Stop Animal Exploitation Now v. Santa Cruz Biotechnology CA6

Filed 7/5/16 Stop Animal Exploitation Now v. Santa Cruz Biotechnology CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

STOP ANIMAL EXPLOITATION NOW, H039770

(Santa Cruz County Plaintiff and Appellant, Super. Ct. No. CV176022)

v.

SANTA CRUZ BIOTECHNOLOGY,

INC.,

Defendant and Appellant.

Plaintiff Stop Animal Exploitation Now appeals the judgment entered after a demurrer to its complaint under the Unfair Competition Law (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.) was sustained without leave to amend. Defendant Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. cross-appealed to challenge plaintiff’s standing. Plaintiff claims the trial court abused its discretion when, based on a then-pending federal investigation and enforcement action, it equitably abstained…