California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dean v. Friends of Pine Meadow, 21 Cal.App.5th 91, 229 Cal.Rptr.3d 865 (Cal. App. 2018):
4 As the trial court also explained, the causes of action for conspiracy and declaratory and injunctive relief were not independent claims, but were dependent on plaintiffs' showing a probability of prevailing on their claims for the underlying torts of interference with prospective economic advantage and defamation. (See Rusheen v. Cohen (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1048, 1062, 39 Cal.Rptr.3d 516, 128 P.3d 713 ["a civil conspiracy does not give rise to a cause of action unless an independent civil wrong has been committed."]; MaJor v. Miraverde Homeowners Assn. (1992) 7 Cal.App.4th 618, 623, 9 Cal.Rptr.2d 237 ["a cause of action must exist before injunctive relief may be granted"].)
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