Blank v. Kirwan
39 Cal.3d 311 (Cal. 1985) Cited 3,017 timesHolding that the standard for a failure to state a claim is whether "the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action"
Committee on Children's Television, Inc. v. General Foods Corp.
35 Cal.3d 197 (Cal. 1983) Cited 708 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that no fiduciary relationship existed between advertisers of cereal and consumers because "it is unnecessary to call upon the law of fiduciary relationships to perform a function for which it was not designed and is largely unsuited"
Khoury v. Maly's of California, Inc.
14 Cal.App.4th 612 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993) Cited 379 timesHolding that " demurrer for uncertainty is strictly construed, even where a complaint is in some respects uncertain, because ambiguities can be clarified under modern discovery procedures."
Piccinini v. California Emergency Management Agency
226 Cal.App.4th 685 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014) Cited 5 times 1 Legal AnalysesA137275 05-27-2014 Joseph PICCININI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY et al., Defendants and Respondents. Scott Adrian Lewis and Deborah S. Bull, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller, & Moskowitz, Santa Rosa, for Appellant. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Alicia Fowler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Miguel A. Neri, Fiel D. Tigno, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Christopher M. Young, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent. Siggins, J. Scott Adrian Lewis