California Ex Rel. Lockyer v. Mirant Corp.

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266 F. Supp. 2d 1046·2003 WL 21321243·2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10005

United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaMarch 25, 2003C-02-1787-VRW, C-02-1788-VRW, C-02-1791-VRW, C-02-1854-VRW, C-02-1914-VRW, C-02-2061-VRW, C-02-207-VRW, C-02-2400-VRW, C-02-3036-VRW, C-02-3040-VRW, C-02-3041-VRW, C-02-3042-VRW, C-02-3127-VRW, C-02-3311-VRW, C-02-3318-VRWCalifornia8,625 words

Opinion

Walker, J.

ORDER.

Motions to dismiss and to remand in the above-captioned cases are currently pending before the undersigned. In these related cases, the Attorney General of California (AG) alleges violation of California’s unfair business practices law, Cal B & P Code § 17200, by a number of wholesale electricity suppliers. Two of the actions also allege federal antitrust claims under § 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 USC § 18 . Plaintiffs Department of Water Resources and the State of California join these two federal antitrust actions. For ,ease of exposition, the court refers to all plaintiffs as “the AG.”

The remaining fifteen actions assert only state law claims under § 17200. Defendants in these cases removed the actions to federal court. On August 6, 2002, the court denied the AG’s motions to remand in five of these actions (Case Nos 02-1791, 02-1854, 02-1914-VRW, 02-2061-VRW, 02-2207-VRW). Eight additional cases alleging identical causes of action under § 17200 were removed to this court and related to the other pending cases but not in time for motions to remand to be noticed and heard on July 31, 2002, with the aforementioned cases (Case Nos 02-2400-VRW, 02-3036-VRW, 02-3040-VRW,…

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