Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Reves v. Ernst Young

Holding that the defendant "participates" if he "directs" the pattern of racketeering activity

Rotella v. Wood

Holding discovery rule inapplicable to § 2462 limitations period

American Pipe Construction Co. v. Utah

Holding the commencement of a class action "suspends the applicable statute of limitations as to all asserted members of the class who would have been parties had the suit been permitted to continue as a class action"

Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff Assocs

Holding that civil RICO actions are subject to a four-year statute of limitations

Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A.

Holding that an aiding and abetting claim under New York law requires "an allegation that such defendant had actual knowledge of the breach of duty"

IDT Corp. v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.

Holding that unjust enrichment "is an obligation imposed by equity to prevent injustice, in the absence of an actual agreement between the parties concerned. Where the parties executed a valid and enforceable written contract governing a particular subject matter, recovery on a theory of unjust enrichment for events arising out of that subject matter is ordinarily precluded."

Limestone v. Village

Holding that the continuing violation doctrine simply “allow suit to be delayed until a series of wrongful acts blossoms into an injury on which suit can be brought”

Zumpano v. Quinn

Holding that a party must establish "subsequent and specific actions by defendants somehow kept them from timely bringing suit"

Anschutz Corp. v. Merrill Lynch & Co.

Holding that because plaintiffs did not allege any direct contact with the rating agencies, plaintiffs had failed to allege the existence of a privity-like special relationship—an essential element of a negligent misrepresentation claim under New York law

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."

Rule 15 - Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint

Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

Specifying prohibited activities

Section 25 - Private rights of action

Granting federal courts exclusive jurisdiction over private claims brought under the CEA

Section 13 - Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution

Pertaining to punishment for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act

Section 760 ILCS 65/2