On Wednesday, a San Diego dstrict court judge indicated the allegations likely have enough merit to go to trial.
"At this juncture, given the limited scope the court has to view these allegations … it seems almost inconceivable the court could grant a motion to dismiss," District Court Judge Conzalo Curiel said, according to Courthouse News.
The lawsuit by Prime Healthcare Services, a national healthcare company, alleges that Harris imposed onerous requirements on its efforts to purchase another healthcare company. Prime claimed that Harris did this to benefit the Service Employees International Union, which was seeking to organize its workers. SEIU had donated to Harris's 2010 and 2014 campaigns for attorney general as well as her 2016 Senate.
The California attorney general's office oversees the sale and purchase of nonprofits and their assets. In most cases, the office required that any company purchasing a healthcare provider nonprofit had to maintain the nonprofit's current level of services for at least five years. Harris expanded that requirement to 10 years in the case of Prime's attempt to purchase the Daughters of Charity Health System.
Prime contended that the change made the planned $843 million sale "financially unviable" and was done deliberately by Harris to undermine it as part of a "quid pro quo" with SEIU. "The only time Attorney General Harris veered from that pattern (of requiring five years) was with respect to Prime and the 10 years condition for the first time," said Prime's attorney John Mills.
Attorneys for Harris contended Wednesday that there was no uniform requirement for approving a sale. "Every single transaction is different," Harris attorney Michele Inan said. She called for a summary judgment to dismiss the case.
Curiel said that Prime's claim "is not a random allegation the court can just ignore," indicating the case will likely go forward. The judge will instead issue a written order.
A spokesperson for Harris could not be reached for comment.
California: The sick man of the United States…. A
STATE UNDER MEX OCCUPATION!
“Our entire crony capitalist system, Democrat and Republican alike, has become a kleptocracy approaching par with third-world hell-holes. This is the way a great country is raided by its elite.” ---- Karen McQuillan THEAMERICAN THINKER.com
California: The sick man of the United States…. A
STATE UNDER MEX OCCUPATION!
PUS-SPEWING XAVIER BECERRA…. Is what happens when illegals
vote LA RAZA FASCISM.
“As one attorney general, Kamala
Harris, steps down to replace Barbara Boxer, another attorney general is
secreted out of the glands of selfsame power in the form of pus-spewing Xavier
Becerra.”
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It
didn’t stop Becerra, a prominent Latino rights advocate who has served in
Congress since 1993, from pushing for the dealer’s release at the request of
his
father,
Horacio. The elder Vignali, a rich Los Angeles businessman, contributed
thousands of dollars to Becerra’s various campaigns and a favor was in
order.
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CALIFORNIA UNDER LA RAZA SIEGE:
Mexico’s looting and ethnic cleansing of a once American state.
MEXIFORNIA:
THE LA RAZA MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY
AND LA RAZA DEM POLICITICIANS GEAR UP TO
FORMALLY SURRENDER TO MEXICO.
“The
election of Trump has led Californians to threaten to leave the union, and
there are many Americans who are eager to see them leave. Their
secession would end the flow of illegals from that state and the millions
in
federal
grants they now receive.”
"The American Southwest seems to be slowly
returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a single
shot." --- EXCELSIOR --- national
newspaper of Mexico
SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN, HUBBY LOOTER
RICHARD BLUM AND LAP B ITCH, BARBARA “BRIBES” BOXER…. Along with Nancy Pelosi,
four of the most corrupt and self-serving plunderers of America… These Cretans
redefine the term CRONY CAPITALIST PIGS!
FOR YEARS THEY HAVE SUCKED THE BLOOD OUT OF A DYING
NATION!
“Our entire crony capitalist system, Democrat and Republican alike, has become a kleptocracy approaching par with third-world hell-holes. This is the way a great country is raided by its elite.” ---- Karen McQuillan THEAMERICAN THINKER.com