McKell v. Washington Mut., Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that in an action brought by consumers, “[a] business practice is unfair within the meaning of the UCL if it violates established public policy or if it is immoral, unethical, oppressive or unscrupulous and causes injury to consumers which outweighs its benefits.”
• outlining the elements of a breach of contract claim under California law
• “business practice is unfair within the meaning of the UCL if it violates established public policy or if it is immoral, unethical, oppressive or unscrupulous and causes injury to consumers which outweighs its benefits”
• “A written contract may be pleaded either by its terms—set out verbatim in the 7 complaint or a copy of the contract attached to the complaint and incorporated therein by 8 reference—or by its legal effect.” (citation omitted)
• “[t]here 24 is no cause of action for unjust enrichment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).