Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "

Moss v. U.S. Secret Service

Holding that the court lacked jurisdiction over the district court's deferral of the summary judgment motion

Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

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"

Panavision International, L.P. v. Toeppen

Holding that personal jurisdiction existed where “[t]he brunt of the harm ... was felt in California,” and the defendant “knew Panavision would likely suffer harm there because, although at all relevant times Panavision was a Delaware limited partnership, its principal place of business was in California”

Engalla v. Permanente Med. Grp., Inc.

Holding that a party's "course of delay" in performing the terms of the contract, when "unreasonable or undertaken in bad faith, may provide sufficient grounds" for a finding of waiver

Careau & Co. v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc.

Holding 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

Sybersound Records, Inc. v. UAV Corp.

Holding that the licensing status of a copyrighted recording does not give rise to a claim under § 1125(B)

Tarmann v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Holding that intentional misrepresentation claim based on a false promise requires plaintiff to plead that "the promisor did not intend to perform at the time he or she made the promise and that it was intended to deceive or induce the promisee to do or not do a particular thing."

Riverisland Cold Storage, Inc. v. Fresno-Madera Production Credit Association

Holding that parol evidence may be used to prove promissory fraud

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Permitting "[m]alice, intent, knowledge, and other conditions of a person's mind [to] be alleged generally"

Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

Prohibiting unlawful business practices

Section 1125 - False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden

Holding "the person who asserts trade dress protection has the burden of proving that the matter sought to be protected is not functional"

Section 17500 - Untrue or misleading advertising

Requiring action that originated in California to effect consumers in another state

Section 1710 - Deceit defined

Defining "deceit"

Section 14245 - Grounds for civil action by owner of registered mark

Providing remedies for violation of the Model State Trademark Law

Section 14200 - Short title