14 Cited authorities

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 215,238 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"
  2. Mycogen Corporation v. Monsanto Company

    28 Cal.4th 888 (Cal. 2002)   Cited 818 times
    Holding that a judgment granting declaratory relief and decreeing specific performance barred, under claim preclusion, a subsequent suit for damages
  3. Sonora Diamond Corp. v. Superior Court

    83 Cal.App.4th 523 (Cal. Ct. App. 2000)   Cited 650 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the alter ego doctrine is a mechanism for imposing liability on a parent company for the actions of its subsidiaries whereas single entity liability applies to sister corporations
  4. Mesler v. Bragg Management Co.

    39 Cal.3d 290 (Cal. 1985)   Cited 459 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the trial court should have allowed plaintiff to amend the complaint to add an alter ego theory
  5. Mason & Dixon Intermodal v. Lapmaster International LLC

    632 F.3d 1056 (9th Cir. 2011)   Cited 141 times
    Explaining that the court applies state substantive law to state law claims based on supplemental jurisdiction
  6. Associated Vendors, Inc. v. Oakland Meat Co.

    210 Cal.App.2d 825 (Cal. Ct. App. 1962)   Cited 312 times
    Holding "it is not sufficient to merely show that a creditor will remain unsatisfied if the corporate veil is not pierced, and thus set up such an unhappy circumstance as proof of an 'inequitable result'"
  7. Morrison Knudsen Corp. v. Hancock

    69 Cal.App.4th 223 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999)   Cited 98 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding in a nonclient context where the law firm obtained confidential information about party in connection with its representation of party's underwriters, the proper standard in assessing disqualification is not the "loose, 'may appear to be useful' test, " but rather the "substantial relationship" test ordinarily applied in successive representations cases
  8. Virtualmagic Asia, Inc. v. Fil-Cartoons, Inc.

    99 Cal.App.4th 228 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002)   Cited 83 times
    Listing "numerous factors" considered by California courts in determining whether to apply the alter ego doctrine
  9. Tri-Star Pictures v. Leisure Time Productions

    17 F.3d 38 (2d Cir. 1994)   Cited 99 times
    Holding that an unfair competition claim was properly dismissed where there was no finding of contractual breach
  10. Mkt. Lofts Cmty. Ass'n v. 9th St. Mkt. Lofts, LLC

    222 Cal.App.4th 924 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014)   Cited 24 times
    Stating that California Code of Civil Procedure section 1060 requires merely that there be an actual controversy relating to the legal rights and duties of the respective parties"
  11. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 326,905 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
  12. Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

    28 U.S.C. § 2201   Cited 24,422 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment
  13. Section 1060 - Generally

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1060   Cited 1,190 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Allowing a party who desires a declaration of his or her rights or duties with respect to another to ask for such a declaration, either alone or with other relief