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Case Summary: TOBACCO II CASES, IN RE 

Issues: Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed orders decertifying a class in a civil action. This case includes the following issues: (1) In order to bring a class action under Unfair Competition Law (Bus. & Prof. Code, section 17200 et seq.), as amended by Proposition 64 (Gen. Elec. (Nov. 2, 2004)), must every member of the proposed class have suffered "injury in fact," or is it sufficient that the class representative comply with that requirement? (2) In a class action based on a manufacturer's alleged misrepresentation of a product, must every member of the class have actually relied on the manufacturer's representations?

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