JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. A164519, No. A164521.

85 Cal.App.5th 477 (2022)

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. KEN ELDER, Real Party in Interest. U.S. BANK N.A., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. KEN ELDER, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

November 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Douglas W. Baruch , Jennifer M. Wollenberg , Neaha P. Raol , Thomas M. Peterson and Joseph E. Floren for Petitioner JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Buckley, James R. McGuire , Sarah N. Davis , Andrew W. Schilling (pro hac vice) and Jackson Hagen (pro hac vice) for Petitioner U.S. Bank N.A.

Dechert, Joshua D.N. Hess , Steven A. Engel ; and Janet Galeria for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, California Chamber of Commerce and California Bankers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Silver Golub & Teitell, David S. Golub ; Denver Law Group, Michael P. Denver ; Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe and Michael S. Devorkin for Real Party in Interest.

Rob Bonta , Attorney General, Matthew Rodriquez , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Martin H. Goyette , Assistant Attorney General, Jacqueline Dale and Brendan Ruddy , Deputy Attorneys General, for Attorney General as Amicus Curiae.


OPINION

A qui tam plaintiff alleges that two banks violated California's False Claims Act (CFCA) (Gov. Code, § 12650 et seq.) by failing to report and deliver millions of dollars owing on unclaimed cashier's checks to the State of California as escheated property. The two banks seek writ relief from the trial...

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