550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 269,239 times 367 Legal Analyses
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' "
Holding that courts do not construe a pleading drafted by counsel with the same leniency that they otherwise afford to pro se litigants who lack "the benefit of a legal education"
Holding “plaintiff who makes a claim in his complaint, but fails to raise the issue in response to a defendant's motion to dismiss, has effectively abandoned his claim”
Holding that shootings based on "individual motivations (personal reasons) not linked to defendants" and those "compatible with accidental or negligent shooting" are not extrajudicial killings
Affirming district court's refusal to reopen discovery where plaintiff did not specify what information he was unable to obtain during discovery or how further discovery would have been helpful in resolving the issues
Holding that in order to state a claim for a violation of the similarly-worded § 1681e(b), a plaintiff must show that the CRA actually reported inaccurate information and that it failed to follow reasonable procedures
Holding the question of whether a consumer is entitled to stop making debt payments "can only be resolved by a court of law" and is "a legal issue that a credit agency such as Trans Union is neither qualified nor obligated to resolve under the FCRA"
15 U.S.C. § 1681e Cited 1,369 times 63 Legal Analyses
Requiring "[e]very consumer reporting agency" to "maintain reasonable procedures . . . to limit the furnishing of consumer reports" to permissible purposes