30 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 255,123 times 280 Legal Analyses
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
550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 268,865 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' "
Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife
504 U.S. 555 (1992) Cited 28,057 times 138 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"
Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA
568 U.S. 398 (2013) Cited 3,111 times 169 Legal Analyses
Holding that respondents could not establish injury by relying on a "speculative chain of possibilities"
Summers v. Earth Island Inst.
555 U.S. 488 (2009) Cited 3,022 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding that supplementation of the district court record to receive affidavits from the organization's members was not permitted "in the circumstances here: after the trial is over, judgment has been entered, and a notice of appeal has been filed"
Allen v. Wright
468 U.S. 737 (1984) Cited 4,779 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that, even when plaintiffs allege "one of the most serious injuries recognized in our legal system," it's not justiciable where "the chain of causation between the challenged Government conduct and the asserted injury are far too weak for the chain as a whole to sustain respondents' standing"
Raines v. Byrd
521 U.S. 811 (1997) Cited 1,778 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding specifically and only that "individual members of Congress [lack] Article III standing"
Sierra Club v. Morton
405 U.S. 727 (1972) Cited 2,789 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff-organization did not establish Article III standing for injunctive relief where the organization failed to show that its members would be affected by the actions it sought to enjoin
Ariz. Christian Sch. Tuition Org. v. Winn
563 U.S. 125 (2011) Cited 412 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding state taxpayers to the same requirements under Flast
Perrin v. United States
444 U.S. 37 (1979) Cited 1,127 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that commercial bribery falls under the definition of bribery under the Travel Act, which was passed nine years before RICO was enacted
Rule 23 - Class Actions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 35,135 times 1237 Legal Analyses
Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"
Section 2710 - Wrongful disclosure of video tape rental or sale records
18 U.S.C. § 2710 Cited 215 times 74 Legal Analyses
Prohibiting disclosure of "personally identifiable information concerning" consumer of video rental establishment without consent

Austin-Spearman v. AMC Network Entertainment LLC et al

30 Cited authorities

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

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 the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"

Holding that respondents could not establish injury by relying on a "speculative chain of possibilities"

Holding that supplementation of the district court record to receive affidavits from the organization's members was not permitted "in the circumstances here: after the trial is over, judgment has been entered, and a notice of appeal has been filed"

Holding specifically and only that "individual members of Congress [lack] Article III standing"

Holding that plaintiff-organization did not establish Article III standing for injunctive relief where the organization failed to show that its members would be affected by the actions it sought to enjoin

Holding state taxpayers to the same requirements under Flast

Holding that commercial bribery falls under the definition of bribery under the Travel Act, which was passed nine years before RICO was enacted

Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

Prohibiting disclosure of "personally identifiable information concerning" consumer of video rental establishment without consent