24 Cited authorities

Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
29 Cal.4th 1134 (Cal. 2003) Cited 1,704 times 17 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"
Lazar v. Superior Court
12 Cal.4th 631 (Cal. 1996) Cited 1,689 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that justifiable reliance is a required element of a fraud claim
Quelimane Co. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.
19 Cal.4th 26 (Cal. 1998) Cited 772 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that title insurer owed no duty of ordinary care to non-clients, commenting that "[i]n the business arena it would be unprecedented to impose a duty on one actor to operate its business in a manner that would ensure the financial success of transactions between third parties"
Pacific Gas Electric Co. v. Bear Stearns Co.
50 Cal.3d 1118 (Cal. 1990) Cited 679 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that interference with plaintiff's performance may give rise to a claim for interference with contractual relations if plaintiff's performance is made more costly or more burdensome
Founding Members v. Newport Beach
109 Cal.App.4th 944 (Cal. Ct. App. 2003) Cited 433 times
Holding that extrinsic evidence could be used to help determine the meaning of an integrated contract, provided that the extrinsic evidence "is relevant to prove a meaning to which the language of the instrument is reasonably susceptible."
Della Penna v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
11 Cal.4th 376 (Cal. 1995) Cited 530 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that the tort of intentional or negligence interference with prospective economic advantage requires that a defendant's interference be wrongful "by some measure beyond the fact of the interference itself
Love v. Fire Ins. Exchange
221 Cal.App.3d 1136 (Cal. Ct. App. 1990) Cited 569 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding bad faith occurs when the insurer withholds benefits unreasonably or without proper cause
Bustamante v. Intuit Inc.
141 Cal.App.4th 199 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006) Cited 290 times
Finding that the conditions for performance as to a purported contractual duty to "take all steps necessary to obtain adequate funding and to formally launch the company" were "fatally uncertain."
Reeves v. Hanlon
33 Cal.4th 1140 (Cal. 2004) Cited 306 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding "a plaintiff may recover damages for intentional interference with an at-will employment relation under the same California standard applicable to claims for intentional interference with prospective economic advantage"
Tuchscher Development Enterprises, Inc. v. San Diego Unified Port Dist.
106 Cal.App.4th 1219 (Cal. Ct. App. 2003) Cited 273 times
Finding claims within the ambit of subdivision (e) where they arose from "communications to either the City or Lennar involving the proposed development of Crystal Bay and other bayfront property"

Hearing Demurrer

24 Cited authorities

Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"

Holding that justifiable reliance is a required element of a fraud claim

Holding that title insurer owed no duty of ordinary care to non-clients, commenting that "[i]n the business arena it would be unprecedented to impose a duty on one actor to operate its business in a manner that would ensure the financial success of transactions between third parties"

Holding that interference with plaintiff's performance may give rise to a claim for interference with contractual relations if plaintiff's performance is made more costly or more burdensome

Holding that extrinsic evidence could be used to help determine the meaning of an integrated contract, provided that the extrinsic evidence "is relevant to prove a meaning to which the language of the instrument is reasonably susceptible."

Holding that the tort of intentional or negligence interference with prospective economic advantage requires that a defendant's interference be wrongful "by some measure beyond the fact of the interference itself

Holding bad faith occurs when the insurer withholds benefits unreasonably or without proper cause

Finding that the conditions for performance as to a purported contractual duty to "take all steps necessary to obtain adequate funding and to formally launch the company" were "fatally uncertain."

Holding "a plaintiff may recover damages for intentional interference with an at-will employment relation under the same California standard applicable to claims for intentional interference with prospective economic advantage"

Finding claims within the ambit of subdivision (e) where they arose from "communications to either the City or Lennar involving the proposed development of Crystal Bay and other bayfront property"