Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 260,142 times 281 Legal AnalysesHolding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 273,590 times 368 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
McZeal v. Sprint Nextel Corp.
501 F.3d 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2007) Cited 411 times 12 Legal AnalysesHolding that a direct infringement claim made in accordance with Form 16 (now Form 18) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure meets the Twombly pleading standard
Q-Pharma, Inc. v. Andrew Jergens Co.
360 F.3d 1295 (Fed. Cir. 2004) Cited 152 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that the statement that "further pursuit of the lawsuit would not have been worth the investment" was not evidence of bad faith
Ricoh Co., Ltd. v. Asustek Computer, Inc.
481 F. Supp. 2d 954 (W.D. Wis. 2007) Cited 17 timesNoting that “such a forced and artificial exercise cannot provide the basis for personal jurisdiction”
Anticancer Inc. v. Xenogen Corp.
248 F.R.D. 278 (S.D. Cal. 2007) Cited 16 timesHolding Twombly's plausibility standard applies to claims, counterclaims, cross-claims, and third-party claims
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 354,229 times 943 Legal AnalysesGranting 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
Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Cited 160,289 times 196 Legal AnalysesHolding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."