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Cal. Civil Code § 1760 (2026)

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This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are to protect consumers against unfair and deceptive business practices and to provide efficient and economical procedures to secure such protection.

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Cited in 78 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1975–2026 · leading case: Loeffler v. Target Corp., 324 P.3d 50 (Cal. 2014).
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Loeffler v. Target Corp., 324 P.3d 50 (Cal. 2014). · cites it 2× “”]; Civ. Code, § 1760 [CLRA “shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes”].”
In re Fluidmaster, Inc., 149 F. Supp. 3d 940 (N.D. Ill. 2016). · cites it 3× “” Cal. Civ. Code § 1760 . With this in mind, there are essentially two separate issues here.”
Kwan v. SanMedica Int'l, 854 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2017). “” Cal. Civ. Code § 1760 . The CLRA proscribes certain “unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer.”
McGill v. Citibank, N.A., 393 P.3d 85 (Cal. 2017). “" (Civ. Code, § 1760.) "[T]o promote" these purposes, the Legislature directed that the CLRA "be liberally construed and applied.”
Gutierrez v. Carmax Auto Superstores Cal., 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 699 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018). “" ( Civ. Code, § 1760, italics added.) The reference to "efficient and economical procedures" is somewhat ambiguous in scope.”
Rutledge v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 238 Cal. App. 4th 1164 (Cal. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “” (Civ. Code, § 1760 ....)’ ” (Wang v. Massey Chevrolet (2002) 97 Cal.”
Lunada Biomedical v. Nunez, 230 Cal. App. 4th 459 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “) Civil Code section 1780, subdivision (a) of the CLRA states that “[a]ny consumer who suffers any damage as a result of the use or employment by any person of a method, act, or practice declared to be unlawful by Section 1770 may bring an action against that person to recover…”
Huu Nguyen v. Nissan North Am., Inc., 932 F.3d 811 (9th Cir. 2019). “The CLRA The CLRA “shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are to protect consumers against unfair and deceptive business practices and to provide efficient and economical procedures to secure such protection.”
Wang v. Massey Chevrolet, 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3307 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “’ (Civ. Code, § 1760 . . . .)” (Hogya v. Superior Court (1977) 75 Cal.”
David v. Am. Suzuki Motor Corp., 629 F. Supp. 2d 1309 (S.D. Fla. 2009). · cites it 2× “3d 543, 550 (2007) (citing Cal. Civ.Code § 1760), under the theory that Defendants’ misrepresentations about the lack of structural fitness and stability of the motorcycles violated the Act.”
Colgan v. Leatherman Tool Grp., Inc., 2006 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 316 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006). “” (Civ. Code, § 1760; see Wang v. Massey Chevrolet (2002) 97 Cal.”
Klein v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc., 202 Cal. App. 4th 1342 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012). “” (Civ. Code, § 1760.) To further these purposes, the CLRA provides that a defendant may be liable for “unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices” in the “sale .”
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