context: [Citation.] Modem courts, however, have permitted conversion claims against intangible interests such as checks and customer lists.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.parenthetical: conversion of index cards with information on potential customers, including their financial standing
citation_a.sentence: Acme Paper Co. v. Goffstein, [supra,] 125 Cal.App.2d [at p.] 179 . . . ; Palm Springs-La Quinta Dev. Co. v. Kieberk Corp., 46 Cal.App.2d 234 [115 P.2d 548] (1941) (conversion of index cards with information on potential customers, including their financial standing); see Thrifty-Tel, Inc. v. Bezenek, 46 Cal.App.4th 1559 [54 Cal.Rptr.2d 468] (1996) (leaving open question whether confidential codes to gain computer access could be converted because trespass to personal property claim existed); see generally Kremen v. Cohen, [supra,] 337 E3d [at p.] 1030 . . . (noting modem rejection of hard line between tangible and intangible property and holding plaintiff could state conversion claim as to internet domain name). [][]... [][] Although there is no clear authority, the Court concludes that [the] Plaintiffs may state a conversion claim based upon the misappropriation of their Private Payment Information, which was then used to make allegedly unauthorized debits from their financial accounts.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: leaving open question whether confidential codes to gain computer access could be converted because trespass to personal property claim existed
citation_b.sentence: Acme Paper Co. v. Goffstein, [supra,] 125 Cal.App.2d [at p.] 179 . . . ; Palm Springs-La Quinta Dev. Co. v. Kieberk Corp., 46 Cal.App.2d 234 [115 P.2d 548] (1941) (conversion of index cards with information on potential customers, including their financial standing); see Thrifty-Tel, Inc. v. Bezenek, 46 Cal.App.4th 1559 [54 Cal.Rptr.2d 468] (1996) (leaving open question whether confidential codes to gain computer access could be converted because trespass to personal property claim existed); see generally Kremen v. Cohen, [supra,] 337 E3d [at p.] 1030 . . . (noting modem rejection of hard line between tangible and intangible property and holding plaintiff could state conversion claim as to internet domain name). [][]... [][] Although there is no clear authority, the Court concludes that [the] Plaintiffs may state a conversion claim based upon the misappropriation of their Private Payment Information, which was then used to make allegedly unauthorized debits from their financial accounts.