Reynolds

Plaintiffs and appellants filed suit against defendants and respondents California Dental Service (CDS) and California Dental Association (CDA). The suit alleged that respondents were guilty of illegal price fixing under sections 16720 and 16750 of the Cartwright Act. (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 16720, 16750.) The trial court issued a 41-page opinion granting respondents’ joint motion for summary judgment, finding no issues of material fact that CDS’s practices were actionable. Appellants appeal from this order. We find the trial court’s analysis to be thorough and well-reasoned, and its resolution of the issues to be correct. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.

I. Facts

A. The Parties

Plaintiffs and appellants are a certified class of persons who received dental services under CDS plans which require a patient copayment. The trial court refused to certify a class of all dental patients in California who received dental care from CDS dentists pursuant to plans other than CDS which require a patient copayment.

CDA is a California nonprofit corporation representing California dentists. It is the primary voluntary professional association of dentists in California.

CDS was…