19 Cited authorities

  1. Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.

    544 U.S. 280 (2005)   Cited 7,949 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars "cases brought by state-court losers complaining of injuries caused by state-court judgments rendered before the district court proceedings commenced and inviting district court review and rejection of those judgments"
  2. Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc.

    545 U.S. 546 (2005)   Cited 4,126 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the supplemental jurisdiction statute permits the exercise of diversity jurisdiction over additional plaintiffs who fail to satisfy the minimum amount-in-controversy requirement, as long as the other elements of diversity jurisdiction are present and at least one named plaintiff does satisfy the amount-in-controversy requirement
  3. D.C. Court of Appeals v. Feldman

    460 U.S. 462 (1983)   Cited 10,466 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding plaintiffs’ claims that the state court acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying plaintiffs’ petitions for waiver were inextricably intertwined with the state-court judgment denying their petitions
  4. Makarova v. U.S.

    201 F.3d 110 (2d Cir. 2000)   Cited 3,905 times
    Holding that legal issues presented by Rule 12(b) motion are reviewed de novo
  5. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.

    263 U.S. 413 (1923)   Cited 9,660 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that federal suit was "merely an attempt to get rid of the judgment for alleged errors of law committed" by the state courts
  6. Hoblock v. Albany County Bd. of Elections

    422 F.3d 77 (2d Cir. 2005)   Cited 1,214 times
    Holding that "[w]here a state-court judgment causes the challenged third-party action, any challenge to that third-party action is necessarily the kind of challenge to the state judgment that" the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars
  7. Conyers v. Rossides

    558 F.3d 137 (2d Cir. 2009)   Cited 374 times
    Holding that “the [TSA] Administrator's decision not to utilize the [Federal Aviation Administration]'s personnel management system in deciding whom to ‘employ’ or ‘appoint’ as a security screener, ‘is committed to agency discretion’ by ATSA Section 111(d) and, thus, is not reviewable under the [Administrative Procedure Act]”
  8. Kamen v. American Tel. Tel. Co.

    791 F.2d 1006 (2d Cir. 1986)   Cited 756 times
    Holding that the district court improperly considered an attorney's affidavit where the affidavit "contain[ed] no information to indicate a basis in personal knowledge for the affiant's conclusory statement"
  9. Rhulen Agency, Inc v. Alabama Ins. Guar. Ass'n

    896 F.2d 674 (2d Cir. 1990)   Cited 513 times
    Holding that the citizenship of an insurance guaranty company is that of its members
  10. Malik v. Meissner

    82 F.3d 560 (2d Cir. 1996)   Cited 422 times
    Holding that the plaintiff bears the burden of establishing subject matter jurisdiction in a complaint
  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 342,515 times   917 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Section 1331 - Federal question

    28 U.S.C. § 1331   Cited 96,626 times   132 Legal Analyses
    Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."
  13. Section 1367 - Supplemental jurisdiction

    28 U.S.C. § 1367   Cited 61,042 times   78 Legal Analyses
    Holding that in civil actions proceeding in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the district court "shall not have supplemental jurisdiction" over "claims by plaintiffs against persons made parties under Rule . . . 24" or "over claims by persons . . seeking to intervene as plaintiffs under Rule 24," if "exercising supplemental jurisdiction over such claims would be inconsistent with the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332"
  14. Section 1343 - Civil rights and elective franchise

    28 U.S.C. § 1343   Cited 13,765 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts jurisdiction over "any civil action authorized by law"
  15. Section 12205 - Attorney's fees

    42 U.S.C. § 12205   Cited 1,575 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Permitting the court to allow costs to "the prevailing party"
  16. Section 3613 - Enforcement by private persons

    42 U.S.C. § 3613   Cited 1,533 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Granting right to sue in state or federal court
  17. Section 12133 - Enforcement

    42 U.S.C. § 12133   Cited 738 times
    Adopting the "remedies, procedures, and rights set forth in section 794a of Title 29"