Hall v. Time Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that the unsatisfactory nature of a product or its diminished value are injuries in fact under California law
• finding plaintiff did not suffer injury because, although he expended money, “he received a book in exchange” and “did not allege he did not want the book, the book was unsatisfactory, or the book was worth less than what he paid for it”
• demurrer was properly sustained where the plaintiff did not allege that misrepresentations caused him to pay money for a book or that he would otherwise have returned the book to avoid payment
• “[T]he phrase ‘as a result of in the UCL imposes a causation requirement; that is, the alleged unfair competition must have caused the plaintiff to lose money or property.”
• claim under “fraudulent” 6 prong of UCL requires showing of reliance on alleged misrepresentation
• claim under “fraudulent” 28 prong of UCL requires showing of reliance on alleged misrepresentation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).