31 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 253,227 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 267,097 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. Conley v. Gibson

    355 U.S. 41 (1957)   Cited 58,523 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief"
  4. Lee v. City of L.A.

    250 F.3d 668 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 10,599 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the district court erred in granting a motion to dismiss "by relying on extrinsic evidence and by taking judicial notice of disputed matters of fact to support its ruling"
  5. Marrese v. American Academy of Ortho. Surgeons

    470 U.S. 373 (1985)   Cited 2,007 times
    Holding that the full faith and credit statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1738, "directs a federal court to refer to the preclusion law of the State in which judgment was rendered"
  6. Navarro v. Block

    250 F.3d 729 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 5,556 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that dismissal is proper where there is "an absence of sufficient facts alleged to support a cognizable legal theory"
  7. Cafasso v. General Dynamics C4 Systems

    637 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2011)   Cited 2,502 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding a complaint failed to satisfy Rule 9(b) where the allegations were lacking in detail
  8. Cahill v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

    80 F.3d 336 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 3,302 times
    Holding that allegations of material fact are taken as true and construed in the light most favorable to plaintiff
  9. Carvalho v. Equifax Information Services, LLC

    629 F.3d 876 (9th Cir. 2010)   Cited 1,116 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "other paper" does not include documents received prior to the receipt of the initial pleading; thus, plaintiff's settlement demand letter predating the filing of her complaint did not trigger a thirty-day removal period
  10. Wyler Summit v. Turner Broadcasting Sys

    135 F.3d 658 (9th Cir. 1998)   Cited 1,208 times
    Denying motion to dismiss contract claim
  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 346,412 times   923 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 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 328,986 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
  13. Section 1738 - State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit

    28 U.S.C. § 1738   Cited 7,523 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Referring to "[t]he Acts of the legislature" in the full faith and credit context
  14. Section 1692e - False or misleading representations

    15 U.S.C. § 1692e   Cited 6,928 times   108 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting false representation of the "character, amount, or legal status of a debt"
  15. Section 1681 - Congressional findings and statement of purpose

    15 U.S.C. § 1681   Cited 6,314 times   190 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the need to protect "the consumer's right to privacy"
  16. Section 1681s-2 - Responsibilities of furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies

    15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2   Cited 2,873 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Granting enforcement power to state and federal regulators