19 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 269,421 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts are not required "to credit a complaint's conclusory statements without reference to its factual context"
  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 282,303 times   369 Legal Analyses
    Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing
  3. Fowler v. UPMC Shadyside

    578 F.3d 203 (3d Cir. 2009)   Cited 14,614 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion "in denying a motion for a class action determination which was untimely under the local rule"
  4. Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins

    304 U.S. 64 (1938)   Cited 20,879 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Holding that state law governs substantive issues and federal law governs procedural issues
  5. Mayer v. Belichick

    605 F.3d 223 (3d Cir. 2010)   Cited 2,563 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding we must only consider documents if complainant's claims are based upon these documents
  6. Strickland v. University of Scranton

    700 A.2d 979 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1997)   Cited 356 times
    Holding no prospective contract when university administrator's contract was not renewed after twenty-five years on the job
  7. Phillips v. Selig

    2008 Pa. Super. 244 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2008)   Cited 210 times
    Holding that evidence of parties' twenty-year business relationship was insufficient as a matter of law to show a reasonable likelihood of a future contractual relationship
  8. Shiner v. Moriarty

    706 A.2d 1228 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1998)   Cited 179 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding that petitions for stays in state and bankruptcy courts, reconsideration of the denial of the stay, an injunction, and to strike a confessed judgment, as well as challenges before a zoning board, constitute "use of a legal process" for purposes of an abuse of process claim
  9. Pelagatti v. Cohen

    370 Pa. Super. 422 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1987)   Cited 206 times
    Holding that civil conspiracy claim requires availability of an independent cause of action for the acts alleged
  10. Walnut Street Associates v. Brokerage Concepts

    20 A.3d 468 (Pa. 2011)   Cited 95 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "Restatement [Section] 772 applies in Pennsylvania to preclude an action for tortious interference with contractual relations where it is undisputed that the defendant's interfering statements were truthful" and explaining that "[t]he Restatement commentary [the Court] set forth [previously] amply explain[ed] why the conveyance of truthful information cannot reasonably be deemed to be 'improper' interference"
  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 364,364 times   963 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 165,340 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  13. Rule 11 - Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 11   Cited 37,731 times   153 Legal Analyses
    Holding an "unrepresented party" to the same standard as an attorney
  14. Section 8351 - Wrongful use of civil proceedings

    42 Pa. C.S. § 8351   Cited 273 times
    Defining existence of probable cause