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

Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

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' "

Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement

Celotex Corp. v. Edwards

Holding that a bankruptcy court could not use “jurisdictional bootstrap” to “exercise jurisdiction that would not otherwise exist”

In re Valley Media, Inc.

Holding that to survive a motion to dismiss a preference complaint must contain an identification of the nature and amount of each antecedent debt and (b) an identification of each alleged transfer by date, name of debtor/transferor, name of transferee and the amount of the transfer

In re Poplar Run Five Ltd. Partnership

Holding that "related to" jurisdiction did not reach proceeding, the outcome which would have no impact on the estate's handling or administration since the debtor had a confirmed liquidation plan, stating, "When we confirmed [the debtor's] liquidation plan, the estate ceased to exist and the parties became bound to the plan's provisions."

In re Koubourlis

Recognizing this definition of insolvency as the “traditional bankruptcy balance sheet test”

Hawaiian Rock Prods. Corp. v. Ocean Hous., Inc

Ute Mesa Lot 1, LLC v. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (In re Ute Mesa Lot 1, LLC)

Holding a notice of lis pendens was not a creation of a lien for purposes of § 101 because it did not constitute a transfer of interest in the debtor in property

In re Davison

Finding an action for the recovery of a preference must be dismissed upon the dismissal of the underlying bankruptcy case

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. . . ."

Section 157 - Procedures

Determining the validity, extent, or priority of liens

Section 1334 - Bankruptcy cases and proceedings

Granting "exclusive jurisdiction" to a federal court handling a bankruptcy case "of all the property, wherever located, of the debtor as of the commencement of such case, and of property of the estate"

Section 362 - Automatic stay

Concluding that cause exists to lift the stay because no bankruptcy purpose would be served by keeping the stay in place

Section 101 - Definitions

Defining "securities clearing agency" by reference to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Section 541 - Property of the estate

Defining the bankruptcy estate to include "all legal or equitable interests of the debtor in property as of the commencement of the [bankruptcy] case"

Section 522 - Exemptions

Granting debtor power to avoid judicial lien that impairs exemption

Section 547 - Preferences

Seeking to avoid preferential transfers

Section 707 - Dismissal of a case or conversion to a case under chapter 11 or 13

Granting general jurisdiction to dismiss petitions, but not specifically mentioning "abuse"