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' "

Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S.

Holding that, in limited circumstances, federal courts should abstain from deciding a case when there are related proceedings pending in state court

New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc. v. New Orleans

Holding that Burford abstention is not appropriate where the plaintiff's claim "does not involve a state-law claim," and rejecting the Fifth Circuit's declaration that "`the absence of a state law claim [is] not fatal'" to the application of Burford abstention

Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc.

Holding that mere economic loss does not amount to an antitrust injury under the antitrust laws

California Transport v. Trucking Unlimited

Holding "the right to petition extends to all departments of the Government," including the courts

Verizon Comm. v. Law Offices of Trinko

Holding even a monopolist has no duty to cooperate with rivals

Mine Workers v. Pennington

Holding that immunity extends to petitioning conduct “either standing alone or as part of a broader scheme”

Eastern R. Conf. v. Noerr Motors

Holding that antitrust laws do not apply to businesses combining to lobby the government, even where such conduct has an anticompetitive purpose and an anticompetitive effect, because the alternative "would raise important constitutional questions" under the First Amendment

Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.

Holding that there is no "conspiracy" exception to the Noerr-Pennington doctrine

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

Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment

Section 2 - Monopolizing trade a felony; penalty

In § 2 cases under the Sherman Act, as in § 7 cases under the Clayton Act (Brown Shoe Co. v. United States, 370 U.S. 294, 325) there may be submarkets that are separate economic entities.

Section 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty

Making illegal "[e]very contract, combination ..., or conspiracy, in restraint of trade"

Section 26 - Injunctive relief for private parties; exception; costs

Authorizing injunctive relief against "threatened loss or damage by a violation of the antitrust laws"

Section 1060 - Generally

Allowing a party who desires a declaration of his or her rights or duties with respect to another to ask for such a declaration, either alone or with other relief

Section 12 - Definitions; short title

Stating that the statute only applies to an express list of federal law

Section 34 - Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36

Defining "local government" to include various entities "established by State law in one or more States"

Section 36 - Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations on claim against person based on official action directed by local government, or official or employee thereof acting in an official capacity

Section 1797 - Short title