Ashcroft v. Iqbal

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

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' "

Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Service Co.

Holding "it is beyond dispute that compilations of facts are within the subject matter of copyright" even though "copyright protects only the author's original contributions—not the facts or information conveyed"

Lee v. City of L.A.

Holding that the district court erred in granting a motion to dismiss "by relying on extrinsic evidence and by taking judicial notice of disputed matters of fact to support its ruling"

Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc.

Holding that an implied covenant "cannot be endowed with an existence independent of its contractual underpinnings. It cannot impose substantive duties or limits on the contracting parties beyond those incorporated in the specific terms of their agreement."

Fox v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.

Holding that "[r]esolution of the statute of limitations issue is normally a question of fact."

Davis v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.

Holding that a "district court's decision to incorporate by reference documents into complaint shall be reviewed for an abuse of discretion"

Applied Equipment Corp. v. Litton Saudi Arabia Ltd.

Holding that there is no separate cause of action for civil conspiracy, and that to establish such an action, a plaintiff must show some other underlying tort or civil wrong

McKell v. Washington Mutual Inc.

Holding that a loan transaction is a business practice under the UCL

IN RE STAC ELECTRONICS SECURITIES LITIGATION

Holding securities section 11 claims sounding in fraud are subject to Rule 9(b) particularity requirements

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

Section 102 - Subject matter of copyright: In general

Granting protection to "literary works"

Section 339 - Contract, obligation not founded on written instrument; against sheriff or coroner for doing official act; rescission of contract not in writing

Holding that a plaintiff must initiate within two years "[a]n action upon a contract, obligation or liability not founded upon an instrument of writing"

Section 1624 - Contracts deemed invalid unless note or memorandum in writing

Establishing that the statute of frauds applies to contracts "for the sale of real property, or of an interest therein"

Section 1 - Number of justices; quorum

Explaining that marriage is a “personal relation arising out of a civil contract”

Section 1530 - Novation defined