[greatreorx]

> Nowhere is there any express private right of action that gives any private citizen the right to file suit complaining about alleged violations of these laws.

I thought California 17200 allows for private citizens to sue on behalf of the general public and that no actual injury against the plaintiff is required. Is there something different about this case?

(below quote and link for other HN readers, I'm sure grellas is familiar.)

"Thus the statutory language allowing actions to be brought "by any person acting for the interests of itself, its members or the general public" effectively deputizes the world to find and bring environmental violators to the bar of justice."

http://www.envirolaw.org/Library/17200tools.html

[tzs]

The page you link to at envirolaw.org is out of date by almost a decade. It is discussing the law as it was before Proposition 64. Proposition 64, which passed in 2004, among other things changed the part of section 17204 which said "any person acting for the interests of itself, its members or the general public" to "a person who has suffered injury in fact and has lost money or property as a result of the unfair competition".

[MWil]

that's what I just posted, it sounds more like a qui tam like action except he should be convincing the state/govt to act