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SEMLER v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORP.

No. B221103.

195 Cal.App.4th 175 (2011)

RONALD H. SEMLER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

May 6, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Kathryn M. Davis and Kathryn M. Davis for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Alan H. Martin and Scott B. Lieberman for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

MALLANO, P. J.—

This appeal raises the question of whether a commercial lending institution, which also invests its own money in a borrower's venture, violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act (sometimes the Act) (Civ. Code, § 51) by declining to make a mezzanine loan to a limited liability company because one of its members was a felon. We conclude that being a felon is not a personal characteristic similar to those enumerated...

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