STARBUCKS CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. G043650.

194 Cal.App.4th 820 (2011)

STARBUCKS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; ERIK LORDS et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

April 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke , Catherine A. Conway , Gregory W. Knopp and Jessica M. Weisel for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Arias Ozzello & Gignac, Mike Arias and Mikael H. Stahle for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

IKOLA, J.

Can a purported remedy cause the very disease it is supposed to prevent? In this so-called "headless" class action, the answer regrettably is yes.

During the first administration of Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., in the mid-1970's, the California Legislature reformed the state's marijuana laws to require the "destruction" by "permanent obliteration" of all records of minor marijuana convictions that were more...

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