San Francisco Opera Ass'n v. Flickinger

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “‘It is fundamental that ‘damages which are speculative, remote, imaginary, contingent, 26 or merely possible cannot serve as a legal basis for recovery.’” (brackets and citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Atkins v. City of Los Angeles
  California Court of Appeal· 2017-02-14· cited 85×
• Union Pacific Railroad v. Santa Fe Pacific Pipelines, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2014-11-05· cited 46×
• Williamson v. Brooks
  California Court of Appeal· 2017-01-31· cited 28×
• Estate v. Herzog
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-03-29· cited 18×
• McLear-Gary v. Scott
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2018-07-11· cited 10×
• Guess v. Bernhardson
  California Court of Appeal· 2015-11-30
• Williamson v. Brooks
  California Court of Appeal· 2017-02-28
• Atkins v. City of Los Angeles
  California Court of Appeal· 2017-03-13
• Estate of Post
  California Court of Appeal· 2018-06-22
• McLear-Gary v. Scott
  California Court of Appeal· 2018-07-11
• Scott v. McDonald
  California Court of Appeal· 2018-08-22
• Estate of Herzog
  California Court of Appeal· 2019-03-29
• Ring v. Harmon
  California Court of Appeal· 2021-12-15
• Estate of Post v. Post
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2018-06-22
• Scott v. McDonald
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2018-08-22
• Estate of Flores
  California Court of Appeal· 2024-01-02
• Bird Rock Home Mortgage v. Breaking Ground
  California Court of Appeal· 2025-09-16
• Ehrenkranz v. S.F. Zen Center
  California Court of Appeal· 2026-03-02

Cites

44 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nwosu v. Uba
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-10-01· cited 816×
• In Re Marriage of Arceneaux
  California Supreme Court· 1990-12-13· cited 696×
• Johnson v. City of Loma Linda
  California Supreme Court· 2000-08-24· cited 334×
• Ginns v. Savage
  California Supreme Court· 1964-07-09· cited 281×
• ASP Properties Group, L.P. v. Fard, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2005-10-05· cited 148×
• Wilson v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  California Supreme Court· 2000-06-12· cited 144×
• Miller v. Eisenhower Medical Center
  California Supreme Court· 1980-07-07· cited 119×
• Piscitelli v. Friedenberg
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-03-14· cited 115×
• Loring v. Town of Kingsley
  California Supreme Court· 1946-12-17· cited 95×
• Conti v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners
  California Supreme Court· 1969-12-10· cited 89×
• Security-First National Bank v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1934-11-01· cited 85×
• Estate of Radovich
  California Supreme Court· 1957-03-15· cited 72×
• Pasadena Medi-Center Associates v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1973-07-26· cited 65×
• Magic Kitchen LLC v. Good Things International, Ltd.
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-07-30· cited 63×
• Parsons v. Tickner
  California Court of Appeal· 1995-02-02· cited 57×
• Wilcox v. Wilcox
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-11-29· cited 55×
• Carlson v. Eassa
  California Court of Appeal· 1997-04-24· cited 50×
• Westphal v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-12-18· cited 49×
• City of Coachella v. Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission
  California Court of Appeal· 1989-05-25· cited 45×
• O'DAY v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1941-08-29· cited 43×