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' "

Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America

Holding that absent a reservation of jurisdiction in the stipulated dismissal order, federal courts lack jurisdiction to consider enforcement of a settlement agreement

Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Holding that an abstention-based remand is not a remand for “lack of subject matter jurisdiction” for purposes of §§ 1447(c) and (d)

Moss v. U.S. Secret Service

Holding that the court lacked jurisdiction over the district court's deferral of the summary judgment motion

Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dept

Holding that a cognizable gender discrimination claim could be brought by a female domestic violence victim where the victim alleged police denied protection and made misogynistic comments including that "he did not blame [the victim's] husband for hitting her, because of the way she was 'carrying on'"

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

Safe Air for Everyone v. Meyer

Holding residue generated from the cultivation of bluegrass was not discarded because, among other things, it was reused "in a continuous process of growing and harvesting Kentucky bluegrass seeds, the generating industry"

Emrich v. Touche Ross Co.

Holding proceedings and determinations of the courts are a matter of public record suitable for judicial notice

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

Forbidding every "contract, combination . . . or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States"

Section 35 - Recovery of damages, etc., for antitrust violations from any local government, or official or employee thereof acting in an official capacity

Prohibiting the recovery of damages for antitrust violations from local governments and officials

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 15 - Superintendence of Navy hospitals