Porcile v. Connell
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing her action against two former California State Controllers (Kathleen Connell and Steve Westly ) and two employees of the controllers office (Richard J. Chivaro and George DeLeon), after the trial court sustained without leave to amend demurrers to plaintiffs third through ninth causes of action and plaintiff voluntarily dismissed her remaining causes. The complaint, styled as a class action, alleged various federal and state wrongs by defendants in the handling of property subject to the Unclaimed Property Law, Code of Civil Procedure section 1500 et seq. (UPL; undesignated section references are to that code). The court ruled that plaintiffs federal claims lacked merit and were precluded by federal immunity, and that the state claims could not proceed in light of the UPLs own preclusion of suit, and noncompliance with the Tort Claims Act. Court affirm the judgment.
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