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Arpaio, et al. v. Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, et al.

MOTION to Dismiss Case

47 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 267,813 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 280,791 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. Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

    504 U.S. 555 (1992)   Cited 29,335 times   144 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"

  4. Associated General Contractors v. Carpenters

    459 U.S. 519 (1983)   Cited 5,250 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a union lacked standing to sue for injuries passed on to it by intermediaries

  5. Sedima, S.P.R.L. v. Imrex Co.

    473 U.S. 479 (1985)   Cited 4,289 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the fact that a statute can be "applied in situations not expressly anticipated by Congress does not demonstrate ambiguity. It demonstrates breadth."

  6. Moss v. U.S. Secret Service

    572 F.3d 962 (9th Cir. 2009)   Cited 8,972 times
    Holding that the court lacked jurisdiction over the district court's deferral of the summary judgment motion

  7. Boyle v. United States

    556 U.S. 938 (2009)   Cited 1,180 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a RICO enterprise "need not have a hierarchical structure or a 'chain of command'; decisions may be made on an ad hoc basis and by any number of methods — by majority vote, consensus, a show of strength, etc."

  8. Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corp.

    503 U.S. 258 (1992)   Cited 1,701 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) could not recover under RICO for stock-manipulation scheme that bankrupted broker-dealers, triggering a statutory requirement that SIPC meet the broker-dealers' obligations to their customers

  9. Swartz v. KPMG LLP

    476 F.3d 756 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 2,956 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[t]o the extent Swartz seeks a declaration of defendants' liability for damages sought for his other causes of action,” claim must be dismissed as “merely duplicative”

  10. Vasquez v. Los Angeles

    487 F.3d 1246 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 971 times
    Holding that county's removal of the image of the cross from its official seal in order "to avoid a potential Establishment Clause violation [had a] valid secular purpose under Lemon"

  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 362,607 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 164,455 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 1962 - Prohibited activities

    18 U.S.C. § 1962   Cited 16,292 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Specifying prohibited activities

  14. Section 1961 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 1961   Cited 15,244 times   72 Legal Analyses
    Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include

  15. Section 1964 - Civil remedies

    18 U.S.C. § 1964   Cited 6,244 times   43 Legal Analyses
    Granting civil remedies for RICO violation

  16. Section 13-2602 - Bribery of a public servant or party officer; classification

    Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-2602   Cited 9 times

    A. A person commits bribery of a public servant or party officer if with corrupt intent: 1. Such person offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a public servant or party officer with the intent to influence the public servant's or party officer's vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion or other action in his official capacity as a public servant or party officer; or 2. While a public servant or party officer, such person solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit upon

  17. Section 13-1804 - Theft by extortion; classification

    Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-1804   Cited 3 times
    Criminalizing theft by extortion