CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 3060
Unruh Civil Rights Act—Essential Factual Elements (Civ.
Code, §§ 51, 52)
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] denied
[him/her/nonbinary pronoun] full and equal [accommodations/advantages/
facilities/privileges/services] because of [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun] [sex/
race/color/religion/ancestry/national origin/disability/medical condition/
genetic information/marital status/sexual orientation/citizenship/primary
language/immigration status/[any combination of those characteristics]/
[insert other actionable or protected characteristic or combination of
characteristics]]. To establish this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove all
of the following:
1. That [name of defendant] [denied/aided or incited a denial
of/discriminated or made a distinction that denied] full and equal
[accommodations/advantages/facilities/privileges/services] to [name
of plaintiff];
2. [That a substantial motivating reason for [name of defendant]’s
conduct was [its perception of] [name of plaintiff]’s [sex/race/color/
religion/ancestry/national origin/ medical condition/genetic
information/marital status/sexual orientation/ citizenship/primary
language/immigration status/[any combination of those
characteristics]/[insert other actionable or protected characteristic or
combination of characteristics]];]
2. [That the [sex/race/color/religion/ancestry/national origin/medical
condition/genetic information/marital status/sexual orientation/
citizenship/primary language/immigration status/[any combination
of those characteristics]/[insert other actionable or protected
characteristic or combination of characteristics]] of a person whom
[name of plaintiff] was associated with was a substantial
motivating reason for [name of defendant]’s conduct;]
3. That [name of plaintiff] was harmed; and
4. That [name of defendant]’s conduct was a substantial factor in
causing [name of plaintiff]’s harm.
New September 2003; Revised December 2011, June 2012; Renumbered from CACI
No. 3020 December 2012; Revised June 2013, June 2016, December 2025
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