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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Breach of Contract

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Case No.15-cv-04066-NC 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PEPPER, N.A.,

Plaintiff,

v.

EXPANDI, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.15-cv-04066-NC 

ORDER FOR ADDITIONAL

BRIEFING RE: UNFAIR BUSINESS 

PRACTICES CLAIM

Pepper’s complaint states a claim under the California Unfair Business Practices 

Act, which prohibits the use of any “unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or 

practice.” Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200. In its motion for summary judgment and 

proposed jury instructions, Pepper lists a number of statutes or theories of defendants’

unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business acts. At summary judgment, the Court did not 

address those theories, finding that Pepper’s claim under § 17200 could continue, as 

attached to the other claims in the case. Dkt. No. 55.

Defendants object to most of the jury instructions, stating that Pepper did not 

disclose these theories in its complaint. Dkt. No. 77. The Court agrees with defendants 

that Pepper’s complaint states a theory of liability under § 17200 limited to the other 

claims in the case.

Thus, the Court orders Pepper to state with particularity its theories of liability 

under the California Unfair Business Practices Act, and also state when and how Pepper 

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disclosed each theory to defendants. Pepper must submit the additional briefing by Friday, 

May 13 at 4:00 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 12, 2016 _____________________________________

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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