Opinion ID: 1265400
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Text: The Court of Appeal recognized that the UIPA does not create a private right of action for violations of its provisions ( Moradi-Shalal v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies (1988) 46 Cal.3d 287 [250 Cal. Rptr. 116, 758 P.2d 58] ( Moradi-Shalal )), and that a plaintiff may not plead around that limitation by casting a cause of action based on a violation of the UIPA as one brought under the UCA. The Court of Appeal upheld the overruling of defendants' demurrers to the UCA cause of action, however, reasoning that a UCA cause of action may be predicated on a violation of the Cartwright Act. That followed because the UCA defines unfair competition as any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200), and permits any person to sue for injunctive and restitutionary relief for such conduct on behalf of the general public. (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 17204, 17203.) A violation of the Cartwright Act is such a practice. ( People v. National Association of Realtors (1981) 120 Cal. App.3d 459, 473-475 [174 Cal. Rptr. 728], later app. (1984) 155 Cal. App.3d 578 [202 Cal. Rptr. 243]; B.W.I. Custom Kitchen v. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1987) 191 Cal. App.3d 1341, 1348, fn. 6 [235 Cal. Rptr. 228].)