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Backus et al v. State of South Carolina, The et al

REPLY to Response to Motion re MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction Response

24 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 252,544 times   279 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

  2. Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

    550 U.S. 544 (2007)   Cited 266,461 times   365 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' "

  3. Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife

    504 U.S. 555 (1992)   Cited 27,821 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"

  4. Johnson v. De Grandy

    512 U.S. 997 (1994)   Cited 1,659 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that because the United States was not a party to the state court action, Rooker - Feldman was not a bar to its federal claims

  5. Easley v. Cromartie

    532 U.S. 234 (2001)   Cited 814 times
    Holding that clear error requires a reviewing court be "left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed"

  6. United States v. Hays

    515 U.S. 737 (1995)   Cited 961 times
    Holding that while a plaintiff residing in a racially gerrymandered district had standing to challenge the redistricting, a plaintiff not residing in such a district lacked standing to challenge the redistricting

  7. Thornburg v. Gingles

    478 U.S. 30 (1986)   Cited 947 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that appellate courts can correct errors, "including those that may infect a so-called mixed finding of law and fact, or a finding of fact that is predicated on a misunderstanding of the governing rule of law"

  8. Shaw v. Reno

    509 U.S. 630 (1993)   Cited 563 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the state's reapportionment plan might violate the Equal Protection Clause

  9. League v. Perry

    548 U.S. 399 (2006)   Cited 273 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that political gerrymandering is unconstitutional

  10. Mobile v. Bolden

    446 U.S. 55 (1980)   Cited 574 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a facially neutral law "violates the Fifteenth Amendment only if motivated by a discriminatory purpose" and applying Arlington Heights in an analysis of discriminatory intent

  11. Section 1973 - Transferred

    42 U.S.C. § 1973   Cited 1,593 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no change in voting takes effect until precleared

  12. Section 1973c - Transferred

    42 U.S.C. § 1973c   Cited 894 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth the requirements of § 5