Free Response in Opposition to Motion - District Court of California - California

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Authorities........................................................ii-iii I. II. Introduction........................................................................................ 1-2 Discussion ........................................................................................ 2-14 A. This Court Should Decline Supplemental Jurisdiction Only Over the Unruh Act Claim.......................... 2-4 B. C. Oliver Has Pled Intent in His Complaint................................. 4-5 Gunther Misinterpreted the Current Law as Well as the Statutes at Issue ........................................................... 5-12 1. Gunther is Not Controlling and Contradicts Ninth Circuit Law....................................................... 6-7 2. Legislative History.................................................... 7-11 i. Plain Language .................................................. 10-11 3. The State Claims Do NOT Present Novel Or Complex Issues of Law...................................... 11-12 D. Even Without a Statutory Analysis, Gunther is Wrong on the Law ........................................................ 12-16 III. Conclusion ..................................................................................... 17-18

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases Burks v. Poppy Construction Co., (1962) 57 Cal.2d 463 .......................................................................... 15 Digenova v. State Bd. Of Educ., 57 Cal.2d 167, 178 (1962) .............................................................. 5 n.1 Gunther v. Lin, 50 Cal.Rptr.3d 317 (Cal.App.2006) ............................................ 1, 5-14 Harris v. Capital Growth Investors XIV, (1991) 52 Cal.3d 1142 ............................................................... 6, 11-14 In re Watts, 298 F.3d. 1077 (9th Cir. 2002) .............................................................. 5 Isbister v. Boys' Club of Santa Cruz, (1985) 40 Cal.3d 72 ............................................................................ 15 Johnson v. Barlow, 2007 WL 1723617 (E.D.Cal).............................................................. 10 Kimmel v. Goland, 51 Cal.3d 202 (1990) ............................................................................ 7 Koire v. Metro Car Wash, (1985) 40 Cal.3d 24 ....................................................................... 11-14 Lentini v. California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 370 F.3d 837 (9th Cir. 2004) ........................................................ 2-5, 10 Modern Development Co. v. Navigators, Ins. Co., (2003) 4 Cal.Rptr.3d 528 ............................................................... 11-13

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Pinnock v. Solana Beach Do It Yourself Dog Wash, Inc., 2007 WL 1989635 (S.D.Cal.)............................................................. 10 Takahashi v. Loomis Armored Car Serv., 625 F.2d 314 (9th Cir. 1980) ................................................................. 5 Wells v. One2One Learning Found., 29 Cal. 4th 1164 (2006) ......................................................................... 9 Western Oil & Gas Assn. V. Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control Dist., (1989) 49 Cal.3d 408 ............................................................................ 7 Wilson v. Haria and Gogri Corp. dba Jack-In-The-Box #551, et al., 479 F.Supp.2d 1127 (E.D.Cal.2007) ............................................... 4-10

Statutes Cal. Civ. Code § 51...................................................................................... 6-8 Cal. Civ. Code § 51(f)............................................................................... 8, 15 Cal. Civ. Code § 52...................................................................................... 6-9 28 U.S.C. § 1367 ....................................................................................... 9-10 42 U.S.C. § 12182(b)(2)(A)(iv).................................................................... 13

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