Young v. Grandmontagne

1 Citing case

  1. Kennedy Funding, Inc. v. Chapman

    Case No. C 09-01957 RS (N.D. Cal. Jun. 18, 2010)   Cited 13 times
    Dismissing cause of action, while noting that claims for accounting "are more appropriately characterized as forms of relief than independent claims"

    See, e.g., Santos v. Countrywide Home Loans, No. Civ. 2:09-02642, 2009 WL 3756337 at *5 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 6, 2009) ("declaratory and injunctive relief are not independent claims, but rather they are forms of relief") (citing McDowell v. Watson, 59 Cal.App.4th 1155, 1159, 69 Cal.Rptr.2d 692 (1997)); Harara v. ConocoPhillips Co., 377 F. Supp. 2d 779, 796 (N.D. Cal. 2005) ("[s]pecific performance is a form of contractual relief, not an independent claim.") (citing 5 Witkin, California Procedure, Pleading § 740 (4th ed. 1997)); Williams v. ARC Music Corp., 121 F.3d 720 (9th Cir. 1997) ("[t]here is no independent cause of action for appointment of a receiver.") (citing Witkin, California Procedure 4th, Prov. Remedies, §§ 416, 420); ( Borrego v. BMG U.S. Latin, 92 Fed. App'x 572, 573 (9th Cir. 2004) (accounting is not an independent claim) (citing Hillman v. Stults, 263 Cal. App. 2d 848, 876 (1968)).