56 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 252,544 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 266,461 times   365 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "
  3. Erickson v. Pardus

    551 U.S. 89 (2007)   Cited 61,599 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint must "give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests"
  4. Daimler AG v. Bauman

    571 U.S. 117 (2014)   Cited 5,614 times   236 Legal Analyses
    Holding that foreign corporations may not be subject to general jurisdiction "whenever they have an in-state subsidiary or affiliate"
  5. Goodyear Dunlop Tires Oper. v. Brown

    564 U.S. 915 (2011)   Cited 5,200 times   86 Legal Analyses
    Holding "the sales of petitioners' tires sporadically made in North Carolina through intermediaries" insufficient to support general jurisdiction
  6. Mine Workers v. Gibbs

    383 U.S. 715 (1966)   Cited 17,781 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that supplemental jurisdiction is a "doctrine of discretion"
  7. Cigna Corp. v. Amara

    563 U.S. 421 (2011)   Cited 1,104 times   100 Legal Analyses
    Holding that SPDs provide "communication with beneficiaries about the plan, but . . . do not themselves constitute the terms of the plan for purposes of § 502(B)"
  8. Hunt v. Washington Apple Advertising Comm'n

    432 U.S. 333 (1977)   Cited 4,434 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that North Carolina's statute banning state grading of apples was discriminatory even though six other states also had no state grading
  9. Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp.

    429 U.S. 252 (1977)   Cited 4,287 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs need show only that "a discriminatory purpose has been a motivating factor in the decision," because, after all, "[r]arely can it be said that a legislature or administrative body operating under a broad mandate made a decision motivated solely by a single concern, or even that a particular purpose was the ‘dominant’ or ‘primary’ one."
  10. Edwards v. City of Goldsboro

    178 F.3d 231 (4th Cir. 1999)   Cited 6,550 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that First Amendment rights of an off-duty officer communicating about concealed weapons were sufficiently established by precedent regarding off-duty officer's entertainment performances
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 345,715 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 156,116 times   193 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  13. Section 1132 - Civil enforcement

    29 U.S.C. § 1132   Cited 26,272 times   169 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable "[a]ny administrator" who fails to provide documents in a timely manner
  14. Section 1001 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy

    29 U.S.C. § 1001   Cited 20,520 times   59 Legal Analyses
    Noting that ERISA was enacted “to protect ... employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries”
  15. Section 185 - Suits by and against labor organizations

    29 U.S.C. § 185   Cited 14,534 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Granting federal district courts jurisdiction over breach of contract claims arising out of collective bargaining contracts
  16. Rule 42 - Consolidation; Separate Trials

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 42   Cited 9,241 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Granting court's authority to consolidate related cases or "issue any other orders to avoid unnecessary cost or delay."
  17. Section 1391 - Methods for computing withdrawal liability

    29 U.S.C. § 1391   Cited 333 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing a plan may determine, with certain restrictions, its own method of assessing a contribution upon withdrawal