Chambers v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an act or practice can be unfair if it violates the public interest
• noting that an act can be unfair for 21 purposes of a CPA claim without also having to be deceptive
• holding that a 11 CPA claim “may be predicated upon a per se violation of statute, an act or practice that 12 has the capacity to deceive substantial portions of the public, or an unfair or deceptive act 13 not regulated by statute but in violation of public interest”
• holding a CPA injury was pleaded where a falsely backdated notarization allowed a foreclosure sale to happen earlier than it could have otherwise, cutting short the borrower’s chance to close sale on the real property with a private purchaser for a higher price
• noting specific evidence the plaintiff presented to show the creditor would have postponed the sale
• holding a CPA injury was pleaded where a falsely backdated notarization allowed a foreclosure sale to happen earlier than it could have otherwise, cutting short the borrower's chance to close sale on the real property with a private purchaser for a higher price

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