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Cal. Civ. Code § 1802

Definitions

Known as the Unruh Act

The act spans §§ 1801 to 1812.9 (87 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Federal Insurance Company v. Banco Popular De Puerto Rico Federal Insurance Company (1983)

Most recently applied in In Re Dupont-Benlate Litigation (February 1995)

Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 201.

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

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.

Unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the definitions given in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.