California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Edwards v. Edwards, A145565 (Cal. App. 2016):
"Wang v. Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust (2007) 153 Cal.App.4th 790, where a seller of real property brought an action against the buyer, the city, and city officials for breach of contract, fraud, and related causes of action, in which some of the actions complained of related to defendants' conduct in obtaining and issuing permits. Held: the thrust of the action did not 'arise' from these activities. (Id. at p. 799.)
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