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Anwar et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al

MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 347 MOTION to Dismiss Notice of Motion.. Document

82 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 267,684 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 280,676 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. Phillips v. County of Allegheny

    515 F.3d 224 (3d Cir. 2008)   Cited 17,503 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a district court need not permit a curative amendment if such amendment would be futile

  4. Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.

    465 U.S. 770 (1984)   Cited 3,130 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that jurisdiction was proper in New Hampshire for publication-based defamation torts, even though the defendant magazine publisher sold most of its magazines elsewhere and that, as a result, "the bulk of the harm done to [the plaintiff] occurred outside New Hampshire"

  5. Int'l Shoe Co. v. Washington

    326 U.S. 310 (1945)   Cited 23,189 times   112 Legal Analyses
    Holding that states may exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants with "certain minimum contacts with [the forum] such that the maintenance of the suit does not offend ‘traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice’ " (quoting Milliken v. Meyer , 311 U.S. 457, 463, 61 S.Ct. 339, 85 L.Ed. 278 (1940) )

  6. United States v. Bestfoods

    524 U.S. 51 (1998)   Cited 1,449 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that ownership and control is insufficient to demonstrate an alter-ego relationship

  7. Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc.

    282 F.3d 147 (2d Cir. 2002)   Cited 6,514 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding extrinsic materials were not "integral" to the complaint because the complaint "d[id] not refer to the[m]" and "plaintiffs apparently did not rely on them in drafting it"

  8. Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood

    441 U.S. 91 (1979)   Cited 1,535 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a municipality suffered an injury from a reduction in its property tax base, even though nothing required the municipality to impose property taxes

  9. Lum v. Bank of Am.

    361 F.3d 217 (3d Cir. 2004)   Cited 2,148 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "mak[ing] general claims that defendants misrepresented that the prime rate is the lowest rate charged to their most creditworthy customers" does not satisfy the Rule 9(b) standard because "they do not indicate the date, time, or place of the alleged misrepresentations, the financial transactions in connection with which these misrepresentations were made, or who made the misrepresentation to whom"

  10. Salahuddin v. Cuomo

    861 F.2d 40 (2d Cir. 1988)   Cited 3,522 times
    Holding that district court was "within bounds of discretion to strike or dismiss complaint for noncompliance with Rule 8" where complaint spanned "15 single-spaced pages," and contained "a surfeit of detail."

  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 362,493 times   962 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 164,394 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. Section 1332 - Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs

    28 U.S.C. § 1332   Cited 116,125 times   572 Legal Analyses
    Holding district court has jurisdiction over action between diverse citizens "where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000"

  14. Section 1367 - Supplemental jurisdiction

    28 U.S.C. § 1367   Cited 65,112 times   81 Legal Analyses
    Holding that in civil actions proceeding in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the district court "shall not have supplemental jurisdiction" over "claims by plaintiffs against persons made parties under Rule . . . 24" or "over claims by persons . . seeking to intervene as plaintiffs under Rule 24," if "exercising supplemental jurisdiction over such claims would be inconsistent with the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332"

  15. Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 9   Cited 40,200 times   336 Legal Analyses
    Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

  16. Section 78bb - Effect on existing law

    15 U.S.C. § 78bb   Cited 911 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Adopting definition of "covered security" found in paragraphs and of section 18(b) of the Securities Act of 1933