Young
Young v. Cree, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 JEFF YOUNG, Case No. 4:17-cv-06252-YGR
Plaintiff,
ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION TO STRIKE
v. AND EXCLUDE DR. GARY ALLEN; (2)
DENYING AS MOOT MOTION TO STRIKE
CREE INC., AND EXCLUDE MR. STEFAN BOEDEKER; (3)
DENYING RENEWED MOTION TO CERTIFY
Defendant. CLASS
13 Re: Dkt. Nos. 115, 116, 117, 118, 127
Plaintiff Jeff Young brings this putative class action lawsuit against defendant Cree, Inc. alleging that Cree engaged in an “unfair and deceptive practice of . . . promising consumers” that Cree’s light-emitting-diode (“LED”) bulbs “will last for particularly long periods of time up to 35,000 hours” with a “100% Satisfaction Guarantee” and “yearly energy cost savings ranging from around $0.60 to $2 per blub per year” in violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Cal. Bus. Prof. Code §§ 17200, et seq. (Count I); California’s False Advertising Law (“FAL”), Cal. Bus. Prof. Code…