SANCHEZ v. VALENCIA HOLDING CO., LLC

No. S199119.

61 Cal.4th 899 (2015)

190 Cal.Rptr.3d 812

353 P.3d 741

GIL SANCHEZ, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. VALENCIA HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tharpe & Howell, Christopher S. Maile , Soojin Kang ; Callahan Thompson Sherman & Caudill, Robert W. Thompson , Charles S. Russell ; Atkinson, Andelson Loya, Ruud & Romo, Kellie S. Christianson ; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robert A. Olson , Edward L. Xanders , Meehan R. Rasch and David E. Hackett for Defendant and Appellant.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and Anna S. McLean for Toyota Motor Credit Corporation and General Motors Financial Company, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Richard M. Segal and Nathaniel R. Smith for Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Littler Mendelson, Henry D. Lederman , Alexa L. Woerner , Anthony Ly ; Simpson, Cameron, Medina & Autrey and Erin Nemirovsky Medina for Volt Management Corp. and Volt Information Sciences, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Horvitz & Levy, Lisa Perrochet , Felix Shafir , Robert H. Wright and John F. Querio for California New Car Dealers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Severson & Werson, Jan T. Chilton and Donald J. Querio for American Financial Services Association, California Financial Services Association and California Bankers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Erika C. Frank and Fred J. Hiestand for The California Chamber of Commerce and The Civil Justice Association of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Mayer Brown, Donald M. Falk , Andrew J. Pincus , Evan M. Tager , Archis A. Parasharami and Brian J. Wong for The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, The Association of Global Automakers, Inc., and The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

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

Toschi, Sidran, Collins & Doyle, David R Sidran , Thomas M. Crowell ; Manning Leaver Bruder & Berberich, Robert D. Daniels and Crystal S. Yagoobian for Federated Mutual Insurance Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Rosner, Barry & Babbitt, Hallen D. Rosner , Christopher P. Barry and Angela J. Smith for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Kreindler & Kreindler, Gretchen M. Nelson and Jacob H. Mensch for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Chavez & Gertler, Mark A. Chavez and Nance F. Becker for Arthur Lovett as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Aimee Feinberg for Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Arbogast Law and David M. Arbogast for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

McKenna Long & Aldridge and J. Alan Warfield for Association of Southern California Defense Counsel as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

The automobile sales contract in the present case has an arbitration agreement that provides, among other things, that arbitral awards of $0 or over $100,000 as well as grants but not denials of injunctive relief may be appealed to a panel of arbitrators. The arbitration agreement also has provisions that require...

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