio G. Milian as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Jeffrey H. Reeves, J. Scot Kennedy, John N. Carter and Julian W. Poon for Defendant and Respondent.

Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, Robin B. Johansen, James C. Harrison and Margaret R. Prinzing for California State Controller John Chiang as Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

CHIN, J.

The Unclaimed Property Law (UPL) (Code Civ. Proc., § 1500 et seq.)1 requires corporations to deliver to the State Controller (the Contoller) a duplicate certificate of unclaimed corporate stock in specified circumstances. Section 1532, subdivision (d), provides that any "holder" of that unclaimed stock "shall be relieved from all liability of every kind to any person ... for any losses or damages resulting...

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