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The court's tentative ruling is to:

Sustain without leave to amend, insufficient facts. Cross complaint falls short of a Cartwright Act claim or coming within the holding of Klor's, Inc v Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc 359 US 207 (1959).

Discussion

"The Cartwright Act prohibits every trust, defined as "a combination of capital, skill or acts by two or more persons" for specified anticompetitive purpo........