Definitions
Known as the Unfair Practices Act
The act spans §§ 17000–17101 (53 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case The Vollrath Company v. Sammi Corporation Ken Carter Industries, Inc. Sammisa (America) Corp. (1993)
Most recently applied in Diva Limousine, Ltd. v. Uber Techs., Inc. (June 2019)
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
“Loss leader” means any article or product sold at less than cost:
(a) Where the purpose is to induce, promote or encourage the purchase of other merchandise; or
(b) Where the effect is a tendency or capacity to mislead or deceive purchasers or prospective purchasers; or
(c) Where the effect is to divert trade from or otherwise injure competitors.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.