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LEE v. EDDYSTONE FIRE AND AMBULANCE

MEMORANDUM AND/OR OPINION. SIGNED BY HONORABLE MICHAEL M. BAYLSON ON 11/13/19. 11/14/19 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.

25 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 251,437 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 265,409 times   364 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. Phillips v. County of Allegheny

    515 F.3d 224 (3d Cir. 2008)   Cited 16,745 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a district court need not permit a curative amendment if such amendment would be futile

  4. City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc.

    453 U.S. 247 (1981)   Cited 3,075 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that municipalities and other government entities are immune from punitive damages under § 1983

  5. In re Burlington Coat Factory

    114 F.3d 1410 (3d Cir. 1997)   Cited 7,612 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court may consider a "document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint" when deciding a motion to dismiss

  6. Robinson v. Johnson

    313 F.3d 128 (3d Cir. 2002)   Cited 1,632 times
    Holding that affirmative defenses must be pleaded in the answer or "raised at the earliest practicable moment"

  7. Warren General Hosp., v. Amgen Inc.

    643 F.3d 77 (3d Cir. 2011)   Cited 979 times
    Holding that the indirect purchaser rule applies to prescription drug sales and noting that "[b]ecause of the complicated interplay between market forced, the possibility that the wholesaler was harmed by defendant's actions exists even if the majority of the injury is borne by the indirect purchaser"

  8. Anjelino v. New York Times Co.

    200 F.3d 73 (3d Cir. 1999)   Cited 602 times
    Holding that the statutory plan of Title VII was aimed at correcting discrimination through informal administrative conciliation

  9. Watson v. Eastman Kodak Co.

    235 F.3d 851 (3d Cir. 2000)   Cited 338 times
    Holding that the statute of limitations begins to run at the time an employee is notified of an impending termination, even if her notification of termination "left open the possibility of [her] continued employment with the company" if she was "successful in obtaining another position within [it]"

  10. Hildebrand v. Allegheny Cnty.

    757 F.3d 99 (3d Cir. 2014)   Cited 202 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "comprehensive remedial scheme" of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act precludes § 1983 suits

  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 344,481 times   920 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 2000e-5 - Enforcement provisions

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5   Cited 26,818 times   124 Legal Analyses
    Holding charges must be made in writing, under oath, and contain all information as the Commission requires