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The court's tentative ruling is to:
Sustain with leave to amend, insufficient facts alleged. Cross complaint is not uncertain because of the misspelling of the individual cross defendant's last name. Cross complaint falls short of a Cartwright Act claim. First amended cross complaint due by 8-22-12.
Discussion
"The Cartwright Act prohibits every trust, defined as "a combination of capital, skill or acts by two or more persons" for specified anticompetitive purpose