SEMLER v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORP.

No. B221103.

196 Cal.App.4th 1380 (2011)

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

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

June 29, 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 is also an equity investor in a borrower's venture, violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act (sometimes the Act) (Civ. Code, § 51) by declining to make a loan to a limited liability company because its managing member included a felon who had conspired to falsify customs documents and sell munitions to Syria.

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