The following excerpt is from Patriot Rail Corp. v. Sierra R.R. Co., No. 2:09-cv-00009-MCE-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2011):
"As a matter of law, a threshold causation requirement exists for maintaining a cause of action for either tort, namely, proof that it is reasonably probable that the lost economic advantage would have been realized but for the defendant's interference." Youst v. Longo, 43 Cal. 3d 64, 71 (1987).
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