Blank v. Kirwan
39 Cal.3d 311 (Cal. 1985) Cited 3,098 timesHolding that the standard for a failure to state a claim is whether "the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action"
Aubry v. Tri-City Hospital Dist.
2 Cal.4th 962 (Cal. 1992) Cited 1,199 times 1 Legal AnalysesIn Aubry, supra, 42 Cal.App.4th 579 at pages 587 through 588, 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 703, the court, citing language from Labor Council, held the Regents were not required to pay private contractors the prevailing wage under section 1770 et seq., which applies to public works, for the construction of student and staff housing.
Careau & Co. v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc.
222 Cal.App.3d 1371 (Cal. Ct. App. 1990) Cited 944 timesHolding that a claim for breach of the implied covenant may be disregarded if it rests on the same set of facts as a claim for breach of contract
Weddington Productions, Inc. v. Flick
60 Cal.App.4th 793 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998) Cited 507 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that an agreement "must not only contain all the material terms but also express each in a reasonably definite manner."
Monster Energy Co. v. Schechter
7 Cal.5th 781 (Cal. 2019) Cited 250 times 8 Legal AnalysesIn Monster Energy Co. v. Schechter (2019) 7 Cal.5th 781, 249 Cal.Rptr.3d 295, 444 P.3d 97, a tort settlement "included several provisions purporting to impose confidentiality obligations on the parties and their counsel," and counsel signed the agreement "under a notation that they approved [it] as to form and content."
Racine Laramie v. Dept. of P. R
11 Cal.App.4th 1026 (Cal. Ct. App. 1992) Cited 319 timesHolding that an implied covenant "cannot be extended to create obligations not contemplated in the contract"
Serrano v. Priest
5 Cal.3d 584 (Cal. 1971) Cited 540 timesHolding that the structure of the education funding system in California denied students equal protection
Service by Medallion, Inc. v. Clorox Co.
44 Cal.App.4th 1807 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996) Cited 137 timesCleaning company's purchase of materials in preparation for performing contractual promise "were essential to its subsequent performance of the service agreement and therefore could not have been considered detrimental"
Scott v. City of Indian Wells
6 Cal.3d 541 (Cal. 1972) Cited 131 timesHolding that nonresident property owners had standing to challenge a conditional-use permit issued by a neighboring city because the property owners' land was adjacent to the lot subject to the conditional-use permit
Blackburn v. Charnley
117 Cal.App.4th 758 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004) Cited 45 timesUpholding trial court grant of specific performance based on balancing the hardships of enforcement